Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

87 contribute towards the modern understanding of the text, offering a more expanded commentary. This form is unlike an earlier marginalium, in which Benedetto’s transcription was threefold. He rewrote the Greek block capitals, in the margin, then transcribed them in lower case Latin characters, then offered the Latin translation again in full block capitals. 9. h2r: ‘ΤΗΣ ΦΥΣΕΩΣ ΟΛΒΟΣ’; ‘o thespyseos olbos’, ‘NATURAE BEATITUDO’ Per la quale cosa excessivamente volentiera alquant...

87 contribute towards the modern understanding of the text, offering a more expanded commentary. This form is unlike an earlier marginalium, in which Benedetto’s transcription was threefold. He rewrote the Greek block capitals, in the margin, then transcribed them in lower case Latin characters, then offered the Latin translation again in full block capitals. 9. h2r: ‘ΤΗΣ ΦΥΣΕΩΣ ΟΛΒΟΣ’; ‘o thespyseos olbos’, ‘NATURAE BEATITUDO’ Per la quale cosa excessivamente volentiera alquant...