A Personal Landmark

[poliphilo]

I turned the final page of the Hypnerotomachia last night. Polia disappeared from Poliphilo's arms just as they were about to comsummate their love- as we always feared she would. He writes her epitaph. Poliphilo was probably a guy called Francesco Colonna. Who Polia was is anybody's guess. It's possible she was merely a fictional device, but I doubt it.
 


Polia and Poliphilo

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Over five years. I'm glad to have crossed the finish line. It's a difficult, but astonishingly beautiful book.