. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . eir imaginative side ap-pealed to a womans nature ; often women orderedthe erection of symbolistic pillars and sun-dials. The original Emblem, any figure or ornamentmade for a sun-dial by sculptor, painter, engraver,or architect, by any worker in stone, metal, or wood,should be symbolized; it should be the sign ortoken of a saying, an event,a thought, a sentiment, afancy, a quality of the mindor heart, a peculiarity or attri-bute of character, any abstractidea,—nay
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . eir imaginative side ap-pealed to a womans nature ; often women orderedthe erection of symbolistic pillars and sun-dials. The original Emblem, any figure or ornamentmade for a sun-dial by sculptor, painter, engraver,or architect, by any worker in stone, metal, or wood,should be symbolized; it should be the sign ortoken of a saying, an event,a thought, a sentiment, afancy, a quality of the mindor heart, a peculiarity or attri-bute of character, any abstractidea,—nay more, it mightmark an operation of the devices of heraldry canaid greatly in giving the his-tory of a man, a family, arace, a nation. Many crestsand coats of arms are trulyemblematical; and thereforeheraldry offers an infinite variety of suggestions for sun-dials. There wereheraldic devices on sun-dials, and sun-dials were usedas devices in heraldry. The Emblem here givenis of special interest to us because the device isa sun-dial. It was the favorite Emblem of thegentle and neglected wife of Henry III of France,. Emblem of Louise deValdemont. 176 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday Louise of Valdemont. Above the sun-dial, whichis on a pedestal, shines the full-rayed sun. On a rib-bon the meek motto, Aspice ut aspiciar, — Look onme that I may be looked on. Sir Philip Sidney also had a sun-dial as his per-sonal emblem, and it was chosen in order toacknowledge his essence to be in his gracious Sov-ereign — whatever that may mean. It was a sun-dial with the sun setting; the motto, Occasu definesesse. Relying upon his princes favor, he devisedthe sun shining upon a bush, inscribed Si deferispireo. To indicate the persistency of his character,he had another Emblem representing the CaspianSea, which never ebbs nor flows, and the motto SineReflexa. Another rather sacrilegious device showedhis love for his fair lady ; a Venus in a cloud withthe motto Salve Me Domina. He ha
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