Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
Poliphilo falls asleep and dreams that he is wandering through a dark forest, then through a landscape of colossal ruins, pyramids, obelisks, temples and gardens, each described in extraordinary architectural detail, in search of his beloved Polia. He meets nymphs who represent the senses, is led by them to the court of Queen Eleuterylida, and after many allegorical trials finds Polia, who tells her own story. The Italian original was printed by Aldus Manutius in Venice in 1499, in a strange hybrid language, with woodcuts that made it the most beautiful book of the Renaissance. This edition presents the partial English translation printed in London in 1592 under the name of Robert Dallington, in its original Elizabethan spelling, which covers the first part of the dream. Read it online in your browser on Vinteuil; the opening pages are free.
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Yes. Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Francesco Colonna is a public-domain work, here in the translation by Robert Dallington. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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