Guido Bonatti
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Guido Bonatti (died between 1296 and 1300) was an
His most famous work was his Liber Astronomiae or 'Book of Astronomy', written around 1277. This remained a classic astrology textbook for two centuries.[2][4]
Biography
Bonatti's dates of birth and death are unknown, the latter probably occurring between 1296 and 1300. In 1233 he is known as the winner of a dispute in Bologna with the friar Giovanni Schio from Vicenza, who maintained the non-scientific basis of astrology.[1]
He is probably the first
There is a tradition that Bonatti, towards the end of his life, took the friar's habit of the
The celebrated physicist, astronomer and astrologer, Guido Bonatti (d. 1296), a Friar Minor, drew scholars to his professional chair from all parts of Europe. He wrote Theoria Planetarum (printed at Venice, 1506) and Liber Astronomicus.[7]
According to the uncorroborated account of the Italian historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Bonatti was murdered by robbers whilst returning from a study trip to Paris and other Italian cities, being set upon in or near Casena, with his body left upon the road. Evidence from various accounts establishes that Bonatti was in his eighties when he died.[2]: xliv
References
- ^ a b Boncompagni, Baldassarre (1851). Della vita e delle opere di Guido Bonatti, astrologo e astronomo del secolo decimoterzo (in Italian).
- ^ ISBN 9781934586006.
- ^ Alighieri, Dante (1867). Divine Comedy. Ticknor and Fields.
- ^ Campion, Nicholas. An Introduction to the History of Astrology. ISCWA, 1982. p. 46.
- ^ Michael Harding and Charles Harvey: Working with Astrology: The Psychology of Harmonics, Midpoints and AstroCartoGraphy, Penguin Group, London.
- ^ Guido Bonati: Information and Much More from Answers.com
- ^ Lenhard, John M., OFM Cap. (1924). "Science in the Franciscan Order: a historical sketch". Franciscan Studies.
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External links
- English translation of Bonatti's Liber Astronomiae
- English translations of extracts from Liber Astronomiae: "Bonatti on War" and "Bonatti on Arabic Parts"
- The Life of Guido Bonatti
- "Anima astrologiae, Guido Bonatus by William Lilly, Student in Astrology" Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Guidonis Bonati De Astronomia tractatus (Latin)
- Online Galleries, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries Archived 2019-05-13 at the Wayback Machine High resolution images of works by Guido Bonatti in .jpg and .tiff format.