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