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+ | ====== CERL’s olive tree logo ====== | ||
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+ | CERL uses as its logo a version of the printers’ device made famous by the Estienne (Stephanus) dynasty of Renaissance printers in Paris and Geneva. | ||
+ | A similar device was also used by members of the Elsevier family in Leiden and Amsterdam in the 17th and 18th centuries. | ||
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+ | The basic image shows an olive tree with a falling branch. CERL follows the common interpretation of the device, which identifies the olive as the tree associated with the Greek goddess Pallas Athene, patroness of wisdom and learning. A portion of divine knowledge falls to earth to be collected and used by scholars for the benefit of mankind. | ||
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+ | Some elements of this interpretation were certainly made in the sixteenth century, but Fred Schreiber((// | ||
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+ | Another interpretation mentioned by Schreiber links the name Estienne with the crown of olive leaves offered for athletic or intellectual success in ancient Greece, through the Greek word στέφανος (crown) and the Latin form of the family name Stephanus. | ||
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