Abraham Zacuto - Publications By Zacuto

Publications By Zacuto

  • 1478, Ha-ḥibbur ha-gadol (La Compilación Magna), his first astronomical book, translated into Castilian 1481 by himself and Juan de Salaya from the University of Salamanca. In 1496 the work was translated into Latin translation by José Vizinho and published in Leira as Almanach Perpetuum or Tabule tabularum celestium motuum astronomi zacuti. This work became important for the contemporary explorers.
  • 1486, Tratado breve en las ynfluencias del cielo, and De los eclipses del sol y la luna.
  • 1498, Sefer yuḥasin, historical text for the Jewish people. Digital edition: Zacuto, Avraham. Sefer yuḥasin. Brooklyn, NY: Renaissance Hebraica, 1994.
  • 1498, astrological text predicting that the messias would come in 1503/4.
  • after 1498, Mishpetei ha-'istagnin (Judgments of the astrologer)

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