<i>Epistula ad Philocratem</i>, known in English as <i>Letter to Philocrates</i> or <i>Letter of Aristeas</i>. Latin translation by Mattia Palmieri.
<p>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.
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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.
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