Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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The Bark of the God of Love

NARRATIVE s5r · p.281
The Bark of the God of Love
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Small boat on waves with ornamental prow and stern. Cupid's vessel for the voyage to Cythera.

In the Narrative

Cupid's bark, carrying Poliphilo and Polia across the sea to Venus's island. The voyage represents the final threshold crossing.

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