Farissol, Judah

Italian mathematician and astronomer; flourished at Mantua at the end of the fifteenth century. In 1499 he wrote "Iggeret Sefirah," a description of the astronomical sphere, with diagrams.

Bibliography:

  * Steinschneider, Jewish, Literature, p. 187;
  * Neubauer, Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS. p. 711.



G. M. Sel.