Bartolomeo della Rocca

Bartolomeo della Rocca, also known as Cocles (March 19, 1467 September 9, 1504) was a scholar of chiromancy, physiognomy, astrology, and geomancy[1] who lived in Bologna, Italy during the rule of the Bentivoglio.

In the months which preceded April, 1498, he participated (with others) in the preparation of a list of predictions relating to the life expectancies of different personalities for Giovanni Bentivoglio, dictator of Bologna and father of his boss Alessandro Bentivoglio.[2]

Alessandro Achillini was a promoter of Cocles.

Ermes Bentivoglio had Cocles assassinated because of his prediction that Ermes would die in battle.

His main work, Chiromantie ac physionomie anastasis was published in 1504[3] then the Compendio of Fisiognomica ("Compendium of Physiognomics"), was published after his death, in 1553 in Strasbourg.

References

  1. Ahonen, Marke (28 July 2013). "Medieval and Early Modern Physiognomy". Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind (Springer Netherlands) 12: 633–637. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6967-0_39.
  2. Ziegler, Joseph (2004). "Médecine et physiognomonie du XIVVe au début du XVIe siècle". Médiévales (in French) 46: 89–108. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. Ziegler, Joseph. "The Medieval Foundation of Renaissance physiognomy". http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris. Retrieved 14 January 2016. External link in |website= (help)


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