Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

ith the proposed framing of this reading as one of making excerpts from a Plinian encyclopedia, the majority of Benedetto’s annotations center on lexical items. One visual element which would serve as a confirmation of the presence of Benedetto’s hand is the practice, seen also in Modena, of copying block capitals in exact detail, down to their serifs. Though this typographical transcription only occurs in two places, namely the first and second Triumphs of Jupiter (TRIVMPHVS and PRIMVS) ...