# Hypnerotomachia

Hypnerotomachia by Francesco Colonna has 68,988 words.

## At a glance

Work by Francesco Colonna.

- **Author:** [Francesco Colonna](https://musael.com/books/authors/francesco-colonna.md)
- **First published:** 1499
- **Original language:** medieval Italian
- **Genre:** historical fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 68,988
- **Reading time:** 4 h 36 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 7 h 25 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 5 h 45 min | 12 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 36 min | 10 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 50 min | 8 days |

## Read or listen

Hypnerotomachia is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18459

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 68,988

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18459 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q914235
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnerotomachia_Poliphili
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL726081W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18459

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Source: https://musael.com/books/hypnerotomachia