Mattithiah ben Solomon Delacrut was a Polish-Jewish scholar; he lived in the middle of the 16th century. He settled early in Italy, and at one time seems to have attended the lectures on Cabala and philosophy at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continu ...

, devoting himself to the interpretation of cabalistic and scientific works. He was the author of the following: * ''"Perush,"'' a commentary on

Joseph Gikatilla Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla (1248 – after 1305) ( he, יוסף בן אברהם ג'יקטיליה, es, Chiquitilla, "the very little one") was a Spanish kabbalist, student of Abraham Abulafia. Biography Born at Medinaceli, Old Castile, ...

's cabalistic work, "Sha'are Orah," Cracow, 1600; * a commentary on Solomon Abigdor's Hebrew translation of

Sacrobosco Johannes de Sacrobosco, also written Ioannes de Sacro Bosco, later called John of Holywood or John of Holybush ( 1195 – 1256), was a scholar, monk, and astronomer who taught at the University of Paris. He wrote a short introduction to the Hi ...

's treatise on astronomy, '' Tractatus de Sphæra'', or "Aspectus Circulorum," (Hebrew, "Mar'eh ha-Ofannim"), with an explanation of the difficult passages of the translation according to the reading of his masters of the University of Bologna, and the interpretation he had found in Christian works (Cracow, 1720) * ''"Ẓel ha-'Olam"'' (The Image of the World), a translation of a treatise on cosmography written in French by Gossouin, under the title "Livre de Clergie," or "L'Image du Monde" (Amsterdam, 1733).

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* Moritz Steinschneider, '' Cat. Bodl.'' cols. 1882-1883; ** ''idem, Hebr. Uebers.'' pp. 644, 950

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