{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F954e7594-33f0-498a-b72f-961b871c2f75","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Introducing the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili","description":"This is a solo episode about the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, the most beautiful book in Venice. This mysterious volume was printed in Venice in 1499 by Aldus Manutius, with a typeface created by master punchcutter Francesco Griffo. Illustrated with 172 amazing woodcuts, it was written in a strange combination of Latin, Greek, and Italian. The illustrations also contain Hebrew, Arabic, and invented hieroglyphs. Nobody knows who the illustrator was, nor who wrote the book, but most scholars agree that it was Venetian Franciscian monk and priest Francesco Colonna.\n\nIn this episode, I discuss the history of events leading up to the book, the nature of the book itself, and also possible influences the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili may have had on later European art, literature, and occult currents. Some of the topics I touch on are the 17th century Rosicrucian movement, the Renaissance Art of Memory, and 18th century Freemasonry.\n\nMy research in this episode relies heavily on the previous work of two people. First, Joscelyn Godwin, musicologist, author, historian, and translator. He translated the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili into English for the first time in 1999, and was the translator and commentator of The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, which I reference in the show. Second is Efthymia Priki, Ph.D. in Byzantine Studies from University of Cyprus, who did extensive work researching the influences of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili on works that came after it.\n\nLinks\n\n\nThe Arnemancy Store\nRegister for an upcoming class or get a recording of a previous class.\nJoscelyn Godwin's English translation of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili\nRobert Dallington's aborted English translation of 1592 (at Project Gutenberg)\nScans of the 1499 first edition of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (at the Internet Archive)\nThe Rosicrucian Trilogy (also check out my review of this book)\nExcellent overview of the story and artwork in the HP\n\"Elucidating and Enigmatizing: the Reception of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili in the Early Modern Period and in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries\" by Efthymia Priki\nThe Club Dumas by Arturo P\u00e9rez-Revert\nThe Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason\nThe Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco (Make sure you get one that's in full color!)\n\n\nSupport me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/arnemancy\n\nListen on Podcrypt","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9c2e0d23-4d53-489e-b871-26b8b04ff344/triumph-of-leda-bar.jpg"}