The mirrour of mirth and pleasant conceits : containing, many proper and pleasant inuentions for the recreation and delight of many, and to the hurt and hinderance of none.... by Des Périers, Bonaventure, 1500?-1544?

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A briefe conference, betwixt mans frailtie and faith. : Wherein is declared the true vse, and comfort of those blessings pronounced by Christ in the fift of Mathew, that euery Christian man and woman ought to make and take hold of in theyr seuerall tentations and conflicts. VVith a new addition of some comfort against the death of friends, together with a direction to other strength against other our frailties, noted in the booke vpon the Lords Prayer. Laid downe in this plaine order of dialogue, to helpe, if it please God, the conceit and feeling of the simplest. / by Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610

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The good husvvifes iewell. : VVherein is to he [sic] found most excellend [sic] and rare deuises for conceites in cookery, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson.... by Dawson, Thomas

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FRAME, GLASS, VERSE : the technology of poetic invention in the English renaissance.

Table of Contents: “…Poetic Offices and the Conceit of the Mirror --…”
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Recipes for thought : knowledge and taste in the early modern English kitchen / by Wall, Wendy, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Preface : the appetizer -- Introduction : the order of serving -- Taste acts -- Pleasure : kitchen conceits in print -- Literacies : handwriting and handiwork -- Temporalities : preservation, seasoning, and memorialization -- Knowledge : recipes and experimental cultures -- Coda.…”
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Frame, glass, verse : the technology of poetic invention in the English Renaissance / by Kalas, Rayna, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the Renaissance and its period frames -- The frame before the work of art -- The craft of poesy and the framing of verse -- The tempered frame -- Poetic offices and the conceit of the mirror -- Poesy, progress, and the perspective glass -- "Shakes-speare's sonnets" and the properties of glass -- Coda : the material sign and the transparency of language.…”

Frame, glass, verse : the technology of poetic invention in the English Renaissance / by Kalas, Rayna, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the Renaissance and its period frames -- The frame before the work of art -- The craft of poesy and the framing of verse -- The tempered frame -- Poetic offices and the conceit of the mirror -- Poesy, progress, and the perspective glass -- "Shakes-speare's sonnets" and the properties of glass -- Coda : the material sign and the transparency of language.…”
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Shakespeare and the Bible / by Marx, Steven, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: 'kiss the book' -- Posterity and prosperity: Genesis in The tempest -- Historical types: Moses, David,and Henry V -- 'Within a foot of the extreme verge': The book of Job and King Lear -- True lies and false truths: Measure for measure and the Gospel -- 'Dangerous conceits' and 'Proofs of holy writ": allusion in The merchant of Venice and Paul's Letter to the Romans -- A masque of revelation: The tempest as Apocalypse.…”

Lavinia Fontana's mythological paintings : art, beauty, and wisdom / by Cheney, Liana

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