Image of Symmachus, illustration from 'The Kerdeston Hawking Book: a collection of by English School, (15th century)

Symmachus, illustration from 'The Kerdeston Hawking Book: a collection of treatises on hawking', c.1430-45 (vellum)

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Image title: Symmachus, illustration from 'The Kerdeston Hawking Book: a collection of treatises on hawking', c.1430-45 (vellum)
Artist: English School, (15th century) / English
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: vellum
Date: c. 1430 AD - 1435 AD (C15th AD)

Image description: Symmachus (/ˈsɪməkəs/; Greek: Σύμμαχος "ally"; fl. late 2nd century) translated the Old Testament into Greek. His translation was included by Origen in his Hexapla and Tetrapla, which compared various versions of the Old Testament side by side with the Septuagint. Some fragments of Symmachus's version that survive, in what remains of the Hexapla, inspire scholars to remark on the purity and idiomatic elegance of Symmachus' Greek. He was admired by Jerome, who used his work in composing the Vulgate.
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