Rabbeinu Yeshayah the First was in Italy in the city of Trani which is in the kingdom of Napoli, and I received that at the time of his death he said, "Behold, my grandson will inherit me," and so it was, for Rabbeinu Yeshayah the Last who was his grandson inherited his wisdom, and Rabbi Yeshayah his grandson was a sage about 30 years after the death of his grandfather, and also we find Rabbi M...

It is written [Shomer HaDat, letter 55, section 2] I found in Sefer Sha'arei Tzion these sages who were over a period of 50 years, some of them before the sixth millennium and some shortly afterwards, [but I saw that he brings many who preceded a long time before the sixth millennium, therefore I omitted them because they are already mentioned in their place.] Rabbi Meir of Trinktalia who authored Sefer HaEzer, Rabbi Meshl...

Rabbi Immanuel [(bar Shlomo)] from the Tzipproni family was in this generation in the city of Fermo in Lemurko, and authored a commentary on the Torah and a book of poems [(It is written in Siftei Yeshenim that he authored 28 compositions and poems in pure language, and authored Machberet HaTofet VeHa'Eden, and Peirush Aruch on Mishlei, and it is written that he was in the year 5005)], also there is...