Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

quum ait Plautus significat victum me fateor’.71 The author of the HP makes reference to a commonplace that Erasmus recorded. Erasmus’ Adagia was first published in 1500, and the annotator’s reference to ‘chiliades’ suggests that he was using the second expanded edition printed by Aldus in 1508, entitled Adagiorum chiliades, as his source. This passage then serves as another illustration of the utility of period commentaries in fleshing out those of contemporary commentators. 18. 2 A...

quum ait Plautus significat victum me fateor’.71 The author of the HP makes reference to a commonplace that Erasmus recorded. Erasmus’ Adagia was first published in 1500, and the annotator’s reference to ‘chiliades’ suggests that he was using the second expanded edition printed by Aldus in 1508, entitled Adagiorum chiliades, as his source. This passage then serves as another illustration of the utility of period commentaries in fleshing out those of contemporary commentators. 18. 2 A...

quum ait Plautus significat victum me fateor’.71 The author of the HP makes reference to a commonplace that Erasmus recorded. Erasmus’ Adagia was first published in 1500, and the annotator’s reference to ‘chiliades’ suggests that he was using the second expanded edition printed by Aldus in 1508, entitled Adagiorum chiliades, as his source. This passage then serves as another illustration of the utility of period commentaries in fleshing out those of contemporary commentators. 18. 2 A...

quum ait Plautus significat victum me fateor’.71 The author of the HP makes reference to a commonplace that Erasmus recorded. Erasmus’ Adagia was first published in 1500, and the annotator’s reference to ‘chiliades’ suggests that he was using the second expanded edition printed by Aldus in 1508, entitled Adagiorum chiliades, as his source. This passage then serves as another illustration of the utility of period commentaries in fleshing out those of contemporary commentators. 18. 2 A...