Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

ery full day of visits, an encounter with one monument flows immediately into that of another.32 Having discussed Chigi’s interest in the symbolic power of images in the HP, we now proceed to his discussion of individual visual arguments in detail. The interpretation of a symbolic image first called for a decompiling of the visual assemblage into its component parts, and then the description of its composite meaning. The HP itself models this process of interpretation for the reader. ...

ery full day of visits, an encounter with one monument flows immediately into that of another.32 Having discussed Chigi’s interest in the symbolic power of images in the HP, we now proceed to his discussion of individual visual arguments in detail. The interpretation of a symbolic image first called for a decompiling of the visual assemblage into its component parts, and then the description of its composite meaning. The HP itself models this process of interpretation for the reader. ...

ery full day of visits, an encounter with one monument flows immediately into that of another.32 Having discussed Chigi’s interest in the symbolic power of images in the HP, we now proceed to his discussion of individual visual arguments in detail. The interpretation of a symbolic image first called for a decompiling of the visual assemblage into its component parts, and then the description of its composite meaning. The HP itself models this process of interpretation for the reader. ...

ery full day of visits, an encounter with one monument flows immediately into that of another.32 Having discussed Chigi’s interest in the symbolic power of images in the HP, we now proceed to his discussion of individual visual arguments in detail. The interpretation of a symbolic image first called for a decompiling of the visual assemblage into its component parts, and then the description of its composite meaning. The HP itself models this process of interpretation for the reader. ...