Emblemata Emblem Books from the Maurits Sabbe Library, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is the catalogue of an exhibition mounted at the Francis A. Drexel Library at Saint Joseph s University in spring 2006. This exhibit took place in conjunction with the celebration of the Society of Jesus s commemoration in 2006 of three major the 450th anniversary of the death of its founder, St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), as well as the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ignatius s first two companions, St. Francis Xavier (1506-52) and Bl. Peter Faber (1506-46).
The Emblemata Sacra exhibit featured nearly seventy emblem books from the world s premier theological library s rich collection of preciosa and Jesuitica. The exhibit was divided into thirteen thematic sections, each of which in the catalogue is explained by text prepared by a specialist in emblem studies and illustrated by full color, high density images of each of the emblem books exhibited. The volume also includes a bibliography.