Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus
Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus (1436–1506) was a scholar and historian from Venice. He is known for his universal history of 1504, Enneades sive Rhapsodia historiarum.
Life
Born in Vicovaro, his surname was originally Cocci; he took his Latinised name as a pupil of Pomponius Laetus.[1] He became professor of eloquence at Udine and Venice. In 1487 he was appointed as a curator of the Biblioteca Marciana.
Works
He wrote a history of Venice, with official encouragement; but it proved unpopular with the citizens.[2]
Notes
- ^ p. 299; Google Books.
- ^ William J. Bouwsma, Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of the Counter Reformation (Berkeley, 1968), p. 90.
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