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Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus

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A portrait of Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus by Jean Jacques Boissard (1528-1602).

Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus (1436-1506) was a scholar and historian from Venice who authored a history of the world in 1504 entitled Enneades sive Rhapsodia historiarum. He was a pupil of Pomponius Laetus, was professor of eloquence at Udino and Venice. In 1487 he was appointed as a curator of the Biblioteca Marciana.