Notebook fragment 13b of ‘Notes sur l’historie des Juifs’
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CMV33708
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MS 18
Title:
Notebook fragment 13b of ‘Notes sur l’historie des Juifs’
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Juifs ignorez des grecs avant alexandre.
Incipit Modernised:
Les Juifs ignorés des Grecs avant Alexandre.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
A notebook fragment concerning the history of Jews.
Detailed Summary:
In these notes, Voltaire heavily criticises l’Histoire des Antiquités judaïques by Flavius Josèphe. The passage ends with the phrase: ‘judée; la moitie sterile, lautre bonne de la deux divers jugements’.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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Dimensions:
295 x 192 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a two handled pot. There are a series of triangles beside the pot and a book decorated with a branch on top of the pot.
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Additional Comments:
There are two small holes in the left-hand margin of f.1r suggesting that the manuscript was previously part of a bound collection. On f.1v, there is a small ink stain. Beneath this is a very small remnant of red wax. Traces from the acidity of the ink suggest that this MS was originally preceded by Voltaire Foundation MS 19 and followed MS Th.B.N10 formerly held at the Institut et Musée Voltaire.
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Notes summarising the content of the text are provided throughout in the margins in Voltaire’s hand. In the left-hand margin of f.1v, a list of chapter titles for La Philosophie de l’histoire has been provided by Voltaire.
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Inclusions:
An excerpt cut from the Vidal-Mégret auction catalogue (Paris 29 [30] mai 1968), no.135 has been included.
History
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Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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Provenance:
Bought at auction by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) in Paris on 29 May 1968 for 1,800 francs (plus tax).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Theodore Besterman, ‘Thirteen new fragments’, SVEC 148 (1976) p.12-13.
OCV Reference:
vol.84, ‘Fragment 13b’, p.195-99, l.1-38
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.84, p.168
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