De excidio urbis Hierosolymitanae (DS16331) (Q66531)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Jewish Theological Seminary of America (990000684960107706, MS NH65, https://makor.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01JTS_INST/19dfmbi/alma990000684960107706)
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English | De excidio urbis Hierosolymitanae (DS16331) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Jewish Theological Seminary of America (990000684960107706, MS NH65, https://makor.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01JTS_INST/19dfmbi/alma990000684960107706) |
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Pseudo-Hegessipus
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Jews--History--Rebellion, 66-73--Early works to 1800
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian--Italy
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Jews--History--168 B.C.E.-135 C.E--Early works to 1800
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13-- and mid-14--].
15. century
1475Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: 148 [i.e. 147] leaves ; 29 x 22 cm.
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Latin adaption in five books sometimes called Hegesippus or Egessipus after "Josephus," rendered from the Greek original of Josephus' War, and supplemented with material from elsewhere in Josephus, the Book of Maccabbees, and various Latin sources, and incorrectly attributed to St. Ambrose (cf. Cat. J. Marti, cited below; De Bello judaico=Der Jüdische Krieg, ed. O. Michel, O. Baurenfeind...
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Copied by two hands: the 14th cent. copyist left gaps which were filled in by a mid-15th cent. hand.
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Includes annotations.
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Collation: Parchment: ff. i (modern paper) + ii (parchment) + 2-148 + ii (parchment) + i (modern paper)
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Written in 2 columns of 26-28 lines; frame-ruled in lead; prickings in outer margins.
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Decoration: Historiated initials; capitals highlighted in red (a few in blue)
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Book numbers in red ink above the text on rectos.
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Former shelfmark: Library of the Monastery of St. Justin of Padua, 459.
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Former shelfmark: Phillipps mss. 884.
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Of the five extant mss., this copy is unique in identifying St. Ambrose as the translator (J. Marti cited below)
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Library of the Monastery of St. Justin of Padua (noted, fol. 148); collection of Sir Thos. Phillips, Bart. (cat. descr., initial parchment fol. i); Major-General Jago Trelawny (cat. description, initial fol. i, verso)
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23 December 2024
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23 December 2024
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