Ghebreken der tonghe ende middelen om die te verbeteren - Bourgoingne, Anton van 1594-1657 (Antwerp Cnobbaert, 1631)
Neolatine poetry, emblema, influence of Desiderius Erasmus
Originally published in latin as 'Linguae vitia et remedia (Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert, 1631). A modern edition of the Latin text, by Toon Van Houdt, was published by Brepols in 1999.
Anton vann Bourgoigne born in Bruges to an illegitimate line of descent from the medieval dukes of Burgundy, was a prelate and author of emblem books in the 17th-century Low Countries
The work isstrongly inspired by 'Lingua 'by Erasmus. Early on in the Middle Ages, the deadly sins split off into 'the sins of the tongue'. The emblem volume has 94 engravings by Jacobus Neefs (1610-1665) and Andreas Pauli (1600-1639). Each print contains a verse about 'quade tonghen'. The series of forty-five sins are followed by 'means to remedy the defects'
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Emblem; Poetry; Moral education; Science; orgel_Vlaanderen 17e eeuw; zangeres; luit; mise-en-scène