Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Marginalia, Scholarship & Reception

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MARGINAL_NOTE (1)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
“modo bello e bella maniera di parlare”
iary, presumably to discuss the finer points of the architect’s projects. The other matters which the Pope marks as beautiful relate to procession, movement, and dance. The elaborate reception which Chigi orchestrated for Queen Christina of Sweden upon her conversion to Catholicism is testimony to his refined taste for parade and spectacle. As noted above, he labelled the human chess match a ‘cosa bella’ on g8r. Chigi also praised the movement of waiters during the banqueting scene on ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 211 (Ch. 8)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
“modo bello e bella maniera di parlare”
iary, presumably to discuss the finer points of the architect’s projects. The other matters which the Pope marks as beautiful relate to procession, movement, and dance. The elaborate reception which Chigi orchestrated for Queen Christina of Sweden upon her conversion to Catholicism is testimony to his refined taste for parade and spectacle. As noted above, he labelled the human chess match a ‘cosa bella’ on g8r. Chigi also praised the movement of waiters during the banqueting scene on ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 211 (Ch. 8)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
“modo bello e bella maniera di parlare”
iary, presumably to discuss the finer points of the architect’s projects. The other matters which the Pope marks as beautiful relate to procession, movement, and dance. The elaborate reception which Chigi orchestrated for Queen Christina of Sweden upon her conversion to Catholicism is testimony to his refined taste for parade and spectacle. As noted above, he labelled the human chess match a ‘cosa bella’ on g8r. Chigi also praised the movement of waiters during the banqueting scene on ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 211 (Ch. 8)
Hand Primary: Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi)
Marginal Note
“modo bello e bella maniera di parlare”
iary, presumably to discuss the finer points of the architect’s projects. The other matters which the Pope marks as beautiful relate to procession, movement, and dance. The elaborate reception which Chigi orchestrated for Queen Christina of Sweden upon her conversion to Catholicism is testimony to his refined taste for parade and spectacle. As noted above, he labelled the human chess match a ‘cosa bella’ on g8r. Chigi also praised the movement of waiters during the banqueting scene on ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 211 (Ch. 8)