Collations of parts of Josephus

Title

Collations of parts of Josephus

Shelfmark

MS. Auct. T. 5. 29

Summary

Collations of parts of Josephus, made up of four MSS.:

(fol. 1) (late 17th century?) Περί τού Ίουδαίκού Πολέμου and κατά Άπίωνος, in the Florence MS. Laurentian, plut. 69, cod. 19 (or a copy of it) with the editions of 1611 (Geneva) and 1544 (Bâle);

(fol. 83) (late 17th century?) Ίουδαίkή Άρχαιολογία, lib. 1, capp. 1-4 in a Vatican MS. 984 in quarto minori, with the 1611 (Geneva) edition, by Philippus Rulaeus;

(fol. 88) (A.D. 1596) The same, libb. 1-10, in a Vienna MS. (partis v, no. 20, in the Catalogue of Greek MSS. at Vienna, 1690) which once belonged to Sambucus, with the 1691 (Cologne) edition, made Feb. 5-21, 1595/6 (see fol. 126v), and according to the Libri Catalogue by Laurenz Theodor Gronovius, which is impossible;

(fol. 132) (18th century) The same, libb. xii, capp. 1-2, and i, capp. 1-13, in a Vossian MS. at Leydcn (p. 395, no. 72, in the Catalogue of 1716), with the 1726 (Amsterdam) edition, stated in a 19th century note on fol. 131 to be by Abraham Gronovius (d. 1775). A few critical notes on Josepbus on fols. 146-7 are similarly stated to be by Jacobus Gronovius (d. 1716).

Date

written in the 17th and 18th century

Language

Latin

Multiple languages

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

148 Leaves

Custodial history

Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 555*