Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Queen Eleuterylida's Palace

ARCHITECTURAL f4v · p.84
Queen Eleuterylida's Palace
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Interior of ornate palace hall with columned arcade. Seven compartments labeled with planetary names: MERCVRIVS, VENVS, SOL, MARS, LVNA, IVPITER, SATVRNVS.

In the Narrative

The palace of the seven planets — each compartment corresponds to a celestial body and its associated metal, gemstone, and virtue. This is the HP's most explicit cosmological diagram, connecting architecture to astrology.

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