Items included in the Emblematica Online Digital Virtual Collection may be used freely for non-publication, non-commercial applications such as personal research, classwork, or other private use. For all other uses, individual items may be subject to additional conditions of use, according to the policies of the institutions holding the physical items and/or their digital surrogates. Additional details regarding conditions of use for specific sub-collections of emblem books included in the Emblematica OnlineDigital Virtual Collection can be found below and/or on the holding institution’s website:
- Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
- Internet Archive
- University of Glasgow
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Utrecht University (Terms of use of digital services and products)
Additional Information About Specific Collections:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Emblematica Online Digital Collection: Page images digitized by the Open Content Alliance in collaboration with The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois may be used freely for non-publication, non-commercial applications. Republication in any media requires explicit permission from The Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Permission requests may be mailed, faxed, or emailed to:
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Attn: Reproduction
Permissions
1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone: 217-333-3777
Fax: 217-244-1755
Email: rbmlref@library.uiuc.edu
Permission cannot be granted unless the researcher’s letter of request clearly identifies the work(s) and portions thereof, so please include item URL, call number, name of author, title, date, and relevant page or leaf number(s). The request should also identify the forthcoming printed work, electronic publication, or other media presentation in which the image(s) will appear. The Library requests a gratis copy of any print publication or the URL of any electronic media publication that includes image(s) from any University of Illinois item found in Emblematica Online and asks that all uses be acknowledged, “Courtesy of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emblematica Online Digital Collection.” The Library reserves the right to charge permission fees for some uses. Scholarly use from images included in Emblematica Online will normally be granted free of charge. All permissions for use granted by The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are non-exclusive and limited to a period of three years.
Full Resolution JPEG 2000 page images of images from emblem books held by The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can be downnloaded from the Internet Archive, directly through the OpenEmblem Portal, or are available on request from the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. For further information about obtaining digital reproductions of our emblem books, contact the Library’s Digital Content Creation unit.