Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

periwinkle is more explicable when contextualized in the atmosphere of philological experimentation and the search for obscure Latin terms reported by Fera. The search, in which Benedetto was an active participant, for new Latin terms for simples in non-normative Latin sources resulted in a confusio nominum, with multiple terms referring to the same plant. As a result, botanical indices were developed which correlated the various alternate terms for plants. One piece of annotation on (...

tin sources resulted in a confusio nominum, with multiple terms referring to the same plant. As a result, botanical indices were developed which correlated the various alternate terms for plants. One piece of annotation on (k5r) offers an example of Benedetto attempting to resolve such an ambiguity with regard to the compound word ‘Dendrocysto’. gli Centuari di Dendrocysto coronati ne la mano sue, la una alla parta ima, & cum l’altro amplexando gestuamo gli dui propinqui al carro. ...