Franchi, Guglieimo

Franchi, Guglieimo an Italian convert from Judaism, of the 16th century, is the author of הקדשׁ שמש לשון, or a Hebrew grammar in the Italian language (Bergamo, 1591, and often): — Alphabetum Hebraicum, or a Hebrew reader (Rome, 1596). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:287; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v. Steinschneider, Bibliogr. Handbuch, s.v.; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 3:237. (B.P.)