emblemata

• * Note: Seditiosum, in the language of Justinian, means not seditious, but discounted.--W Footnote 81: The number of these emblemata (a polite name for forgeries) is much reduced by Bynkershoek, (in the four last books of his Observations,) who poorly maintains the right of Justinian and the duty of Tribonian Footnote 82: The antinomies, or opposite laws of the Code and Pandects, are sometimes the cause, and often the excuse, of the glorious uncertainty of the civil law, which so often affords what Montaigne calls "Questions pour l'Ami." —  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
• Dicito nobis ideo, qui ades, quid sibi velint isthaec emblemata? —  A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6
• -- W.] [Footnote 81: The number of these emblemata (a polite name for forgeries) is much reduced by Bynkershoek, (in the four last books of his Observations,) who poorly maintains the right of Justinian and the duty of Tribonian.] [Footnote 82: The antinomies, or opposite laws of the Code and —  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
• The taste for emblemata appears to have passed by, but a good selection would be I think received with favour; particularly if access could be obtained to a good collection. —  Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
• _emblemata_ of the tender passion. —  A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One

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