De bello iudaicoJosephus, Flavius[between 1150 and 1200]latManuscript on parchment of Josephus, De bello iudaico, translated into Latin by RufinusIn Latin.Written in bold and elegant early gothic bookhand; some looped flourishes in upper margins contain red dots.Seven initials, 17- to 10-line, in red, filled with red swirling foliage on orange and green grounds, with touches of blue, against irregular grounds of blue and/or orange panels. 6- to 2-line initials, green and/or red with red or green foliate flourishes, set both outside and into text column; initials sometimes incorporate simple facial features. 1-line red initials for rubrics. Rubrics throughout; remains of notes to rubricator.Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown goatskin, blind-tooled.