| LC control no. | no 99032561 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Balmes, Abraham ben Meir de, approximately 1440-1523 |
| Variant(s) | Balmes, Abraham ben Meir de, ca. 1440-1523 Balmeś, Avraham ben Meʼir deh, approximately 1440-1523 De Balmes, Abraham ben Meir, approximately 1440-1523 Balmes, Abraham de, approximately 1440-1523 Balmís, Abrahæ de, approximately 1440-1523 Balmís, Abraham de, approximately 1440-1523 De-Valmesh, Avraham, approximately 1440-1523 בלמש, אברהם, approximately 1440-1523 בלמש, אברהם בן מאיר דה, approximately 1440-1523 |
| Located | Padua (Italy) Venice (Italy) |
| Birth date | 1440~ |
| Death date | 1523 |
| Place of birth | Lecce (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Hebrew language--Grammar Hebrew language--Translating Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Medieval--Islamic influences Jewish philosophy Cabala |
| Affiliation | Università di Padova |
| Profession or occupation | Rabbis Physicians Astronomers Grammarians Translators |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Igeret ha-ʻaśiriyah, c1998: t.p. (R. Avraham ben Meʼir deh Balmeś) added t.p. (Rabbi Abraham ben Meir de Balmes [in rom.]) Enc. Jud., c1972 (Balmes, Abraham ben Meir de; c. 1440-1523; physician, philosopher, translator and grammarian; b. in Lecce, southern Italy) Balmes, Abraham ben Meir de, Miḳneh Avram = Sefer diḳduḳ = Peculium Abrae, 1523: title page (Abraham de Balmís) chapter 8, Kalonymus ben David, Shaʻar be-ṭaʻame ha-Miḳra. Latin = De accentibus (Abrahæ de Balmís) Hebrew title page (Avraham de-Valmesh [voc.] = אהרהם דבלמש) Kestenbaum & Company. Fine Judaica, June 25, 2015, online, viewed December 21, 2016: Lot 71, page 45 (Balmes, Abraham de. Distinguished in many fields, de Balmes was an ordained rabbi, a translator of scientific and philosophical works from Hebrew into Latin, as well as a lecturer at the University of Padua, where he attained renown as an Aristotelian. He also served as physician to Cardinal Grimani of Venice. Greatly valued by contemporary Christian Hebraists, de Balmes prepared this grammatical study at the urging of the printer Bomberg. Mikneh Avram appeared in two issues, with and without a Latin translation.) <https://www.kestenbaum.net/docs/Auction_65.pdf> Jewish Encyclopedia online, viewed December 21, 2016 Astronomy (Abraham de Balmes; Jewish astronomer of the Middle Ages; also translator of scientific works from Hebrew into Latin) <http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2052-astronomy> |
| Associated language | heb lat |
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