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a Spanish friar, was sent in 1491, by Ferdinand and Isabella, to Granada, to labor for the conversion of the Moors. He wrote an Arabic grammar, entitled Arte para Saber la Lingua Ardviga, Vocabulista Ardvigo en Lingua Castellana (Granada, 1505). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.