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Francesco Colonna

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Francesco Colonna (1433–1527) was an Italian Dominican priest and monk who was credited with the authorship of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by an acrostic formed by initial letters of the text. Francesco Colonna's notable works include Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.

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“Alas howe my soule and bodye were lothe to leaue one an another, the sorrowe whereof made me vnwilling to intertaine so cruel an enemy as death: whereupon I plucking vp a good heart, thought thus.”

— Francesco Colonna《Hypnerotomachia Poliphili》

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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is a Renaissance romance traditionally attributed to Francesco Colonna. Its themes and subject matter include Dreams and Italian fiction 15th century in English translation. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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