page_title: Rebus
hierarchical_section_title: Rebus
caption_attribution_description: Grafik aus dem Klebeband Nr. 18 der Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek Arolsen. Solution based on Die historisch-politischen Volkslieder des dreißigjährigen Krieges … von Franz Wilhelm Freiherrn von Ditfurth, page 312, number 126. Motiv: Rebus-Gedicht Die [Blinden] auß [Böhmen] Lösungsversuch: Hoert zu ir frommen Biderleüt. Zu diser neuen [Narren]zeit. Was sich hat zuge[tragen]. Last euch ein [arme] [Blinden]schar Ihr L[eid] vnd ellend [klag]en [Sohlen/Solln] wir euch [sa(e)gen] wer wir seind, Wir sein geflohen vor dem feind, das waiß [man] [leiter/leider] eben Der gr[af(fe)] von [Thur(m/n)] der fein g[esel] Hats fersen[geld] Bald geben. In Behem war ein [Keller] offen Da habn wir zuvil Pier ge[soffen] Darumb thet [man] vns str[af(f)en] Wir [acht]en nichts was [man] mit güet Ge[boten] oder g[schaf(e/fen)] Darumb [man] vns mit khrieg vnd schlacht In [Eule/Eil] ver[jag(d/t)] vnd fortgebracht Hinauß auf frembde strassen. Vil [Eimer] Pier vnd ander guet gschier. Habn wir Hinden ge[lassen] Der [Wind] der war doch gar nit guet. Hat vnß genomen [Mantel] vnd [Hut] den s[taub(e)] vnd sand geblasen Starck [wid(d)er] vnß vnd vnser gsind. In [Augen] vnd in d [Nasen]. Von disem graussam starcken [Wind] Seind wir worden so gar [stock]blind. vnd vnsers gsichts beraubet. Was wir verl[o(h)ren] in der flucht das hat der feind auf[klaubet] Wir hetten zuuor [stätt] vnd land Das [engel]lendisch [Hosen]band vnd [könig]lichen throne Die [Augen] jetzt nichts [sehen] mehr Khain [Zepter] noch khain [Kron]e Gott b[huet(e)] euch euer liebs gesicht Das noch das vatterland ansicht Daß müessen wir ent[ra(d/th)]en. Vnd ohne ainige Zuuersicht Im ellend [schwimmen] vnd [waten].
context_page_description: A rebus is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words and/or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign and the letter "n". It was a favorite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames.
  For example, in its basic form, three salmon are used to denote the surname "Salmon". A more sophisticated example was the rebus of Bishop Walter Lyhart of Norwich, consisting of a stag lying down in a conventional representation of water.
  The composition alludes to the name, profession or personal characteristics of the bearer, and speaks to the beholder Non verbis, sed rebus, which Latin expression signifies "not by words but by things".
context_section_description: A rebus (/ˈriːbəs/) is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words and/or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) and the letter "n". It was a favorite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames.
  For example, in its basic form, three salmon (fish) are used to denote the surname "Salmon". A more sophisticated example was the rebus of Bishop Walter Lyhart (d. 1472) of Norwich, consisting of a stag (or hart) lying down in a conventional representation of water.
  The composition alludes to the name, profession or personal characteristics of the bearer, and speaks to the beholder Non verbis, sed rebus, which Latin expression signifies "not by words but by things" (res, rei (f), a thing, object, matter; rebus being ablative plural).
caption: A German rebus, circa 1620
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