Moses Botarel Farissol

Jewish astronomer and mathematician

Moses Botarel Farissol was a Jewish astronomer and mathematician of the second half of the 15th century.

He wrote a work on the calendar entitled Meleket ha-Ḳebi'ah, and compiled, under the title Nofet Ẓufim, calendric tables.[1][2] Both these works, in manuscript, are preserved in the royal library at Munich.

## Further reading

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Goldstein, Bernard R.; Chabás, José (2017). "The Astronomical Tables of Moses Farissol Botarel". Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation. 15: 29–66.

## References

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Moses Botarel Farissol". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

1. ^ Steinschneider, Moritz (1857). Jewish Literature from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. p. 189.
2. ^ Moritz Steinschneider, Cat. Munich, p. 93, No. 249, 1.

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