Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Biblioteca degli Intronati, Siena — O.III.38 HIGH Unverified
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Biblioteca degli Intronati, Siena — O.III.38 HIGH Unverified

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CROSS_REFERENCE (1)
Hand Primary: Benedetto Giovio
Cross Reference
“Epilepsia da noi detta morbo caduco”
refer to the groin in the Vulgate, citing Numbers 5:21, Judith 9:2, and Isaiah 11:2,24.79 As Calvesi and Godwin observe, this twin-tailed figure bears a striking resemblance to the heraldic sign of the Roman Colonna family. The annotator does not remark upon this similarity, paying no attention to its heraldic or even emblematic significance, observing only that the figure is anatomically correct.80 The commentator’s medical knowledge is also apparent in two comments on epilepsy. 23. ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 107 (Ch. 5)
Hand Primary: Benedetto Giovio
Cross Reference
“Epilepsia da noi detta morbo caduco”
refer to the groin in the Vulgate, citing Numbers 5:21, Judith 9:2, and Isaiah 11:2,24.79 As Calvesi and Godwin observe, this twin-tailed figure bears a striking resemblance to the heraldic sign of the Roman Colonna family. The annotator does not remark upon this similarity, paying no attention to its heraldic or even emblematic significance, observing only that the figure is anatomically correct.80 The commentator’s medical knowledge is also apparent in two comments on epilepsy. 23. ...
Russell, PhD Thesis, p. 107 (Ch. 5)