Martínez Silíceo, Juan, 1486-1557
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1486 - 1557
Biography
Juan Martínez Silíceo (1486-1557), was a cardinal, Catholic archbishop and Spanish mathematician, who taught natural philosophy, logic, rhetoric, poetics, grammar and astrology at the University of Salamanca.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
"De Microcosmi signatura doctor" by Ioannes Martinus Hispanus Salmanticensis
Collection — Box CLX-A-1704
Identifier: Coll-2021
Content Description
This is an anthology of manuscript texts relating to astrology and divination, entitled "De microcosmi signatura doctor ioannes martinus hispanus salmanticensis" and dating from 1630. The author could be "doctore ioanne martino hispano salamanticense" as many writings bear the name. This is possibly Juan Martínez Silíceo (1486-1557), who taught at the University of Salamanca, although he is not the scribe of the present volume, which dates from several decades after his death.The...
Dates:
1630