Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

anslates the Greek motto on the cloth hanging over the elephant’s brow on the ‘Elephant and Obelisk’ statue, as ‘labor et industria.’ (b7r, G 37). The Sydney hand takes a particular interest in latinizing the symbolic names of nymphs, in order to clarify their symbolic significance. The annotator indicates the equivalency in two ways. In some cases he simply writes the Latin translation in the margin (indicated with an ‘>’ in my transcription), while in others, abbreviating ‘licet.’ ...

anslates the Greek motto on the cloth hanging over the elephant’s brow on the ‘Elephant and Obelisk’ statue, as ‘labor et industria.’ (b7r, G 37). The Sydney hand takes a particular interest in latinizing the symbolic names of nymphs, in order to clarify their symbolic significance. The annotator indicates the equivalency in two ways. In some cases he simply writes the Latin translation in the margin (indicated with an ‘>’ in my transcription), while in others, abbreviating ‘licet.’ ...