Samuel Kansi was a French
astronomer of the 14th century. The surname "Kansi" is an incorrectly formed adjective of the Hebrew noun "keneset", and is the equivalent of "D'Escola", a name borne by several
Provençal
Provençal may refer to:
*Of Provence, a region of France
* Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the southeast of France
*''Provençal'', meaning the whole Occitan language
*Franco-Provençal language, a distinct Roman ...
Jews. Kansi wrote the introduction to the astronomical work ''Shesh Kenafayim'' of
Immanuel ben Jacob of
Tarascon. He is supposed to be identical with Samuel Nasi d'Escola, whose commentary on the astronomical tables of
Jacob ben David ben Yom-Tov Bonet (Bonjorn) is still extant. A certain Samuel d'Escola, perhaps identical with Kansi, copied, in 1406, at
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
, the ''Mishneh Torah'' of
Maimonides.
References
Medieval French astronomers
14th-century French Jews
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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