Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Marginalia, Scholarship & Reception

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Caryatid Figures Supporting Basin

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Caryatid Figures Supporting Basin
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Three female caryatid figures supporting a basin or table with harp-like decorative elements.

In the Narrative

Caryatid architecture — female figures serving as structural columns — is one of the HP's recurring motifs. These figures connect architecture to the human body.

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