Accession number
PML 79116
Creator
Josephus, Flavius.
Object title
Iosephi Machaciae filii Hebraei genere sacerdotis ex Hierosolymis De bello Iudaico.
Published
Impressum i[n] inclyta ciuitate Veronæ : per Magistrum Petru[m] Maufer Gallicum [for Innocens Ziletus], Anno salutis .M.cccc.lxxx octauo Kalendas Ianuarii [25 December 1480]
Description
[214] leaves ; 31 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
Title from caption, leaf a2r (signed a1).
Imprint from colophon, leaf D5v, reads: "Impressum i[n] inclyta ciuitate Veronæ per Magistrum Petru[m] Maufer Gallicum. Anno salutis .M.cccc.lxxx octauo Kalendas Ianuarii: Pontifice maximo Sixto quarto & illustrissimo Veneto[rum] duce Ioa[n]ne Mocenigo." Preceded by a short quotation from St. Jerome, headed "Hieronymus ad magnu[m] oratore[m] urbis Romæ".
Printed in type 6:111R.
Collation: [1²]; a¹⁰ b⁸ c⁶ d-k⁸ kk⁸ l-x⁸ y⁶; A-C⁸ D⁶: 214 leaves, leaf a1 blank, leaf a2 signed "a1."
Paper format: Chancery folio
"Iosephi Machaciae filii Hebraei genere sacerdotis ex Hierosolymis De antiquitate Iudaeorum contra Appionem grammaticum Alexandrinum": leaves A1r-D5v.
Translated by Rufus Aquiliensis, edited by Ludovicus Cendrata. Polain cites Hieronymus Squarzaficus as editor.
An unsigned bifolium, usually bound at the front of the book, contains a prefatory letter by the editor, addressed to Antonius Donatus and dated 30 November 1480, followed by 3 elegiac distichs by Hieronymus Donatus addressed to Ludovicus Cendrata, 11 elegiac distichs of Johannes Antonius Pantheus, and 7 hendecasyllables of Innocens Ziletus.
"The only book signed by Maufer at Verona. It was printed at the expense of Innocens Ziletus, who had already published a book at Pogliano."--Pollard, Hawkins.
Chancery folio. Type: 111 R. 36 lines, 199 x 121 mm. Capital spaces on a2r, a4r (with guide-letter), and A1r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.3 x 20 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: a1 (blank).
Imprint from colophon, leaf D5v, reads: "Impressum i[n] inclyta ciuitate Veronæ per Magistrum Petru[m] Maufer Gallicum. Anno salutis .M.cccc.lxxx octauo Kalendas Ianuarii: Pontifice maximo Sixto quarto & illustrissimo Veneto[rum] duce Ioa[n]ne Mocenigo." Preceded by a short quotation from St. Jerome, headed "Hieronymus ad magnu[m] oratore[m] urbis Romæ".
Printed in type 6:111R.
Collation: [1²]; a¹⁰ b⁸ c⁶ d-k⁸ kk⁸ l-x⁸ y⁶; A-C⁸ D⁶: 214 leaves, leaf a1 blank, leaf a2 signed "a1."
Paper format: Chancery folio
"Iosephi Machaciae filii Hebraei genere sacerdotis ex Hierosolymis De antiquitate Iudaeorum contra Appionem grammaticum Alexandrinum": leaves A1r-D5v.
Translated by Rufus Aquiliensis, edited by Ludovicus Cendrata. Polain cites Hieronymus Squarzaficus as editor.
An unsigned bifolium, usually bound at the front of the book, contains a prefatory letter by the editor, addressed to Antonius Donatus and dated 30 November 1480, followed by 3 elegiac distichs by Hieronymus Donatus addressed to Ludovicus Cendrata, 11 elegiac distichs of Johannes Antonius Pantheus, and 7 hendecasyllables of Innocens Ziletus.
"The only book signed by Maufer at Verona. It was printed at the expense of Innocens Ziletus, who had already published a book at Pogliano."--Pollard, Hawkins.
Chancery folio. Type: 111 R. 36 lines, 199 x 121 mm. Capital spaces on a2r, a4r (with guide-letter), and A1r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.3 x 20 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: a1 (blank).
Binding
Modern laced vellum over paper boards (30 x 21.5 cm.), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; plain endbands. 2 laced straps.
Variant title
Iosephi Machaciae filii Hebraei genere sacerdotis ex Hierosolymis De bello Ivdaico.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized, later initial added to leaf [1]/1r. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Manuscript title on bottom edge.
Provenance
Christoforo, Augustinian father at Santa Maria delle Grazie, Villanova d'Asti, inscription: "S[an]cte Marie gra[tia]r[um] Ast[i] ad usu[m] fr[atr]is [Chist]ophori d[e] Villanova Astu[arum]" (leaf [1]/1r), the Augustinians were at Santa Maria ca. 1516-1527; Curt F. Bühler (1905-1985), Inc. 53, purchased from Umberto Saba (Trieste) Dec. 1931 for lire 1800; Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
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