MANTINO, JACOB BEN SAMUEL — (d. 1549), physician and translator. Mantino was apparently of Spanish origin but he spent most of his life in Italy. After graduating in medicine at Padua in 1521, he developed a flourishing practice in Bologna, Verona, and Venice, especially… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jacob Mantino ben Samuel — (? 1549) was a Jewish scholar and Italian physician, known also as Mantinus.His parents and perhaps Mantino himself were natives of Tortosa, Spain, which place they left at the time of the banishment of the Jews from Spain (1492). Mantino studied … Wikipedia
ANATOLI, JACOB BEN ABBA MARI BEN SAMSON — (13th century), physician, homilist, and translator. He married a daughter of Samuel ibn tibbon . Samuel taught him mathematics. At the suggestion of friends in Narbonne and Béziers, Anatoli began translating Arabic works on astronomy and logic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Christian Hebraist — A Christian Hebraist is a scholar of Hebrew who comes from a Christian family background/belief, or is a Jewish adherent of Christianity. The main area of study is that commonly known as the Old Testament to Christians (and Tanakh to Jews), but… … Wikipedia
Averroes — Ibn Rušd (ابن رشد) Averroes Statue of Averroes in Cordoba Full name ʾAbū l Walīd Muḥammad ibn ʾAḥmad ibn Rušd … Wikipedia
Yellow badge — The yellow badge (or yellow patch), also referred to as a Jewish badge, was a cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments in order to mark them as Jews in public. It is intended to be a badge of shame associated with… … Wikipedia
MOLCHO, SOLOMON — (c. 1500–1532), kabbalist and pseudomessiah. Born in Lisbon of Marrano parents, he was originally called Diogo Pires. Though details on his early life are scarce, it is clear that he received a secular education and, at the age of 21, was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung — Die Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung dient dem Ziel der Förderung der Wissenschaften. Sie wurde 1958 auf Initiative des Unternehmers Ernst von Siemens gegründet. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 1.1 Die Stiftung unter Armin Mohler 1964 1985 1.2 … Deutsch Wikipedia
AVERROES° — (Abu al Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd; 1126–1198), qadi, jurist, noted physician, and one of the greatest Islamic philosophers. Averroes, who lived in Spain, is best known as the outstanding commentator of the medieval period on Aristotle s works. He… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
