[112-2] Cp. Geiger, Zeitschrift, VIII, p. 118.
[113-1] According to Steinschneider (ibid.) his correct name is אבואן אלצפא.
[113-2] The book under review is also mentioned by Joseph Albo in his work עקרים, III, 2.
[114-1] Cp. Dukes, Philosophisches aus dem zehnten Jahrhundert, p. 21.
[XI]
[ABRAHAM IBN CHASDAI]
AND HIS BOOK “THE PRINCE AND THE DERVISH”
Among the minor Hebrew poets who lived at Barcelona in the early part of the thirteenth century there is, perhaps, none more remarkable than Abraham Ibn Chasdai. Little is known of him beyond what may be gathered from a letter addressed by him to his friend Alfakar. From it we learn that the writer was a native of Barcelona and a contemporary of the famous Hebrew grammarian David Kimchi (1160–1232), who is referred to there as Hazakan (“the old man”).