Modern page numbers (not folio numbers) were added using Arabic numerals in upper outside corners relative to the palimpsest orientation (Eugippius).
The original fifth century manuscript contained more than 272 pages. We know the Testament of Moses ends abruptly, but do not know how many pages followed. We know from quire signatures that the Testament of Moses followed after Latin Jubilees. If the length of Latin Jubilees corresponds to Ethiopic Jubilees there must have been compression of text or additional pages inserted. Some quire signatures have been observed but all original page numbers are reconstructed.
As of 2011 the bifolia are disbound and stored separately in protective folders. Most bifolia are intact. Some are split but stored with the original partner. In one case glue has created a false pair.
See history, below, for how erased folios from two separate collections were combined in the eighth century.
The reconstruction of the original codex is based on quire signatures and extrapolation based on the assumption that the extent of Latin Jubilees is comparable to Ethiopic Jubilees.
The reconstructed collation can be visualized at
There is no evidence of collation other than standard quires.
All pages are treated with at least one form of
Written in
Written in
Unbound as of 2011
Originally copied in
Catalogued at the Bobbio monastery in
Acquired for the Biblioteca Ambrosiana by
See further, Hanneken, The Book of Jubilees in Latin.
Space between words and punctuation are not marked in the manuscript and are included here by modern editors.
Incipits and slightly larger letters within a line are represented here with upper-case letters.
All xml:ids must begin with a non-digit: a represents annotation; n represents note; o represents orignal; p represents palimpsest or modern pagination; s represents segment or sentence; t represents translation; v represents verse; w represents word;