Latin Josephus Project
Entries for Josephus and Hegesippus in early medieval booklists, inventories and records of gifts.
Dates refer to the lists and include ranges that cross 1000. The Latin quotations follow the editions cited.
MBKDS stands for Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz and MBKÖ for Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Österreichs. Häse (2002) refers to Mittelalterliche Bücherverzeichnisse aus Kloster Lorsch.
| Catalogue | Date | Entry and reference |
|---|---|---|
| Reichenau 1 | 821–822 |
[De opusculis sancti Cypriani episcopi] ... Item eiusdem de bello Judaico libri V excerpti de historia Josephi.
De libris Josephi. Historiae antiquitatum Josephi libri XI in codice I. Item eiusdem Judaicae captivitatis libri VIII in codice I.
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| Reichenau 2 | 822–838 |
Istoria Josephi, XIV libri in codice uno.
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| Reichenau 4 | 822–838 |
Hunzo presbyter dedit librum I similiter et I lectionarium et librum istoriae Josephi et caetera in volumine I.
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| Lorsch 1 | c. 830 |
Libri antiquitatis Iosephi historiographi a duodecimo libro usque in nonum decimum.
A different, probably contemporary hand added the entry.
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| Saint-Wandrille 2 | c. 830 |
historiarum Iosephi volumen unum
Gift of Ansegisus.
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| Saint-Riquier | 831 |
Josephus plenarius
Hariulf III.3, ed. Lot (1894), p. 93.
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| Bobbio | 833–915 |
Lib(ros) Egesipi ii.
Lib(rum) Joseppi Historiographi i.
Tosi, Archivum Bobiense (1984–85), pp. 141 and 145, nos. 258–259 and 516. Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Archivio Muratoriano, filza 23, fasc. 3a, fol. 51.
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| Murbach | c. 840–850 |
Iosephu(m) Antiquitatu(m) et Iudaice captiuitat(i)s li(bri) XVIIII
¶ Egesippi li(bri) V
Milde, Der Bibliothekskatalog des Klosters Murbach (1968), p. 47, nos. 270–272. Colmar, Archives départementales du Haut-Rhin, Murbach cartulary 1.
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| Lorsch 4 | c. 850 |
Isyppi l<i>bri V de eodem historiographo in uno codice
Two erased lines precede the entry.
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| St. Gallen 2 | 841–872 |
Josephi de antiquitate Judaica libros XII in volumine I.
Item libros IIII in volumine uno.
Item eiusdem de bello Judaico libros VII in volumine I.
Lehmann, MBKDS 1, 84.19–22. St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 267, pp. 25–28.
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| St. Gallen 1 | 850–880 |
Egesippi libri V excerpti de istoria Joseppi, volumen I.
In volumine I Josepi hystoriarum antiquitatis Judaicae libri XII. In alio volumine eiusdem hystoriographi de bello Judaico libri VII. Item in tertio libri IIII.
The Josephus entries on p. 81 are an addition.
Lehmann, MBKDS 1, 76.15 and 81.12–13. St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 728.
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| Reichenau 6 | 851–900 |
Josephus, volumina IIII.
Sanctus Cyprianus de hystoria Josephi volumen.
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| Lorsch 3 | c. 860 |
Historia Iosephi, libri XI in uno codice
Isyppi libri V de eodem historiographo in uno codice
Item libri antiquitatum Iosephi historiographi a duodecimo usque in nonum decimum in uno codice
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| Wulfad of Rheims | c. 860 |
[1] Historia losephi
[2] Historia Aegesyppi
Allen, “Le catalogue de la bibliothèque de Vulfad” (2015), p. 163.
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| Cambrai | 901–1000 |
Joseppus
Molinier, Catalogue général, 17, p. vii. Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 685, fol. 1.
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| Freising 6 | 951–1000 |
Istos uero non habemus freholfum. Josuphum alquinum martianum Terrentium
Josephus appears among the books the library lacked.
Daniel (1973), p. 50. Munich, Clm 6399, fol. 32v.
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| Novalesa, St. Peter & St. Andrew | 981–1000 |
Iosephum .1.
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Passau, 8 September 903. The entry includes enigmata Simphosii et Althelmi et Ioseppi. Manitius (1907), p. 663, identifies Ioseppus as Joseph Scottus. Dorofeeva (2023), p. 60, proposes the Hypomnesticon of Josephus Christianus. Ineichen-Eder, MBKDS 4.1, 26.65–66. Dorofeeva, Reading Nature in the Early Middle Ages.
The key lists all 89 catalogues in the survey’s date range. The numbers distinguish separate booklists associated with the same place. Results refer to entries for Josephus or Hegesippus.
Descriptions of the numbered booklists draw on the cited editions and Bibliotheca legum.