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Riquetti, Joseph Shalliṭ ben Eliezer
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Scholar of the seventeenth century. He spent his youth at Safed, and subsequently settled at Verona. There in 1646 he published Gerondi's book "Yiḥus ha-Ẓaddiḳim." He then published at Amsterdam a map of Palestine under the title "Ḥokmat ha-Mishkan" or "Iggeret Meleket ha-Mishkan." In 1676 he went to Mantua, where he was busy with a second edition of his "Yiḥus," which was subsequently published in that city.
Bibliography:- Zunz, in Itinerary of R. Benjamin of Tudela, 2:286, § 109, s., London, 1841;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. p. 1526;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 190.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Riquetti, Joseph Shalliṭ ben Eliezer'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/r/riquetti-joseph-shallia1-ben-eliezer.html. 1901.