Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Beroalde de Verville Historical Figure Unreviewed (LLM_ASSISTED)

Beroalde de Verville (1556-1626) published a French edition of the HP in 1600 that included a 'tableau steganographique' — a systematic table mapping narrative elements to alchemical processes and substances. This edition inaugurated the tradition of reading the HP as alchemical allegory and directly influenced all subsequent alchemical annotators, including those documented by Russell in the BL and Buffalo copies.

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Le Tableau des riches Inventions...dans le songe de Poliphile

Guillemot, Paris (1600) [book]

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