Josephus, Flavius: De antiquitate Judaica. De bello Judaico.
Translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis. Edited by Ludovicus Cendrata.
Verona: Petrus Maufer de Maliferis [for Innocens Ziletus], 25 Dec. 1480.
Fol. π2 a10 b8 c6 d-k8 kk8 l-x8 y6 A-C8 D6. [214] leaves (a1 blank). a2 signed “ai”, a3 “aii”, a4 “aiii”, a5 “aiiii”.
ISTC ij00484000; GW M15185; Goff J484; BMC VII 951 (IB. 30733); Bod-inc J-221; CIBN J-313; BSB-Ink I-621.
| GIP number: | J28 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD9-d.5 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Unidentified owner: unidentified painted coat of arms (16th century); in lower margin of a2r is a green laurel wreath enclosing a gold shield edged with black on a patterned crimson background; within the shield is the figure of a grey-bearded man wearing a black hat, a knee-length black garment and grey hose, and carrying in his right hand a staff or halberd(?); four lengths of rope (painted in purple/grey) are tied to the wreath and are arranged in loops or knots so as to form a pattern in the lower margin. Thomas Arthur (fl. 1856-1876), bookseller, London: sold book to William Euing. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: purchased from Arthur 8 June 1869 according to Euing’s pencil acquisition note with price code on a1r “8 6 69 Arthur ah/f”; Euing’s pencil inventory number “No 4196” on front pastedown (repeated on a2r); confirmed in Euing's acquisitions inventory (University of Glasgow Library, MS Euing 49). University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to one of two University Library bookplates on front pastedown. |
| Binding: | 19th-century parchment with fore-edge cover extensions; yellow-edged leaves; title and date tooled in black directly onto the spine; wove endpapers. Size: 291 x 198 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 293 x 195 mm. |
| Annotations: | 19th-century price in pencil “18/6” on front pastedown along with price codes “y/e” and “P/v/-”(?). |
| Decoration: | A nine-line initial “Q” on a2r is supplied in gold and embellished with interlocking white foliage on a dotted square ground of blue, green and crimson; similarly decorated initials on a4r, f7r, kk1r, m5r, o1v, p6v, ſ5v, A1r, B7r; painted coat of arms on a2r (see Provenance). |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the preliminary unsigned quire and the blank leaf a1. |
