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Title:
Manuscript
Language:
Greek
Date range:
1600-1700?
Author(s):
Origen (ca.184-253)
Description:
VGQ 14 is a paper codex, its leaves measuring 242 × 198 mm. It is constructed of 6 quires of 1 or 2 bifolia, totalling 15 + 1* folia. Catchwords are visible in places. Written space covers an area of 200/205 × 155/160 mm over around 20 lines. Two scribes worked on the codex: the first ff. 1r-4v, the second 5r-12v. ff. 13 and 14 were added later. Alternative readings were added in the margins, and pen trials appear towards the end of the volume. It has a 17th-c. parchment cover.
Classification:
Roman Empire – letters – exegesis – translation – Jewish history
DOI:
10.1163/9789004373563_VGQ-014
Journal:
VGQ 14 - Origenis epistola ad Africanum de Sosanna