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Francesco Colonna

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December 05, 1452

Died

December 02, 1516

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Francesco Colonna (1433/1434 – 1527) was an Italian Dominican priest and monk who was credited with the authorship of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by an acrostic in the text.

He lived in Venice, and preached at St. Mark's Cathedral. Besides Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, he definitely wrote an Italian epic poem called Delfili Somnium, the "Dream of Delfilo' which went unpublished in his lifetime and was not published until 1959. Colonna spent part of his life in the monastery of St. John and St. Paul in Venice, but the monastery was apparently not of the strictest observance and Colonna was granted leave to live outside its walls. In Ian Caldwell's and Dustin Thomason's book, The Rule of Four, Francesco Colonna is said to be a Roman, rather tha ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 401 ratings · 46 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream 3.96 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1499 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las historias del mago Setne y otros relatos del Egipto fantástico by Francesco Colonna, Pseudo Calístenes, Dióscoro de Alejandría really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strife Of Love In A Dream - Being The Elizabethan Version Of The First Book Of The Hypnerotomachia Of Francesco Colonna. by Francesco Colonna, Andrew Lang really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1890 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Tableau des Riches Inventions couuertes du voile des feintes amoureuses, qui sont representees dans le songe de Poliphile : desvoilees des ombres du songe & subtilement exposes by Francesco Colonna, François Béroalde de Verville 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ueber Den Kunsthistorischen Werth Der Hypnerotomachia Poliphili [Of F. Colonna]. - Primary Source Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Songe de Poliphile Ou Hypnérotomachie. Tome 2: Littéralement Traduit Pour La Première Fois, Avec Une Introduction Et Des Notes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strife of Love in a Dream: Being the Elizabethan Version of the First Book of the Hypnerotomachia [Tudor Library Series] by Francesco Colonna, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream of Poliphilus. Facsimiles of One Hundred and Sixty Eight Woodcuts in the "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili," Venice, 1499. With an Introduction Notice, and Descriptions by 1889 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strife of Love in a Dream; Being the Elizabethan Version of the First Book of the Hypnerotomachia of Francesco Colonna. 1890 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Songe de Poliphile by Francesco Colonna, Polizzi, Colonna 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Receive what this great cornucopia has offered,
Behold a useful and profitable book. If you think otherwise,
Do not lay the blame on the book, but on yourself.”
― Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream

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