Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Polyandrion Architrave Fragment

ARCHITECTURAL p6v · p.236
Polyandrion Architrave Fragment
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Architrave fragment with inscription CADAVERIS AMORE FVRENTIVM MISERABVNDIS POLYANDRION.

In the Narrative

The naming inscription of the Polyandrion: a cemetery for those who died raving from love. This establishes the section's memento mori theme.

Source: LLM_ASSISTED · HIGH