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July 20, 2005: International Emblem Book Symposium in Illinois
"Their meeting, "Emblems in the 21st Century: The Materials and the Media," is set for July 24-30 at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. The event is the Seventh International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies."
"Emblems are symbolic pictures with accompanying texts. Emblem books developed in the 16th century and remained popular for more than 200 years. Several thousand such books issued from printing presses throughout Europe."
