Manuscript on paper (rough, brown; trimmed; no watermarks) of the Life of Josephus, which was perhaps an appendage to his Antiquitates. This codex appears to be one of the earliest surviving authorities for the autobiography of Josephus.
Description:
Binding: 17th-18th centuries (?). Rebound in brick-red leather, blind-tooled with a rope interlace with small dots in the border and a floreate cross in the center., Crude headpiece on f. 1r, with title and small initials in red., Script: Written by a single scribe in well-spaced minuscule; a second scribe added four lines on f. 32v, partly damaged and undeciphered., and The upper and lower portions of the manuscript are waterstained. Most folios have been repaired; the final leaf is badly mutilated with much damage to the text.
Subject (Name):
Josephus, Flavius
Subject (Topic):
Autobiography, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Main works: Ff. 1r–8v: Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, መቅድመ ተአምረ ማርያም ዘሙዓልቃ; Ff. 9r–38r: Thirteen Miracles of Mary; Ff. 39r–52v: Image of Galawedéwos (Claudius), መልክአ ገላውዴዎስ; Ff. 53r–61v: Prayer to Saint Mary imploring her to bless the speaker in the various ways in which she has blessed others like Ephrem the Syrian, a priest from Rome; Ff. 63r–68r: Shorter Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, ስምዑ እነግረክሙ; Ff. 68v–73r: Prayer to Saint Mary on behalf of those who wrote the Miracles of Mary; F. 73r, bottom of second column: Chant to be recited after the reading of the Miracles of Jesus; Ff. 73v–82v: Two Miracles of Jesus Christ (beginning at 73v and 83v); Ff. 86rv: Chant to be recited before the reading of the miracle of Jesus., Manuscript In fair hand, in red and black, with f.1r in a Western hand, probably copied in the seventeenth century, and ff. 62 rv in a later hand, in Amharic, containing miracles of Mary., and Varia: Ff. 62rv: Greeting to Abrǝha and Aṣbǝḥa, written in a later hand, in Amharic; Ff. 87rv: Calendar of the monthly feasts for the Apostles; Ff. 87v (center)–88r (top): Calendar of the weevily and unweevily months, ሐሳበ ዕፀዋት ጽንዕት ወጽንጽንት; Ff. 87v (very bottom)–88r (bottom)–90v: Image of the suffering of Saint George, መልክዐ ሥቃዩ.
Description:
Bound in plain wooden boards; four chain stitches, in leather slip-case, with loops for missing carrying strap. Some holes and tears in parchment stitched back together. Sparse marginalia., Gift of Charles C. Torrey, 1950., In Geʼez or Amharic., Notes: F. i r(ecto): “Miracles of the Virgin” written in a Western hand; F. 12r and passim mention the owner, ገብራ ገላወዴዎስ; Blank: ff. i v(erso)–ii v(erso), the two folios (recto and verso) between numbered folios 52 and 53, 91r–92v., and Two columns (ff. 1r–86v); One column (ff. 87r–90v). 14 lines.