Ishtori Haparchi
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Rabbi Ishtori Haparchi was a 14th century Jewish scholar.
He was the author of the travelogue Sefer Kaftor Vaferech ("Book of Bulb and Flower"). Kaftor Vaferech ("Bulb and Flower") is an idiomatic expression alluding to the structure of the menorah in Exodus 37:17 and denotes something of aesthetic design. The book described the topography of the Land of Israel.
Ishtori Haparchi was born in France in 1306. His family originally came from Florence and the surname Haparchi means "the Florentine" in Hebrew (perech being the Hebrew for flower). He is commonly known by the title Kaftor Vaferech taken from the name of his work, the expression being additionally a pun on his surname.
He worked as a physician in Beisan and died in 1355.
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