#chirologia

[thesobsister]

Frontispiece, Chirologia: or the Natural Language of the Hand (1644)

"This following Table doth not onely ſerve to expreſſe the Rhetoricall poſtures of the Fingers ; but may be uſed as Cyphers for private wayes of Diſcourſe or Intelligence."

[facttoss]

The first modern book on body language appeared more than 350 years ago. John Bulwer's’ Chirologia: Or the Natural Language of the Hand (1644) was a pioneering work on hand movements. - Random Fact Toss

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[nocylipcowa]

me: *is looking for nice chironomia references with explanations*

internet: *offers1 (one) graphic from xvii century in different sizes, contrast and resolution*

[lucadipierro]

The 6th issue of my art zine Das Ding is available through The Walk. Chirologia is a series of drawings inspired by, and appropriating, John Bulwer's Chirologia: Or the Naturall Language of the Hand (London, Thomas Harper, 1644). An itinerary through gestures that conceal, dissimulate, silence. Get a copy HERE.

[holaaitsshann]

[invisiblestories]

From John Bulwer's Chirologia: or the naturall language of the hand. Composed of the speaking motions, and discoursing gestures thereof. Whereunto is added Chironomia: or, the art of manuall rhetoricke. Consisting of the naturall expressions, digested by art in the hand, as the chiefest instrument of eloquence. London: Thomas Harper. 1644.