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Contributors:

Mazal, Otto

Languages:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

Item content: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Main Work:

Joshua roll

Included Works:

Bible > Joshua (Selections) (Greek; Septuagint; 1983)

Related Works:

Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat des Codex Vaticanus Ms. Pal. Graec. 431 der Biblioteca apostolica vaticana

Related Series:

Codices e Vaticanis selecti; v. 43

Codices selecti phototypice impressi; v. 77-77*

Subjects:

Bible — Joshua — Illustrations

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine

Joshua roll

Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern) — Facsimiles

Bible — Joshua

Bible

Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)

Genres:

Illustrated works

Facsimiles

General Notes:

Facsimile of the incompletely preserved 10th-century illuminated scroll known as the Joshua roll; illuminations (scenes from the Old Testament book of Joshua) are accompanied by ms. Greek captions and selections from the Septuagint text; noncontemporary inscriptions of varied content found on verso of the original scroll are not reproduced.
Facsimile scroll (attached to two wooden rollers) within protective box with dimensions: 42 x 30 x 17 cm.
Title from upper surface of box lid.
Label mounted inside the box reads: Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat des Codex Vaticanus Ms. Pal. Graec. 431 der Biblioteca apostolica vaticana.
Accompanying commentary volume by Otto Mazal includes bibliography.
Limited edition of 700 copies.
Special Collections copy is #406 of 700.

Physical Description:

1 scroll : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 x approximately 1000 cm + 1 commentary volumes (88 pages : 33 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

31 x approximately 1000 cm

Call Numbers:

Z114 .V3 vol. 43 1983

ISBNs:

3201012408
9783201012409

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

84139737

OCLC Numbers:

10997524