large sums for the support of the poor of Palestine. On account of some trouble, the nature of which is not known, Bassevi in 1631 removed from Prague to Jičín, where he lived for a year. References Heinrich Grätz: Geschichte der Juden. Von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Leipzig: Friese 1853-1876 (11 vols.). Reprint Directmedia Publications, Berlin 2004, (1 CD-ROM). x. 40 et seq., 47 et seq.; Gerson Wolf: Die Juden unter Ferdinand II. Nach Aktenstücken in den Archiven der K. K. Ministerien des Innern u. Äussern. In: Jahrbuch für die Geschichte der Juden und des Judenthums, Institut zur Förderung der Israelitischen Literatur, Leipzig 1. Jg. (1860) p. 238-239. Johannes-Baptist Rietstap: Armorial général, précédé d'un dictionnaire des termes du blason. Gouda 1887, 2d ed. i. 128 (where Bassevi's title is given as "von Treuenfeld"). Article References JewishEncyclopedia 1570 births 1634 deaths Businesspeople from Verona 16th-century Italian Jews Court Jews Czech Jews 16th-century businesspeople of the Holy Roman Empire 17th-century businesspeople of the Holy Roman Empire Emigrants from Italy to the Holy Roman Empire