Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

iddle of it, I found a sandy or shingly beach dotted here and there with clumps of grass. A delightful grove of palms met my eyes, with the leaves shaped like pointed knives that are so useful to the Egyptians, and with a generous abundance of sweet fruit. Among these date- clustered palms some were small, others were of medium size, and the rest straight and tall: the chosen signs of victory because of their resistance to heavy weight. (G 20-21). Beginning with the frightening event on ...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...

iddle of it, I found a sandy or shingly beach dotted here and there with clumps of grass. A delightful grove of palms met my eyes, with the leaves shaped like pointed knives that are so useful to the Egyptians, and with a generous abundance of sweet fruit. Among these date- clustered palms some were small, others were of medium size, and the rest straight and tall: the chosen signs of victory because of their resistance to heavy weight. (G 20-21). Beginning with the frightening event on ...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...

168 Detail (A2r) There is some dialogue between annotators on the origin of a term. For the term ‘Mercuriale Moly’ (a6r) Hand E offers an initial source in pseudo-Apuleius, but at a later date he corrects himself, citing a source in Pliny. Detail (a6r) Moly Apuleius in herbario dicit Moly apud Cappadocas esse quae apud nos Ruta sylvestris aut hortensis / vide Plin lib. 25 cap. 4 et 10 et homerum odyss 10 et eius commentatorem Spondeanum ubi pulchra12 ‘Moly’, Apuleius,...