Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

161 This ‘etymological’ hand is also the only annotator in this study to identify the etymological roots of the HP’s few epigrams in Hebrew. Although knowledge of Hebrew was sufficiently widespread among humanists not to presuppose an ecclesiastical annotator, the use of Hebrew does lend credibility to the proposal that this is the hand of a Jesuit. Detail, (b8v) C: This hand, writing in Latin in brown ink, is primarily interested in signposting the narrative, summarising m...

161 This ‘etymological’ hand is also the only annotator in this study to identify the etymological roots of the HP’s few epigrams in Hebrew. Although knowledge of Hebrew was sufficiently widespread among humanists not to presuppose an ecclesiastical annotator, the use of Hebrew does lend credibility to the proposal that this is the hand of a Jesuit. Detail, (b8v) C: This hand, writing in Latin in brown ink, is primarily interested in signposting the narrative, summarising m...

6 Silver, were understood to be interconnected inverses of one another. Gold (Sol) is masculine ‘in its height’ and feminine ‘in its depth’, while silver (Luna) is feminine in its height and masculine in its depth. It is the variance in these proportions which differentiates elements. In the episode featuring the elephant and obelisk, together with the statues of the king and queen, this annotator witnessed a set of signs which persuaded him that a Geberian subtext was operating (b7r-...

6 Silver, were understood to be interconnected inverses of one another. Gold (Sol) is masculine ‘in its height’ and feminine ‘in its depth’, while silver (Luna) is feminine in its height and masculine in its depth. It is the variance in these proportions which differentiates elements. In the episode featuring the elephant and obelisk, together with the statues of the king and queen, this annotator witnessed a set of signs which persuaded him that a Geberian subtext was operating (b7r-...

161 This ‘etymological’ hand is also the only annotator in this study to identify the etymological roots of the HP’s few epigrams in Hebrew. Although knowledge of Hebrew was sufficiently widespread among humanists not to presuppose an ecclesiastical annotator, the use of Hebrew does lend credibility to the proposal that this is the hand of a Jesuit. Detail, (b8v) C: This hand, writing in Latin in brown ink, is primarily interested in signposting the narrative, summarising m...

161 This ‘etymological’ hand is also the only annotator in this study to identify the etymological roots of the HP’s few epigrams in Hebrew. Although knowledge of Hebrew was sufficiently widespread among humanists not to presuppose an ecclesiastical annotator, the use of Hebrew does lend credibility to the proposal that this is the hand of a Jesuit. Detail, (b8v) C: This hand, writing in Latin in brown ink, is primarily interested in signposting the narrative, summarising m...

6 Silver, were understood to be interconnected inverses of one another. Gold (Sol) is masculine ‘in its height’ and feminine ‘in its depth’, while silver (Luna) is feminine in its height and masculine in its depth. It is the variance in these proportions which differentiates elements. In the episode featuring the elephant and obelisk, together with the statues of the king and queen, this annotator witnessed a set of signs which persuaded him that a Geberian subtext was operating (b7r-...

6 Silver, were understood to be interconnected inverses of one another. Gold (Sol) is masculine ‘in its height’ and feminine ‘in its depth’, while silver (Luna) is feminine in its height and masculine in its depth. It is the variance in these proportions which differentiates elements. In the episode featuring the elephant and obelisk, together with the statues of the king and queen, this annotator witnessed a set of signs which persuaded him that a Geberian subtext was operating (b7r-...