Immanuel ben Jacob Bonfils

Immanuel ben Jacob Bonfils

Immanuel ben Jacob Bonfils (etwa 1300-1377) war ein Physikus, Mathematiker und Astronom des 14. Jahrhunderts.

Er lebte in Orange (Vaucluse) und später in Tarascon. Seine Astronomie leitete er hauptsächlich ab von Al-Battani und Levi ben Gershon. 1340-65 wirkte er in der Provence. 1365 beendete er in Tarascon sein astronomisches Tafelwerk.

Literatur

P. Solon: The Six Wings of J. Bonfils and Michael Chrysokokkes, in: Centaurus, 15 (1970) 1-20

Werke

  • Kanfe nesharim (wings of eagles) in sechs Teilen; bzw. Shesh kenafayim (six wings)

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