Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Inscribed Tablets in Temple

HIEROGLYPHIC n6v · p.204
Inscribed Tablets in Temple
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Two inscribed cartouches/tablets with Greek and Latin text. Hieroglyphic devices in the Temple of Venus.

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Inscribed tablets within the temple, combining Greek and Latin in the HP's characteristic multilingual epigraphy.

Source: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH