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 (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...

, 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 Chiquitilla (1248 – after 1305) (, , "the very little one") was a Spanish kabbalist, student of Abraham Abulafia. Biography Born at Medinaceli, Old Castile (one of the former qualifying regions into which Spain was sub ...

'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, Catholic monk, and astronomer who taught at the University of Paris. He wrote a short introductio ...

's treatise on astronomy, ''

Tractatus de Sphæra ''Tractatus'' is Latin for "treatise". It may refer to: * '' Tractatus de amore'' by Andreas Capellanus * '' Tractatus Astrologico Magicus'', also known as the'' Aldaraia'' and the ''Book of Soyga'', a 16th-century Latin treatise on magic * ''Tr ...

'', 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 Moritz Steinschneider (; 30 March 1816 – 24 January 1907) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist, and an important figure in Jewish studies and Jewish history. He is credited as having invented the term ''antisemitism.'' Education Mo ...

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

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