Reading the rebus: the reception of seventeenth-century German rebus broadsheets

• Published in: Word & image (London. 1985) Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 91 - 102
• Main Author: Haar, Alisa van de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.04.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; 7th century; broadsheet; Early modern period; Puzzles; Reading; rebus; reception; Riddles; Social criticism & satire; Thirty Years' War; Visual arts; visual poetry; visual riddle; Germany

Rebuses-visual riddles that replace words or syllables by images-were highly popular in early modern Europe. Many broadsheets containing rebus poems were printed in France and Germany in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Although multiple theories on the intended audience and use o...