St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 627
Handschriftentitel: Josephus Flavius, Bellum Judaicum
Entstehungsort: St. Gall (Bruckner)
Entstehungszeit: s. IX (Bruckner)
Beschreibstoff:
Parchment
Umfang:
253 pp
Format: 282-283 x 375-376 mm.
Seiteneinrichtung:
Written area is 111-114 (94-96) x 284-285 mm, two columns, 35 lines per page.
Schrift und Hände: Precise, thoroughly formed Caroline minuscule, written usually with a sharply-cut quill by ca. eight non-St. Gall copyists in the ninth century (von Scarpatetti). Black to rusty-brown ink.
Buchschmuck:
Spätere Ergänzungen: Pen test on p. 2 (Bruckner).
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1.
p. 1-253
(trans. Rufinus?)
Bellum Judaicum (I-VII)
>Incipit praefatio Iosephi Historiographii in librum primum de bello Iudaico<
Quoniam bellum quod cum populo romano gessere iudei omnium maximum …–…
scripsi habuerint coniectura.
>Explicit liber septimus Iosephi Historiographi de bello Iudaico.<
- 1_1. (p. 1-2) Praefatio
- 1_2. (p. 2-3) Capitula (manu recentiori)
- 1_3. (p. 3-59) Liber primus
- 1_4. (p. 59-108) Liber secundus
- 1_5. (p. 108-136) Liber tertius
- 1_6. (p. 136-153) Liber quartus
- 1_7. (p. 153-171) Liber quintus
- 1_8. (p. 171-204) Liber sextus
- 1_9. (p. 204-253) Liber septimus
Edition- Flavius Josephus (trans. Rufinus?). Bellum Judaicum, ed. Jo. Frobenius, in Flavii Josephi patria Hierosolymitani relgione Judaei inter Graecos historiographos cum primis facundi opera quaedam Ruffino presbytero interprete...Basel: Frobenius, 1524, p. 593-852. Google Books This is the last full edition of the original Latin text of Josephus. Most subsequent editions, e.g. Frobenius/Gelenius 1534, Cardwell 1837, etc., present a Latin text 'improved' by comparison with the Greek.
Translation- Flavius Josephus. The Jewish War, trans. G.A. Williamson. London: Penguin, 1984. Translated from the Greek original, not the Latin translation.
Bibliography- Schreckenberg, H. Bibliographie zu Flavius Josephus: Supplementband mit Gesamtregister. Leiden: Brill, 1979.
- Schreckenberg, H. Die Flavius-Josephus-Tradition in Antike und Mittelalter. Leiden: Brill, 1972.
- Schreckenberg, H. Bibliographie zu Flavius Josephus. Leiden: Brill, 1968.
- Blatt, F. The Latin Josephus (Acta Jutlandica 33). Aarhus: Universitetsforlaget, 1958.
- For further bibliography, see: IMB and LexMA and Kirchenlexikon
Codicological Bibliography
- Scarpatetti, Beat Matthias von. Codices 547-669: Hagiographica, Historica, Geographica (Die Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen 1:4). Vienna: Harrassowitz, 2003, p. 233-234.
- Bruckner, Albert. Schreibschulen der Diözese Konstanz: St. Gallen II (Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica 3). Geneva: Roto-Sadag, 1938, p. 115.
- Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen. Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, p. 204. Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
- For further bibliography, see IMB