Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Trophy: Laurel Wreath with Cupid

DECORATIVE · p.321
Trophy: Laurel Wreath with Cupid
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Trophy standard bearing a laurel wreath with a small Cupid figure and tablet inscribed 'Gained by spear'.

In the Narrative

One of several trophy standards displayed in the gardens of the island of Venus, representing love's conquest through valor.

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