HistoryFigureXVᵉ s. (manuscrit daté 1453)

Mosheh Jacob (Ya'aqob) Usillo

Region: Espagne (couronne d'Aragon)

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Jewish scribe from 15th-century Spain. He is the copyist of a Hebrew biblical manuscript held in the library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (shelfmark G. II. 19), dated 17 Iyar 5213 (1453). The Usillo/Usiellys family is attested in 15th-century Spanish documents (Huesca, Calahorra, Osca).

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