Images from John Bulwer's 17th-century study on the language of the hands and gesture.
The sign language used by monks and nuns to communicate while keeping silence.
![Chirologia, or, The naturall language of the hand c [microform] : composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof : whereunto is added, Chironomia, or, The art of manual rhetoricke, consisting of the naturall expressions, digested by art in the hand ... : with types, or chyrograms, a long-wish'd for illustration of this argument : J. B.(John Bulwer),fl. 1648-1654 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/43/fd/7e43fd9af4c03e0e4e6090e917bc8788.jpg)
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An illustration from John Bulwer's treatise on hand gestures, Chirologia. John Bulwer (1606-1656) was an English physician and natur...
La lettura della mano è un’arte antica, ancora oggi molto praticata, per conoscere meglio i nostri aspetti caratteriali ed emotivi. La chirologia, ovvero la lettura della ... Leggi l'articolo
