Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 271 a-b

Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico (fragments)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-22266

Title

Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico (fragments)

Collection

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience

Shelfmark

Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 271 a-b

Manuscript Category

history

Document type

library book / reference book

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-264a/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Fragmentarium
Main - fol. [1]r - PDM 1.0
Extra - fol. [1]v - PDM 1.0
Extra - fol. [2]r - PDM 1.0
Extra - fol. [2]v - PDM 1.0

Folder

UNIT ID

mmfc-22264

Leaf count

2 strips

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-22265

Page range

fol. [1]-[2]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

Provenance

Fragments were reused as frisket sheets, which has led to a text in red ink being printed on one side of both fragments. The printed text is parallel to the earlier layer of writing.

After their use as frisket sheets, the fragments were used as quire guards.

Origin

Date
first half 13th century (Elize Van Opstal)
Evidence
Script

Support

Material

Parchment

Fragment dimensions

h: 38 mm x w: 122 mm
h: 122 mm x w: 38 mm

Layout

Section
fol. [1]-[2] (fol. [1]r)
Description
Outer margin: at least 14 mm (fol. [2]).
Columns
2
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Intercolumnar space
13 mm

Writing

Script

Praegothica

Decoration

Type

no initials visible

1. Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico, Book I, Cap. VIII & XXVI

UNIT ID

mmfc-53179

Page range

fol. [1]r - fol. [2]v (defective)

Title

Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico, Book I, Cap. VIII & XXVI

De bello Iudaico

Contributors

Flavius Josephus (author)

Language

Latin (main)

Quotation

[pa]rerent Macharunta et Hyrca nium castella tradere non dubitans (fol. [1]r)

Quotation

post crassum autem (fol. [1]v)

Quotation

[ins]idias retar[dasset] [...] regis olim (fol. [2]r)

Notes

Textual content
Book I, cap. VIII, 5, 6 & 9 and cap. XXVI, 3.

Respective chapters of the fragments are based on the Latin edition of De bello Judaico by Edward Cardwell published in 1837: Cardwell, Edward, ed., Flavii Josephi De bello Judaico libri septem, 2 vols (Oxford: Typographia academica, 1837).
Manuscript description
  1. Folder
    1. Remaining fragments
      1. 1. Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico, Book I, Cap. VIII & XXVI