Moses Botarel Farissol

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. Both these works, in manuscript, are preserved in the royal library at Munich.

References

• Moritz Steinschneider, Cat. Munich, p. 93, No. 249, 1;
  • idem, Jewish Literature, p. 189

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906.