Vidas ejemplares en emblemas (siglos XVI-XVII)

Resumo

The 17th century saw a considerable increase in the publishing of hagiographical and emblematic works. In our attempt to link both genres, searching for a large representation of emblematic hagiographies in this century, we found ourselves in a situation of scarcity, which is explained in the course of this article.
Extending a little the concept of «hagiography» and «emblematic», we succeeded in
choosing seven works, which, in one aspect or another, have something of both genres. The article offers a short analysis of each, together with all the doubts raised by their inclusion in this nomenclature.