694970 Ms. 1581 f. 897v Illustration from Book XX (\'From Fadus the Procurator to Florus\'), Chapter 1 of the \'Antiquities of the Jews\' (\'Antiquitates Judaicae\') by Flavius Josephus - \'How after the death of Agrippa, Claudius Caesar sent Cassius Longinus to Syria\', c.1503 (vellum) by French School, (16th century); Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris, France; (add.info.: Commissioned by Cardinal Georges d\'Amboise, Archbishop of Rouen for the library of his ch璽teau of Gaillon; patron of Jean Pichore (fl. c. 1500-20) one of the most famous manuscript illuminators in Paris and responsible for almost all of the miniatures in this edition of Flavius Josephus; the decorated borders are the work of Jean Serpin; \'Antiquitates Judaicae\' is a history of the Jewish people in 21 volumes written in Greek by Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100 AD); this book consists of the fourth-century Latin translation ascribed to Rufinus; the heraldic arms shown are those of the second owner of this book, Henri Arnauld (1597-1692) Bishop of Angers;).