Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Inc.Stam.Chig.II.610 HIGH

Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), Vatican City (Vatican City)

Edition: 1499 | Studied by: Russell 2014 | Dissertation references: 55 | Images in project: No

Description

Annotated by Fabio Chigi (Pope Alexander VII). Focus on acutezze (verbal wit). Chigi later commissioned Bernini's elephant-obelisk sculpture (1667) drawing on the HP's woodcut.

Annotator Hands

HandAttributionDescription
PrimaryPope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)Attributed to Fabio Chigi, later Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667). Combed text for examples of verbal wit (acutezze). Compared Poliphilo's architectural journeys with his own passages through Rome. Inte