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Cecco d'Ascoli
1257–1327 · Italy
Description
Francesco degli Stabili, popularly called Cecco d'Ascoli, was an Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet. Cecco is the diminutive of Francesco. Ascoli was the place of his birth. The lunar crater Cichus is named after him.
Facts
| Born | 1257 (1257), Folignano |
| Died | 26 September 1327(1327-09-26) (aged 69–70), Florence |
| Discipline | astrology |
| Institutions | University of Bologna |
| Notable works | Acerba |
Life & work in brief
Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.
| Work / contribution | Significance |
|---|---|
| Life | Born in Folignano, near Fonte a cagnà in Case di Coccia, he devoted himself to the study of mathematics and astrology. |
| Publications | Cecco d'Ascoli left many works in manuscript, most of which have never been published. |
Contribution to the celestial-alphabet tradition
Court astrologer-magus burned for astrological determinism — an inheritor of Scot's tradition and a martyr of the medieval boundary between licit and illicit stellar knowledge.
Lineage — influence tree
Where Cecco d'Ascoli sits in the magi lineage: who shaped this figure, and who this figure shaped in turn. Mage names link to their own ficha.