Ibn Vives Al-Lorqui (Of Lorca), Joseph Ben Joshua

Spanish physician; died before 1408; son of Joshua ibn Vives al-Lorqui. He translated from Arabic into Hebrew various books of the short canon of Avicenna, and added to the translation a commentary which was used by ShemṬob Shaprut.

Bibliography:

  * Steinschneider, Cal. Bodl. col. 1505;
  * idem, Hebr. Bibl. xviii. 68;
  * idem, Hebr. Uebers. pp. 436, 681, 921;
  * Carmoly, Les Médecins Juifs, p. 117.



G. M. K.