This emblem book, a Catholic devotional work, was printed in Munich by Anna Bernhard Berg, the widow of Adam Berg, for publisher Raphael Sadeler. The Flemish Sadeler family played a dominant role in engraving, publishing and selling prints in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Note Anna Berg’s name in the colophon.
Zhongli Quan, of military bearing, is the fifth immortal on the embroidered screen. He is characterized by his bearded face and the feathered fan he carries. Zhongli Quan makes his appearance whenever there is a message from the heavens to be conveyed to the mortal world. He is portrayed here beside a tiger, a force of good and the defender against terrestrial chaos. Tigers also represent wealth and power; in addition, legends tell of tigers carrying heroes to the heavens.
Zhang Guolao, an elderly magician famous for his mule, which can travel great distances without rest, is the sixth immortal on the embroidered screen. After a journey, this immortal simply folds up the mule and places it in his pocket, as if it were no more than a slip of paper. He is the patron of happy marriages and numerous offspring, two goals which need the help of magic.
Over the years, basketball has helped define Duke as a top-tier institution for collegiate athletics. Since 1959, Duke has produced basketball team posters to depict the season’s player lineup and defining season motto. Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) assumed the role of head coach in 1980, and Carol "Mickie" Krzyzewski, Coach K’s wife, started the tradition of directing themed posters for each team.
Article from The Whetstone about a receiption held at the N.C. Mutual office for singer Lou Rawls, held in conjunction with United Negro College Fund Telethon.
