. English: Epistula ad Philocratem, known in English as Letter to Philocrates or Letter of Aristeas. Latin translation by Mattia Palmieri. Manuscript of cirсa 1480. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB Clm 627). Vignette on the right represents Ptolemy II who is said by Aristeas to have ordered the creation of Septuagint. Th crest in the lower border is that of the book's first owner, Matthias Corvinus who was the king of Hungary from 1458 to 1490. circa 1480. Unknown 56 Aristeas, Epistula ad Philocratem (BSB Clm 627)

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