Solomon ben Abraham Abigdor (also rendered as Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor), born in
Provence
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in 1384, was a Hebrew translator, physician, and mystic.
Assisted by his father,
Abraham Bonet ben Meshullam, he, at the early age of fifteen years, translated
Arnauld de Villeneuve's work, "De Judiciis Astronomiæ," from Latin into Hebrew under the title "Panim ba-Mishpaṭ" (Methods of Judgment). This translation still exists in manuscript. In 1399 he also translated
Sacrobosco's "Sphæra Mundi" (On the Astronomy of the Spheres), under the title "Mareh ha-Ofanim" (The Indicator of the Spheres). The last-mentioned work was printed in
Abraham bar Ḥiyya's "Ẓurat ha-Areẓ" (Offenbach, 1720), with notes by
Mattathiah Delacrut,
Manoah Hendel, and others.
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1384 births
Latin–Hebrew translators
Year of death unknown
Provençal Jews
Medieval Jewish physicians of France
Medieval Jewish writers
14th-century French Jews