Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 19 of 2019

See all the details on the 29 new manuscripts this week on Macro Typography. One of the magic things with digital images is that they can be taken outside the visible spectrum. In the case of Barb.gr.388 each "normal" image has a corresponding one taken with UV light. This reveals the 10th-11th C Evangelion below the main text, complete with ecphonetic musical notation, see f.10r to the right


Barb.gr.388, Procopius of Gaza Catena in Ecclesiasten and in Canticum Canticorum (13th-14th C)

Palimpsest, for upper text see Pinakes. Under text is a 10-11th C Evangelion with possible musical notation


Barb.gr.392, Akolouthia (1450-1500)

See Pinakes, notated music


Chig.A.VIII.231 (Upgraded to HQ), (c. 1250)

Chig.E.VIII.251 (Upgraded to HQ), Avicenna On Animals, translted into Latin
Incipit: Incipit liber[um] ammalium. In no[m]i[n]e d[omi]ni n[ost]ri [ihu] [xpi] om[ni]p[otens]is misericor-dis

Ott.lat.2048 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: e[ss]et in celo. hoc enim mipossibile e[st]. visus enim non fit

Ross.130, Bible
Incipit: Frater ambrosius michi tua

Incipit: Partis primae Quastio prima. De sacra doctrina qualis sit, et ad que se

Incipit: Perche Roma doppi la morte di Giulio Cesare

starts on f.223


Vat.copt.111, (989)

Dated from colophon to January, 21 989. See f.4r



Vat.lat.2493, Gratian Decretals, etc (14th C)
Incipit: Quoniam nouis sup[er]uei[n]entibus causis

Vat.lat.2523, Henricus Bohic Distinctiones in Decretales (15th C)
Incipit: Venerabilib[is] et discretis viris doctorib[us]

Main scribe Johannes Garsias Alvari


Incipit: Index opusculi; Dr virginita te et continencia Incipit. Probatur bratam virginim


Incipit: Sessione prima sopra salmo Vesperali


Incipit: Incipiu[n]t cap[itu]la totius libri de offic[i]o p[ri]me consure

Vat.lat.4786 (Upgraded to HQ), Petrarch I Trionfi (15th C)
Incipit: Vdi chascoltate in rime sp[er]se insuorio

Vat.lat.4797 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: (f.25r) Aci Comensa Lo libre de Joha[n]nissi de in t[e]ruductions del arte del tigni

First 20 folios are computus tablesSee JONAS



Incipit: Agostino Justiniano vescouo di Nebio

Incipit: []vole amiscri Creinere didoledi Vagerra

Vat.lat.4835 (Upgraded to HQ), Oratio uniuersalis de sancta maria et p[ri]mo loquitur peccator

Incipit: Ave ma[r]is gr[ati]a plenu d[omi]n[u]s tetu[m]. Maria

Vat.lat.4840 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: Questo Euangel[ist]io se canta La mattina della natiuta da [xpo] alla Messa di terza secondo sancto Giouanni

Incipit: Item ei[us]dem responsio co[n]cra epistolaru nicere

Vat.lat.4852 (Upgraded to HQ)

See JONAS


Incipit: Incipit tabula p[er] alphabetu[m] in hor libro consolari


Vat.lat.4858 (Upgraded to HQ), Matteo Ragnina De contentione super pace Venetorum cum magno Turco (1479)
Incipit: Mathei Aranei canonici Ragusini Iure consulti de contentione


Incipit: Questio q[uo]d libetica

Incipit: [P]ostquam auxilio dei eousq[ue] de duxi

Incipit: Ad euidenciam q[u]onis qua