This article seeks to compare chapter XL of The Fifth Book with its direct source in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili in order to illustrate how Poliphilus was adapted in The Fifth Book, and to determine the status it gives to alchemy.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques