Literary notes about Emblem (AI summary)
In literature the term "emblem" is often employed as a layered symbol, one that can convey both tangible identity and abstract meaning. It is used to denote insignia that identifies groups or ranks, such as the distinctive markings on scout gear or heraldic devices [1], [2], [3], while also representing divine or mythological authority in religious contexts [4], [5], [6]. Authors extend its use even further by employing it as a metaphor for personal character or internal states, capturing the inexpressible qualities of the human psyche and experience [7], [8], [9]. Moreover, emblems can encapsulate ideals of sovereignty, cultural heritage, and spiritual aspiration, functioning as visual shorthand for complex ideas that lie at the heart of societal and individual identity [10], [11], [12].
- Coats: Standard material--four bellows pockets--standing collar-- dull metal buttons with Boy Scout emblem.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America - * Haversack: Waterproof canvas, leather straps--buckles and separate pockets--scout emblem on flap.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America - It is only natural, therefore, that we should find them using this emblem of sovereignty.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - These swords are worshipped during the Dusserah festival in October, and, in some shrines, they form the only emblem of the deity.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - Something very like the Assyrian Asherah, or sacred emblem, was sculptured on the great doors of Solomon's temple, by Hiram, the Tyrian (1 Kings vii.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton - The brazen serpent, an emblem of Christ our Saviour. 16:7.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - This is no unapt emblem of the mind's self-experience in the act of thinking.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Here, then, we are to seek the true emblem of the man's character, and of the deed that gives whatever reality it possesses to his life.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne - She seemed the emblem of my past life; and here I was now to array myself to meet, the dread, but adored, type of my unknown future day.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë - Now it became specialised in form, reserved as an emblem of rank.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - Keren signifies, in its original sense, a horn : but was always esteemed an emblem of power; and made use of as a title of sovereignty and puissance.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6) by Jacob Bryant - The flag of one's country is its dearest possession--emblem of home, and country, and native land.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America
