XVth century CE

Italian rabbi

16th century physician and historian

Native of Granada, he settled in Istanbul in 1492/93 after the Spanish Expulsion and became court physician to the sultans Bayezid II and Selim I, whom he accompanied on his campaign in Egypt…

Joseph ibn Hasan was an author in Arabic language of the fifteenth century or earlier. In 1467, he composed the Muhsin al-Adab, treatise on culture in fifty qasidas, adapted, according to…

rabbi

author (15th century)

Representative of the Marranos in 1482 and wealthy tax farmer established in Jerez de la Frontera. Summoned in 1481 to answer before the inquisitors the accusation of Judaism, he fled and settled in…

Spanish poet of humble origin and marrano, born around 1420 in Valladolid. He lived at the courts of Naples, Mantua and Milan as an improviser and astrologer, was captured by Moorish pirates on his…

Italian philosopher, rabbi and physician

Uncle of Salomon ibn Verga. Forced to flee Seville when the Inquisition was established, he hid in Lisbon. An astronomer, he invented an instrument for determining the solar meridian (Lisbon, c.…

Italian rabbi

Spanish rabbi

228th pope, born in Rome in 1487, elected on February 8, 1550 and died on March 22, 1555. Personally well disposed toward Jews — he engaged a Jewish physician and prohibited the baptism of Jewish…

Turkish scholar of the fifteenth century, to whom is attributed a rationalist commentary on Job preserved in manuscript at the Bodleian, where he cites a « Sefer ha-Middot » in his hand on…

Kabbalist writer of the fifteenth century, according to authors originally from Spain, Italy or Greece. He presents himself as « Ḳanah Abengedor, son of Nahum, of the family of Ram » and claims to be…

Bohemian scholar, active in Prague in the first half of the 15th century, close relative—perhaps half-brother—of Abigdor ben Isaac Ḳara, whom he calls "my brother" in his writings. He left in…

Court physician to the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, executed in Moscow on April 22, 1490. A Jew by birth, originally from Venice, he was probably the first Western European physician to enter…

Two hundred and twenty-fourth Pope, born in Florence on December 11, 1475, elected on March 11, 1513 and died on December 1, 1521. His pontificate was favorable to the Jews of Rome, who saw in it a…

Physician, philosopher and poet, born in Lisbon in the second half of the fifteenth century and died in Venice in 1535, son of Isaac Abravanel whom he accompanied to Spain then to Naples, where he…

Italian rabbi, active in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, trained in Naples in the school of his father Messer Leon, then in Padua under Judah Minz, before going to Turkey, where he was called…

Rabbi of Fès, active in the third century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 80-2.

Son of Jacob ibn Habib, known by the acronym HaRaLBaCh. Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem from 1525 until his death; he completed his father's Ein Yaakov and played a central role in the controversy over the…

Portuguese convert who lived at the end of the fifteenth century, known for his hostility toward his former coreligionists. According to Abraham b. Salomon de Torrutiel, it was he who advised King…

Rabbi of Fez, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Son of Pinhas. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 80-3.

Grammarian, masorete and poet, born in Neustadt, near Nuremberg, in 1468, died in Venice in December 1549. Settled young in Venice, he taught Hebrew in Padua from 1504 onward; his commentary on the…

Austrian controversialist, talmudist and kabbalist of the 14th-15th centuries, active in Prague, where a document dated 1413 mentions him as dayyan. On August 16, 1399, he is thrown into prison with…

Ordinary physician to the German emperor Frederick III (1440-93) and Hebrew teacher of Johann Reuchlin, died in Linz around 1506. Faithful servant of the emperor, who ennobled him, he met young…

German religious reformer, born in Eisleben on November 10, 1483 and died in the same city on February 18, 1546. While placing Scripture alone as the infallible guide of faith and praising the Hebrew…

Russian painter, born in Wilkowiszk (government of Suwałki, Russian Poland) on February 4, 1860. Trained at the painting schools of Warsaw and Wilno, he entered in 1880 the Academy of Fine Arts of…

Rabbi of Constantine, refugee from Spain in 1395, halakhic correspondent of the Rashbatz.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name, refugee from Spain after the persecutions of 1391, established in Constantine in the first half of the 15th century. His son Nathan Najar also lived…

Yemenite scholar and author of the 15th century, also called Ibn al-Mu'allim or, in Hebrew, Hoter ben Solomon. He composed a philosophical midrash in Judeo-Arabic, a commentary on Maimonides'…

New Christian of Portuguese origin (son of Dionysius Rodrigues, physician to the court of Portugal), he practiced medicine in England and then in Italy, before settling in Constantinople where he…

Spanish surgeon whose life remains unknown. He wrote in Spanish, but in Hebrew characters, a work entitled "Libro de la Cirogia", a fragment of which is preserved in a collection of the Royal Library…

Jewish cartographer of Majorca, active in the early fifteenth century, author of a map dated 1413, now preserved in the National Library of Paris, where he highlights the African navigation of the…

Sephardic kabbalist, author of Avodat ha-Kodesh, precursor of Cordovero and Luria.

Biblical commentator whose country and year of birth are unknown; as he cites Levi b. Gershon, one may assume that he did not live before the fifteenth century. He is the author of a commentary on…

The "Maharam of Padua", chief rabbi of Padua, major talmudic authority of the 16th century.

Turkish liturgist of the fifteenth century, native of Kastoria, author of several piyyoutim, including a « tefillah » of one hundred forty verses with a particularly elaborate acrostic giving his…

German author, active between 1420 and 1450, known through the mentions made of him by Jacob Weil, Juda Minz and Solomon Louria. His collection of halakic decisions, appended to the responsa of Weil,…

Kabbalist of the mid-15th century, author of the cabalistic commentary « Ẓiyyuni », founded on Rachi, Nahmanide and the ancient kabbalistic literature of the geonic period, and introduced by…

Rabbi, physician and Italian philosopher, active in Mantua in the second half of the 15th century, perhaps born in Naples. Expelled from Mantua in 1475 after a conflict with his colleague Joseph…

Rabbi of Vallée du Draa, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 84-3.

Greek scholar, Hebrew poet and preacher, born on March 27, 1411. A Vatican manuscript preserves from him a poem on the taking of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror (1453), an elegy on the death…

Elder of the Jews of Lithuania under King Sigismond I of Poland, born in Brest-Litovsk around the middle of the fifteenth century, died in that city between 1530 and 1533. One of the principal tax…

Public figure renowned for his fortune and influence, born toward the end of the fifteenth century at Derenburg, near Halberstadt, died in 1549, held to be the illegitimate son of a count of…

Daughter of Benayah, she copied Hebrew manuscripts alongside her father and her brothers David and Joseph; the family is credited with approximately 400 volumes copied (prayer books, haftarah…

Probably born in Spain, grandson of a Moses Albelda established in Salonika. Rabbi of Arta (Greece) in 1534, then of Valona (Albania). His writings, predominantly philosophical, are collections of…

Son of Joseph Hamon, he succeeded his father as physician to the sultan and became the principal court physician of Suleiman the Magnificent, exercising great influence through the court faction. He…

Liturgical poet and astronomer, active in Avignon in the second half of the fifteenth century. He composed in 1462 a liturgical poem published in Thorn in 1873, and translated from Latin into Hebrew,…

Hebrew grammarian from the Middle Ages

Moses Botarel, also called Moses Bonyak Botarel of Cisneros, is a Spanish scholar active in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, student of Jacob Sefardi for Kabbalah and student of medicine and…

Astronomer and mathematician of the second half of the fifteenth century, author of a work on the calendar, « Meleket ha-Ḳebi'ah », and of calendrical tables, the « Nofet Ẓufim », both preserved in…

Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople.

Marrano kabbalist born Christian in Portugal around 1500 under the name Diogo Pires and died in Mantua in 1532, Salomon Molko circumcised himself and emigrated to Turkey, where he studied Kabbalah…

Spanish poet of the 15th century, born in Montoro in 1404, died after March 1477, close relative of poet Juan Alfonso de Baena. Dealer in old clothes, baptized late but remained Jewish at heart, he…

French physician, active in Avignon in the mid-fifteenth century, correspondent of Joseph Colon, who highly praised his medical skill. Probably identical to the mathematician Mordecai Nadi, the…

Jewish scholar of Mantua in the 15th century: mathematician, astronomer, grammarian and physician. He wrote astronomical tables (Luḥot) and translated into Hebrew several scientific works, including…

Turkish astronomer

German rabbi

Rabbi and kabbalist of Pesaro, author of a travel narrative in the Holy Land.

Rabbi, 15th century. Mentioned in 5254 of the Hebrew era (1494). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-4.

Rabbi of Fez, 15th century. Mentioned in 5198 of the Hebrew era (1438). Son of Maimon. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 97-1.

Rabbi of Fez, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Son of Mordekhay. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-4.

Rabbi, 15th century. Mentioned in 5257 of the Hebrew era (1497). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-4.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-1.

Rabbi, 15th century. Mentioned in 5232 of the Hebrew era (1472). Son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-4.

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…

Jewish mathematician of the 15th century, probably active in Lombardy, of whom almost nothing is known: his dating, toward the middle of the century, is deduced from the dedication of his algebra…

Hebrew scholar and cosmographer, born in 1489 in Ingelheim, died in Basel on May 23, 1552. Having become Protestant, he taught Hebrew at the University of Basel from 1529, published under the…

French physician who lived in Avignon in the mid-fifteenth century, correspondent of Joseph Colon who praised his medical knowledge and gave him the title of « mori ». Between 1450-56, he had a…

Rabbi of Constantine, son of Maimon Najar, correspondent of the Rashbash.

Spanish scholar of the fifteenth century. His halakhic consultations exchanged with Isaac Aboab were published under the title « She'elah u-Teshouva » by Abraham Meldola in the « Shiv'ah Enayim »,…

Rabbi, biblical exegete, philosopher and physician, founder of the school of Bologna.

Italian rabbi, author of the standard commentary on the Mishna, printed in all standard editions. In 1488 he settled in Jerusalem and reorganized the Jewish community of the city. His travel letters…

Born Jewish in Germany, he converted to Catholicism around 1505 in Italy. Professor of philosophy and medicine at Pavia, he was from 1514 the physician of Emperor Maximilian I in Augsburg, then…

Mathematician active towards the end of the fifteenth century, of whom we know only that he is the author of an unpublished work, the « Keli Faz », a manual for the construction of mathematical…

Jew converted to Christianity in Germany, active at the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He accuses Jews of concealing in the concluding prayer Alenu a blasphemous allusion to Jesus,…

German convert to Christianity, born in 1469, died after 1521. Former butcher imprisoned for burglary according to Grätz, he converts and is baptized with his family in Cologne in 1505, then places…

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, count of the Concordia, is an Italian philosopher, theologian, and kabbalist, born on 24 February 1463 in Mirandola and died in Florence on 17 November 1494. A graduate…

Scribe of the Tanam community, one of the oldest in Yemen (called « resh galuta »). He transcribed a copy of the Midrash ha-Gadol, copying work financed by R. Abraham ben Saadia ha-Cohen. The Tanam…

Megorash (exilee) from Spain, originally from Granada, he settled in Safi around 1500 and became its chief rabbi in 1510. According to the family entry on moreshet-morocco.com, he was renowned for…

Rabbi and exegete active in the Fès/Tlemcen/Tunis zone at the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, author of a supercommentary on the biblical commentary of Ibn Ezra (one of his works is dated Tunis,…

Descendant of Spanish rabbis who took refuge in the Maghreb after the persecutions of 1391, the family passed through Tlemcen before emigrating to Touat; Shelomo became rabbi of the great commercial…

According to Rabbi Yosef ben-Naïm citing the hypothesis of the researcher Rabbi Yaakov Toledano (in his book « Apiryon »), he was one of the greats of Spain established in Safi. He was responsible…

Lived in the fifteenth century. Presumably the brother of Rabbi Avraham ibn-Zimra. It is known that he aided the crown of Portugal, which then reigned over Safi, when the inhabitants rose up against…

Pioneer of the Russian Haskalah movement, died in Berditchev on January 6, 1886 at an advanced age. One of the first in Berditchev to rally to the spirit of progress, he supports the efforts of the…

Adventurer of Arab origin born around 1490 in Khaybar, central Arabia, and died in Llerena, Spain, after 1535. Left for Egypt late 1522, he presents himself to the Jews as the emissary of Jewish…

German humanist born February 22, 1455 in Pforzheim, died June 30, 1522 in Liebenzell, Württemberg. Trained at the universities of Freiburg, Paris and Basel, he became in 1492 the Hebrew-teaching…

Converted Jew to Christianity and fifteenth-century astronomer. A disciple of Abraham Zacuto, he writes a work on the movement of the eighth sphere, a Latin translation of which appears in Paris in…

Physician, poet and martyr, born in Palma de Majorca around 1406 and died in Palermo in 1430, related to the first Moses Rimos, called "the Parchment-maker", baptized in Palma in 1391 under the name…

Poet of Toledo from a Marrano (converso) family. Author of the 'Diálogo entre el Amor y un viejo', one of the notable Castilian dramatic poems of the fifteenth century; he has also been attributed…

Physician and Italian scholar of the fifteenth century born in Fano, mentioned several times between 1430 and 1470. He writes a supercommentary on Ibn Ezra, marginal glosses to the commentaries of…

Rabbi of Mainz then of Worms, died before 1426. Kabbalist, he is the author of the « Ḥatan Damim » (Prague, 1605), a Kabbalistic commentary on the Pentateuch based on gematria and notarikon,…

Man of culture active in Damascus and Safed between 1473 and 1485. He wrote a commentary on certain parts of the Yad ha-Ḥazaqah of Maimonides, copied a commentary by an Arab author on the first…

Rabbi of Fès, 15th century. Mentioned in 5245 of the Hebrew era (1485). Son of Maimon, himself son of Moshe, himself son of Maimon. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 100-3.

Rabbi and grammarian

Rabbi, physician and grammarian of Constantinople, author of a treatise on the interpretation of dreams.

Author of a work on Hebrew synonyms entitled « Ohel Mo'ed », completed around 1500 and dedicated to his master Obadiah. The work was printed in Venice in 1548, then reprinted (with notes by…

Salomon ben Judah of Lunel, called Salomon Vives in Provençal, Provençal philosopher, born in 1411. At only thirteen years old, under the direction of his master Frat Maimon, he composed a commentary…

A victim of the expulsions from Spain and Portugal, he lived in Lisbon as a marrano and witnessed the massacre of 1506 before fleeing to the Ottoman Empire. There he composed the Shevet Yehudah, a…

Rabbi of Spanish origin, commentator on the Talmud of Jerusalem.

Sephardic-Italian financier, academic, and supporter of Italian Jewry

Hebrew grammarian and poet, Italian, from the first half of the fifteenth century, originally from Naples according to Carmoly, and one of the masters of Juda Messer Léon. He is the author of the «…

German Dominican preacher and anti-Jewish polemicist of the 15th century, trained in theology and then in Hebrew, notably in Salamanca where he secretly frequented Jewish children to perfect himself…

Polish rabbi

Italian scholar and theologian, died in 1492. In his Névé Chalom (1574), he places scriptural and talmudic knowledge above philosophy, while admitting that the study of the latter is necessary for…

Rabbi of Fès, 15th century. Mentioned in 5227 of the Hebrew era (1467). Son of Shem Tov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 111-4.

Portuguese crypto-Jew who became a mystical and messianic preacher. After his circumcision, he preached the imminent coming of the Messiah before Pope Clement VII. Burned alive by the Inquisition at…

According to the onomastic dictionary of A. I. Laredo ("The names of the Jews of Morocco"), Shelomoh ben Alzraq, originally from the city of Alzarcon, copied in 1472 an illuminated copy of the Yad…

Rabbi of Fez, fifteenth century. Mentioned in 5252 of the Hebrew era (1492). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 120-1.

Grandson of the Rashbatz and son of the Rashbash (Chlomo Duran), he continued in the fifteenth century the rabbinic office of the Duran dynasty in Algiers, whose responsa count among the major…

Kabbalist and poet, dayan in Tripoli; author of the Zohar commentary Ketem Paz and the hymn Bar Yochaï.

Rabbi of Fes, fifteenth century. Died in 5213 of the Hebrew era (1453). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 118-1.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 122-2.

Decisor and philosopher born in Majorca, refugee in Algiers after 1391, author of the collection of responsa Tashbetz. He was also a physician and exegete.

Salomon Sirillo, Spanish Talmudist of the 15th and 16th centuries, is among the exiles of 1492 and establishes himself in Safed, where he has a controversy with Jacob Berab on a question of kashrut.…

Luso-Turkish rabbi and physician, born in Portugal in the second half of the 15th century, died in Constantinople between 1534 and 1542. Son of David b. Solomon, one of the principal members of the…

Dayan of Algiers, scholar in kabbalah and philosophy, co-author of the responsa Yakhin u-Boaz.

Joseph Vecinho, Portuguese physician and scholar at court in the late fifteenth century, was a student of Abraham Zacuto, whose mathematics and cosmography he studied, to the point of being sent by…

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 29-3.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Son of Yitshak. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 29-3.

Spanish scholar and biblical commentator of the 15th century, perhaps also a physician, though this is not established with certainty. He composed a commentary on Lamentations, the Peroush Meguillat…

Italian jeweler of the 15th century, established in Florence, where he traded precious stones with his father Menahem ben Aaron Volterra, who possessed in 1460 a fortune of 100,000 ducats. In 1481,…

Rabbi and German Talmudist active in the first half of the fifteenth century, died, according to Grätz, before 1456, Jacob Weil was one of the principal students of Jacob Mölln (the MaHaRIL), who…

Convert from Judaism to Christianity who lived in the second half of the fifteenth century, known for his role in the Simon of Trent affair in 1475: seeking to avenge his former coreligionists, he…

Bavarian man of letters of the Middle Ages, known for having compiled around 1450 the "Lochheimer Liederbuch", a numbered collection of German popular songs. A dedication in Hebrew characters and an…

Priest, statesman and Spanish grand inquisitor born in 1436 and died in 1517, confessor to Queen Isabella of Castile after studies in Rome. Made cardinal in 1507, he became the same year third grand…

Notable of Spanish origin who fled the expulsion of 1492 and then that of Portugal in 1497; settled in Azemmour where he served as rabbi and community leader, engaged in diplomatic missions with…

Rabbi of Tétouan, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 71-1.

Rabbi of Fès, 15th century. Mentioned in 5206 of the Hebrew era (1446). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 65-4.

Rabbi of Fès, 15th century. Mentioned in 5253 of the Hebrew era (1493). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 71-2.

Rabbi, 15th century. Mentioned in 5235 of the Hebrew era (1475). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-4.

Leading Spanish Kabbalist, student of R. Samuel ibn Shraga. After the expulsion of Spain (1492) he endured great suffering (recounted in the introduction to his work) and settled in Mantoue. He…

Rabbi of Fès, active in the third century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931).

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 52-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-2.

Rabbi, fifteenth century. Mentioned in 5253 of the Hebrew era (1493). Son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 46-2.

Rabbi, 15th century. Mentioned in 5260 of the Hebrew era (1500). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 50-3.

Algerian talmudist of the fifteenth century born in Tlemcen, from which he fled in 1467 after massacres perpetrated by the Spanish against the Jews of the city. Arriving around 1469 in Toledo, where…

Rabbi of Safi, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 77-1.

Rabbi of Safi, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 76-1.

Rabbi of Tafilalet, active in the third century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Son of Moshe. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 72-1.

Rabbi of Fès, fifteenth century. Mentioned in 5254 of the Hebrew era (1494). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 74-4.

Italian philosopher

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Son of Levi. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 60-4.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Son of Abraham. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 57-2.

Rabbi of Fès, 15th century. Mentioned in 5260 of the Hebrew era (1500). Son of Abraham. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 57-1.

Rabbi of Fes, active in the 3rd century of the Hebrew era (1440–1539). Son of Yehuda. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 59-4.

Biblical commentator and liturgical poet, Greek or Turkish, from the fifteenth century, maternal grandfather of Menahem ben Moïse Tamar. He drafted in 1451, under the title of « the philosopher », a…

Yemenite Jewish scholar of the 15th century, nicknamed "ha-Rofé" (the physician) / al-Tabib. His family originated from Dhamar. He practiced medicine and was a prolific commentator on the Bible, the…

Spanish astronomer, mathematician and historian born in Salamanca around 1450 and died in Turkey after 1510. Professor then astronomer and royal historiographer in Lisbon under John II, he advised…

Spanish physician and poet, ordinary physician of Henry III of Castile, son of Abraham ibn Zarzal, active in the second half of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the fifteenth. On March 6,…

Polish convert to Judaism born in 1460 and martyred in Krakow in 1540, widow of a town alderman. Following the example of the daughter of Nicholas Radziwiłł, she embraced Judaism at a time when Bible…