Petrus Alphonsi
Petrus Alphonsi — the recorded working language is Old Spanish, medieval Latin and Arabic. Works named in the authority record are Disciplina clericalis, Liber adversus Iudaeos, Prologus in tabulas astronomicas, Epistula de studio artium liberalium and Sententia. Alphonsi died in 1140.
Also recorded as Alfonce · Moses Sephardi
Petrus Alphonsi
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- Full name
- Moshé Sefardì.
- Born
- 1062. · Huesca.
- Died
- 1140.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Aragon.
- Occupation
- astronomer, theologian, writer, translator, astrologer, rabbi and physician.
- Known for
- Disciplina clericalis, Liber adversus Iudaeos, Prologus in tabulas astronomicas, Epistula de studio artium liberalium and Sententia.
- Languages
- Old Spanish, medieval Latin and Arabic.
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Identity and overview
It is also recorded that petrus Alphonsi is recorded as astronomer, theologian, writer, translator and astrologer. It is also recorded that petrus Alphonsi was born in 1062 at Huesca.
The following is established of the heading itself.
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Alphonsi died in 1140. Born in 1062 at Huesca. Institutional cataloguing adds that petrus Alphonsi is recorded at birth as Moshé Sefardì.
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Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- A Twelfth-Century Physician’s Desk Book: The Secreta Secretorum of Petrus Alphonsi Quondam Moses Sephardi, Journal of Jewish Studies, 1986
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1986
- Die Weisheitsliteratur und ihre Funktion im trikulturellen Spanien des Mittelalters: von der ‚Disciplina clericalis‘ des Petrus Alphonsi bis zu Juan Manuels ‚Conde Lucanor‘, Die Figur des Herrschers in der Exempelliteratur – Transkulturelle Perspektiven, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2080920: Petrus Alphonsi
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Petrus Alphonsi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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scholarly publication
A Twelfth-Century Physician’s Desk Book: The Secreta Secretorum of Petrus Alphonsi Quondam Moses Sephardi, Journal of Jewish Studies, 1986Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2080920: Petrus AlphonsiWikimedia Foundation
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