Manuscript leaf from Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 13, between 1100 and 1150

Name:

Josephus, Flavius

Timespan:

586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Date:

1100

Description:

Leaf from a large manuscript of the Latin translation of the Antiquitates Judaicae of Flavius Josephus. Written in transitional script (or protogothic script) in Italy in the first half of the 12th century. Ruled in lead for 2 columns of at least 50 lines, the leaf is damaged at both the top and the left edges, with roughly half of the inner column missing. Water and worms have both damaged the leaf. 1 2-line initial in red on verso. The leaf was later used as a binding fragment. It is from Book 13 (identified by Peter Toth, British Library), containing text describing the conquest of Ptolemais by Alexander, son of Antiochus II, an event also described in the Book of Maccabees.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 22 June 1993, lot 7, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs36.html

Subject:

Alexander Balas, King of Syria, -145 B.C.; Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

fragments (object portions); histories; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 397 x 265 mm (with a small part of the leaf, 4 lines high, 314 mm wide)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 36

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)