Collations of parts of Josephus, written in the 17th and 18th century
File
MS. Auct. T. 5. 29
Held at the Weston Library
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).
Dates
- Creation: written in the 17th and 18th century
Extent
148 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. T. 5. 29
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 24727.
Custodial History
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 555*
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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