Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Marginalia, Scholarship & Reception

Ben Jonson & The Alchemist

This section presents Ben Jonson's relationship to alchemy through three lenses: an annotated guide to The Alchemist explaining the play's alchemical dimensions; a structured biography drawn from scholarly sources; and James Russell's findings on Jonson's annotations in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.

Read The Alchemist

19 scenes across 5 acts with alchemical summaries

Alchemical Annotations

8 annotations on alchemical passages

Life of Ben Jonson

18 life events in chronological order

Jonson's HP Annotations

12 findings from James Russell's research

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