Goldstein, Bernard R. (Author)
Chabás, José (Author)
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Pages: 191-198
In 1651, the Jesuit astronomer, Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671), published a map of the Moon with craters named after famous astronomers, without explaining the reasons for his choices. This paper addresses the basis for his decision to include craters named after Levi ben Gerson (1288–1344) and Augustinus Ricius (fl. 1513). It is argued that Riccioli’s only source of information on their astronomical work was a treatise by Ricius which Riccioli cited. There is also a tradition that the crater “Riccius” was named for the Jesuit missionary to China, Matteo Ricci (d. 1610), or that the crater was named in honor of both Matteo and Augustinus.
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