Jacob ben Judah Cabrit (alternatively spelled ''Cabret'') was a Catalan translator active towards the end of the fourteenth century. He translated from

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into

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. His abridgement of

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's ''De Judiciis Astronomiae'' or ''Capitula Astrologiae'' discusses the application of astrology to medicine. It was written in

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in 1381, and the manuscript still exists.As of 1906;

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, ''Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS.'' No. 2042. The surname ''Cabret'' or ''Cabrit'' was carried by several people, including Jewish physician from

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Isaac Cabrit (15th century) or military chieftain Guillem Cabrit, and is said to come from the Catalan ''cabrit'' (goat) or the Puig Cabrit mountain, in

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Jewish medieval literature Latin–Hebrew translators 14th-century Catalan people 14th-century writers from the Crown of Aragon 14th-century Catalan Jews Jewish translators 14th-century translators Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{judaism-stub