Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

emphatic for ‘Philo’ may derive from the acrostic formed from the first letters of the thirty-six chapters, in which Francesco Colonna’s love for Polia is expressed with the word peramavit, the prefix ‘per’ meaning ‘greatly’, which is held as being equivalent to πολύς. Further orthographic variation can be seen in the following passage, in which even standard /σ/ is replaced by Latin /z/ in one word. This section is taken from an explication of a three-sided pyramidal structure found on ...

emphatic for ‘Philo’ may derive from the acrostic formed from the first letters of the thirty-six chapters, in which Francesco Colonna’s love for Polia is expressed with the word peramavit, the prefix ‘per’ meaning ‘greatly’, which is held as being equivalent to πολύς. Further orthographic variation can be seen in the following passage, in which even standard /σ/ is replaced by Latin /z/ in one word. This section is taken from an explication of a three-sided pyramidal structure found on ...

seen in the following passage, in which even standard /σ/ is replaced by Latin /z/ in one word. This section is taken from an explication of a three-sided pyramidal structure found on (h5r). Though the words explained below are given in majuscule on the pyramid itself, here Benedetto deviates from his standard response to block capitals, that of transcribing them in exacting detail. In this case, an exception to pattern, he renders the words found on the epigram into lower case, 8. ...

seen in the following passage, in which even standard /σ/ is replaced by Latin /z/ in one word. This section is taken from an explication of a three-sided pyramidal structure found on (h5r). Though the words explained below are given in majuscule on the pyramid itself, here Benedetto deviates from his standard response to block capitals, that of transcribing them in exacting detail. In this case, an exception to pattern, he renders the words found on the epigram into lower case, 8. ...

udies of the text, without citing his sources. Since Heckscher’s interest remained within his primary focus on elephant iconography, he confined his examinations to those ‘relevant folios’ bearing on that topic. He notes simply that the woodcut of an elephant and obelisk on (b7v) ‘evoked no keener interest than any other hieroglyph.’ Here Heckscher does not record the marginal cross reference ‘car. 66’ on the right margin of the woodcut, which refers to the Trinitarian obelisk image on ...

udies of the text, without citing his sources. Since Heckscher’s interest remained within his primary focus on elephant iconography, he confined his examinations to those ‘relevant folios’ bearing on that topic. He notes simply that the woodcut of an elephant and obelisk on (b7v) ‘evoked no keener interest than any other hieroglyph.’ Here Heckscher does not record the marginal cross reference ‘car. 66’ on the right margin of the woodcut, which refers to the Trinitarian obelisk image on ...

a discussion of Catholic doctrine. The nymph Logistica (Reason), accompanying Poliphilo, offers her interpretation of the obelisk thus. Incomincioe quivi la Theophrasta Logistica praeconizare et a dire. Per queste figure la coeleste harmonia consiste. Et advertisci Poliphile, che queste figure cum perpetua affinitate et coniunctione, sono praeclarissimi monumenti antiquarii, et aegyptii hieraglyphi, gli quali insinuare volendo ti dicono. DIVINAE INFINITAEQUE TRINITATI UNIUS ESSENTIAE (...

a discussion of Catholic doctrine. The nymph Logistica (Reason), accompanying Poliphilo, offers her interpretation of the obelisk thus. Incomincioe quivi la Theophrasta Logistica praeconizare et a dire. Per queste figure la coeleste harmonia consiste. Et advertisci Poliphile, che queste figure cum perpetua affinitate et coniunctione, sono praeclarissimi monumenti antiquarii, et aegyptii hieraglyphi, gli quali insinuare volendo ti dicono. DIVINAE INFINITAEQUE TRINITATI UNIUS ESSENTIAE (...