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)


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.