Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Flower-bed in Shape of Eagle

DECORATIVE x5r · p.313
Flower-bed in Shape of Eagle
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Flower-bed pattern shaped as an eagle with spread wings, inscribed within a rectangular border.

In the Narrative

An eagle-shaped parterre, combining heraldic imagery with horticultural design.

Source: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH