Ohio State University, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.414

Metadata

DS ID:

DS11832

Shelfmark:

Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.414

Title:

De Bello Iudaico

Author:

Titus Flavius Josephus

Josephus WIKIDATA

Place:

Northern France or Flanders

Northern France TGN

Date:

ca. 1175-1200

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: fols. 8; membrane; 383 x 218 (235 x 139)

Former Owner(s):

Marcel Mirgodin

Marcel Mirgodin WIKIDATA

Martin Schøyen

Martin Schøyen WIKIDATA

Christie's

Christie's WIKIDATA

Sotheby's

Sotheby's WIKIDATA

Les Enluminures

Enluminures WIKIDATA

Note:

Layout: 2 columns, 52 lines
Decoration: Numerous 2-5 line initials in red, with red line-fillers and contemporary marginal notes framed in red and occasional segmented line-fillers in red
Ruled in faint brown ink
Fol. 414.1-414.6 missing their top right corners due to water damage, though still textually complete
Provenance: Private collection of Marcel Mirgodin, Paris (d. ca. 1988)
Provenance: Private collection of Martin Schoyen; Christie's, The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schoyen Collection, 10 July 2019, lot 443 (est. 4-6,000 GBP; realized 11,250 GBP (lot of 12 fols); Schoyen acquired from: Sotheby's, 17 December 1991, lot 10 (2 fols), Les Enluminures, December 1991 (9 fols) and August 1992 (1 fol)
From the Latin translation attributed to Rufinus
Wide margins to facilitate reader-added notes suggesting this copy might have been produced for scholarly use.
For a student-produced digital exhibit incorporating 9 of the 12 known folios of this MS, see: https://ecadams314.wixsite.com/website-1
Incipit: Fol. 414.1: Neronem autem ubi res apud
Fol. 414.2: aque perennis quotiens illi estuante Syrio
Fol. 414.3: omni decore progredientes ambulant
Fol. 414.4: Vespasianus autem iotapata excidere
Fol. 414.5: indigere credebant . Denique dux belli
Fol. 414.6: die vicesimo / At Vespasianus
Fol. 414.7: …re cupienti pro
Fol. 414.8: …tos novos . novasque nuptias
Explicit: Fol. 414.1: unde montanis torrentibus aut fontibus
Fol. 414.2: dextras erigunt . deinde ociose
Fol. 414.3: mature dirigit qui ihiersoliam litteras
Fol. 414.4: eos ludibrio consumere quos potu
Fol. 414.5: vis teli spatio defecisset
Fol. 414.6: ad speluncas confugerant erant autem plu…
Fol. 414.7: cesar existimans quod erat verum
Fol. 414.8: in solitudinem ipsique oppidum
Fol. 414.1: Bk. III.1, 1-III.3, 3
Fol. 414.2: Bk. III.2, 2-Bk. III.5, 5
Fol. 414.3: Bk. III.5, 5-III.7, 2
Fol. 414.4: Bk. III.7, 2-III.7, 13
Fol. 414.5: Bk. III.7, 13-III.7, 22
Fol. 414.6: Bk. III.7, 29-III.8, 35
Fol. 414.7: Bk. VI.2, 1-VI.2, 7
Fol. 414.8: Bk. VI.5, 3-VI.7, 3

Keyword:

literature (general genre)

history (discipline)

Holding Institution:

Ohio State University