Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Epitaphs: Greek Urn and D.M. Lyndia

ARCHITECTURAL q5v · p.250
Epitaphs: Greek Urn and D.M. Lyndia
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Two woodcuts: sepulchral urn with Greek inscription AND tombstone with epitaph D.M. LYNDIA.

In the Narrative

Paired epitaphs continuing the Polyandrion sequence. The Greek urn demonstrates Colonna's classical erudition.

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