Lorenzo Bonincontri
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.
- De rebus coelestibus, Gaurico, Venice, 1526
- De rebus coelestibus. Basel. 1540 – via Robert Winter.
- 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.
References
- 1 2 3 "BONINCONTRI, Lorenzo in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "Lorenzo Bonincontri | enciclopèdia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
Further reading
- Grayson, Cecil (1970). "BONINCONTRI, Lorenzo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 12: Bonfadini–Borrello. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.