Latin Jubilees · Latin Moses undertext · Biblioteca Ambrosiana C 73 inf. · Latin Moses
A Latin Jubilees witness studied through the project’s reconstruction, transcription and translation files.
Record reviewed 2026-11-05 ·
- Catalogue reference
- Biblioteca Ambrosiana C 73 inf. · Latin Moses
- Institution / route
- Biblioteca Ambrosiana · Jubilees Palimpsest Project route
- Region / collection context
- Italy / Latin manuscript traditions
- Language
- Latin
- Physical form
- Palimpsest undertext
- Translation evidence
- Selected English translation unit located
- Access route
- Public project reading route
Open the institutional record
Use the links below to read the original catalogue, available images or named edition. Image and text access follow the source institution’s conditions.
What the record covers
A partially surviving codex. Original page 83 / modern palimpsest page 62 maps to Jubilees 13:10–15. Reconstructed missing pages are not surviving material.
Edition and translation
Ceriani 1861 Latin transcription and James C. VanderKam, The Book of Jubilees, CSCO 511 (1989), Latin-recension translation. Selected page markers checked in the project XML.
The open research question
Collate the manuscript photographs and print edition. Keep the Latin witness separate from 4Q216 and other Qumran copies.
Image and publication rights
VanderKam XML notice: Copyright CSCO Peeters, fair use only. Source images have separate conditions; no complete translation or manuscript images are republished here.
Dates and historical context
Fifth century CE · project reconstruction attribution
Copy evidence. Project attribution, not a new independent dating assessment; later palimpsest reuse is separate.
Dates for a copy or material do not automatically establish the date of composition, the events narrated, or a symbolic cycle.
Carry the reading into Babylon
Begin with the surviving words and the edition’s own uncertainty. Then explore Babylon’s named teaching with the Father and Yeshua at its devotional centre. Every reader keeps their dignity, judgement and freedom to question.
Learning in the Light
In Babylon, the Father’s light opens perspective, learning and a chosen next step. Your worth remains intact. Every person is sovereign, with dignity, freedom and room to grow.
Read the learning principle ↗Passage and translation coverage
Read this witness’s edition links, open coverage questions and next research task.
Passage and translation coverage ↗Read the selected passage study
Jubilees 13:10–15 · reconstructed original page 5c083 · modern palimpsest page 62 · Page-to-passage concordance checked
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Jubilees 13:16–21 · reconstructed original page 5c084 · modern palimpsest page 61, columns a–b · Second page-to-verse concordance checked
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