Signature b5v
Folio 13v, Quire b
Vision Reading (Phase 3 deep analysis)
Primary hand: Multiple (3+) · Hands: 3 · Type: text_page · Sig: b6r
Transcription Attempts
top · Latin · LOW
et [...] noti [...] in [...] la [...] Mechianum [...] concepti [...] per du [...] in latiore [...] portes [...] absque [...]
Dense top annotations in small hand. 'Mechianum' (mechanical?)
left_margin · Latin · MEDIUM
Elephas [...] sub [...] Divini [...] obelisco [...] combustione [...] delectare [...]
KEY: 'Elephas' (elephant), 'obelisco' (obelisk), 'combustione' (combustion/burning). Reader anticipating or cross-referencing the elephant-and-obelisk on p.28. 'combustione' has strong alchemical resonance (calcination)
right_margin · Latin · LOW
[...] de [...] insideis [...] fabricula [...]
Right margin annotations
bottom · Latin · LOW
[...] Mons [...] de [...] Belisarius [...]
'Belisarius' — the Byzantine general. If confirmed, this is a historical cross-reference unusual in HP annotations
Scholarly Significance
Page 26 — two pages before the bellua elephant. The annotations already reference 'Elephas' and 'obelisco', showing the reader was tracking the elephant motif before reaching the famous woodcut. The word 'combustione' (combustion) applied to the obelisk scene is strongly alchemical — calcination (burning) is one of the twelve alchemical operations. The possible 'Belisarius' reference would be a unique historical allusion in this copy.
Cross-references: Photo 40 (p.27, ΓΟΝΟΣ monument), Photo 41 (p.28, bellua)
Note (possible_alchemical_term): 'combustione' on p.26 may indicate alchemical reading starts 2 pages before the bellua site, not at it
Vision reading (Claude Code, Phase 3)