This manuscript preserves the work known as Historia Iosephi de
Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae (The History of
Josephus on the Jewish wars and the Destruction of the City of
Jerusalem), a 4th-century adaptation of Josephus (b. 37, d. 100)'s
Jewish Wars attributed to Hegesippus, a name which may have been a
misspelling of ‘Josephus’. Contents: ff. 1r-91v:
Pseudo-Hegesippus: Historia Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio
Urbis Hierosolymitanae , lacking parts of the last chapter (5.53),
beginning: ‘Incipiunt quinque libri Egesippi natione Iudei de
excidio Iudeorum’. Decoration:One large arabesque initial in red,
green and light brown (f. 68r). Two large initials in light brown
or green with penwork decoration in alternate colours and with some
red (f. 1r). Two large initials in red or in light brown with minor
penwork decoration in the same colour and one with a reserved line
(ff. 31v, 43v). Simple initials in red, blue, green or light brown.
Display script in red, green and light brown for rubrics and words
following large initials (f. 1r). The initial on f. 56r has not
been filled in. Rough sketches in crayon in the margins of f. 67v.
