Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Mosaic of Hell on Crypt Ceiling

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Mosaic of Hell on Crypt Ceiling
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Large arched scene: mosaic depicting Hell on the ceiling of the crypt. Figures in torment among flames and darkness.

In the Narrative

The Hell mosaic, after Dante. Colonna places a vision of infernal punishment within the lovers' cemetery, linking erotic transgression to damnation.

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