Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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First Triumphal Chariot (PRIMA TABELLA)

PROCESSION k1r · p.149
First Triumphal Chariot (PRIMA TABELLA)
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Two woodcut panels: PRIMA TABELLA showing a chariot with bulls and figures. Beginning of the triumphal procession sequence.

In the Narrative

The beginning of the HP's most sustained visual sequence — a triumphal procession celebrating the victory of love. The first chariot establishes the ceremonial vocabulary.

Source: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH