Bod-Inc: J-223
Josephus, Flavius
Antiquitates judaicae, et al.
Analysis of Content
a2r Josephus, Flavius: Antiquitates judaicae. Incipit: ‘[H]istoriam conscribere disponentibus non vnam nec eandem uideo eiusdem studii causam sed multas existere . . .’ Explicit: aliud prohibemur.
a2v ‘Capitula'. Incipit: ‘De creatione caeli et terrae et de operibus . . .’ Each book is preceded by a table of capitula.
a3r Josephus, Flavius: Antiquitates judaicae. Incipit: ‘[I]n principio creauit Deus celum et terram. Sed dum terra ad aspectum non ueniret et profunditate . . .’ Blatt 122-353 (books I–V only); a differing version of the translation from the preceding editions.
y5r Squarzaficus, Hieronymus: ‘Vita Josephi'. Addressed to Reynaldus de Novimagio, the printer. Allenspach–Frasso 279-81.
A2r Josephus, Flavius: De bello judaico. Incipit: ‘[Q]voniam bellum quod cum Romanis gessere Iudei . . . [C]vm potentes iudeorum inter se dissiderent . . .’ Explicit: que scripsi habuerim coniecturam. See J‑218.
L1r Josephus, Flavius: De Antiquitate judaica contra Apionem. See J‑221.
M5v Hieronymus [Stridonensis]: [Extract from Epistolae.] Incipit: ‘Iosephus antiquitatem approbans Iudaici populi duos libros scriptos contra Apionem . . .’ Explicit: bibliothecam euoluerit. See J‑221.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, for Octavianus Scotus, 23 Oct. 1486. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a10 b–x8 y6 A–L8 M6.
References
ISTC: ij00486000
Hain: HC *9454;
Goff: Goff J‑486;
BMC: BMC V 415;
Proctor: Pr 5118;
Others: BSB‑Ink I‑618; CIBN J‑310; Hillard 1163; Oates 2011; Rhodes 1043; Sack, Freiburg, 2162; Sheppard 4111.
LCN: 14487027
Copies
Copy number: J-223(1)
Wanting the blank leaves a1 and M6.
Heading on a2 as Hain, not as BMC; l. 2: ‘ . . . LATI | NVM . . . PRESBYTERVM . . . AQV | ILEIENSEM . . .’
Binding: Nineteenth-century calf; yellow-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Manuscript author's name across the fore-edge and along the lower edge.
Size: 315 × 210 × 42 mm.
Size of leaf: 307 × 202 mm.
Marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, in a contemporary humanist hand. A few notes, also extracting key words, in two different later hands. Running chapter numbers in the upper margin of the rectos.
Provenance: Würzburg, Bavaria, Conventual Franciscans, Inventio crucis/Sancta crux; inscription on a2r: ‘Ad Bibliothecam Fratrum Minorum Conuentualium Sancti Francisci Herbipoli.' Sotheby's sale (3 May 1832), lot 511; purchased for £0. 11. 0; see Library Bills (1829-32), no. 364; Books Purchased (1832), 13.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 3.6.
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