Yehuda Farissol Explained

Yehuda Farissol (;) was a Jewish-Italian mathematician and astronomer.^[1] In 1499 he published a description of the astronomical sphere with diagrams, under the title Iggeret S'fira (Epistle of the Sphere).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Steinschneider, Moritz. Moritz Steinschneider. Jewish Literature from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century. London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. 1857. 187.
2. Book: Patai, Raphael. The Jewish Mind. 1996. Wayne State University Press. 0-8143-2651-X. 170.