Biography:Moses Botarel Farissol

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Short description: Jewish astronomer and mathematician

Moses Botarel Farissol was a Jewish astronomer and mathematician of the second half of the 15th century.

He wrote a work on the calendar entitled Meleket ha-Ḳebi'ah, and compiled, under the title Nofet Ẓufim, calendric tables.[1][2] Both these works, in manuscript, are preserved in the royal library at Munich.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore, ed (1901–1906). "Moses Botarel Farissol". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=849&letter=M. 

  1. Steinschneider, Moritz (1857). Jewish Literature from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. p. 189. https://archive.org/details/jewishliterature00stei. 
  2. Moritz Steinschneider, Cat. Munich, p. 93, No. 249, 1.