Italian astrologer, humanist and historian
De rebus coelestibus , 1540
Lorenzo Bonincontri , or Bonincontro , latinized as Laurentius Bonincontrius (23 February 1410 - 1491), was an Italian astrologer , humanist and historian of the 15th century. [ 1]
Life
He was born in 1410 in San Miniato .[ 1]
He lived in different cities in Italy: Naples (1450-75), Florence (1475-78) and Rome (1483-91), where he wrote part of his work. [ 2]
He probably died in 1491 in Rome. [ 1]
Works
Rerum naturalium libri , Naples, 1469-1472. Poem in latin hexameters.
De rebus coelestibus, aureum opusculum , 1472-1475. Poem in three books of filosofic-astrologic topic dedicated to Ferdinand II of Aragon .
Chronicon (chronicle from 903 to 1458)
De ortu Regum Neapolitanorum (or Historia utriusque Siciliae ), in 10 books, Florence, 1739-1740. History of the kings of Naples and Sicily .
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Further reading
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