Francesco Colonna (writer)
Francesco Colonna | |
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Franciscus Columna | |
Colonna | |
| Profession | Priest and monk |
| Order | Dominican Order |
| Church | Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice |
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| Literary works | Hypnerotomachia Poliphili |
| Profession | Priest and monk |
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 formed by initial letters of the text.
He lived in
San Giovanni e Paolo
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 novel The Rule of Four, the Roman noble of the same name, Francesco Colonna, is featured as the true author of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.[2]
References
External links
Media related to Francesco Colonna at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by Francesco Colonna at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Francesco Colonna at Internet Archive
- Colonna, Francesco, Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Love in a Dreame, Translation by R.D., London, 1592. Facsimile ed., introd. by Lucy Gent, 1973, Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, ISBN 978-0-8201-1124-7.
- Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, at MIT Press
- Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, at Rare Book Room
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