The prince and pontiff of Utopia (More, Utopia, 1715)

Image series :

L’Utopie de Thomas Morus, trad. Gueudeville, Leyde, 1715

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Date :

1715

Type of image :

Gravure sur cuivre

Topic :

Fiction du 16e siècle

Storage Location :

Zurich, ETH-Bibliothek (Bibliothèque centrale de l’École polytechnique)

Rar 6239

Description

"The Prince himself is distinguished neither by royal robes, nor by a diadem, nor by a crown: he is recognized only by a handful of wheat that His Utopian Majesty customarily carries in his hand; and by this bouquet, incomparably more precious than that of the rarest and most fragrant flowers, this monarch, if there is such a thing as a monarch, symbolically indicates that his essential duty is to feed his subjects and make them happy. Good heavens, what a difference between Prince and Prince! The respectable, venerable mark of the Pontiff is a lighted candle carried before his most sacred face."

Textual Sources :

More, L’Utopie (1516)

éd. Leyde, 1715, p. 236 et 239

Technical Data

Notice #012734

Image HD

Past ID :

B2053

Image editing :

Image web

Image Origin :

Collection en ligne des bibliothèques suisses (http://www.e-rara.ch)

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