Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 10 of 2020

There were 45 manuscripts added to the online Vatican archives this week. Good news for lovers of European dialects and 19th century neo-Gothic caligraphy, four more from the Sire collection have been added, covering Romanche Sire.H.1, Castillian Sire.O.1, Sardinian Sire.O.4, and Brazilian Portuguese Sire.R.2.

A brief histore of the Fonds Sire

Marie-Dominique Sire, born in 1827, was a priest of the Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice, dying in 1917. He was involved in the project that eventually lead to the Bull Ineffabilis (of Sec. 8, 1854), proclaiming the Immaculate Conception of Mary to be Dogma. After the proclemation, he started a project to translate the Bull into all "living" languages, and donate the product to the Pope. From this a donation of 84 manuscripts became the Fonds Sire of the BAV, with a further 23 volumes lost. Sire even comissioned a special bookcase for the Sala dell'immacolata to contain the volumes. For far more detail, please see Duval-Arnould, Louis, sac., 1933- "La collectione «Sire» de la Bibliotèque Vaticane", In Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae IX, 2002. pp. 115-168. To the right is a montage of the first page of each of these four that had content, shalfmarks are indicated on the images

The bottom image comes from Vat.lat.6943, it is the motto atop the owner's arms

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Sire.H.1, Translation into Romanche, Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception (1863)
Incipit: (f.1r) A Sa Sainteté Pie IX. Hommage de la Suisse catholique

Work by Franz Nicolaus Florentini, bishop of Coire. decoration by Countess Anatole de Sainte Aldegonde


Sire.O.1, Translation into Castillian, Doctrine of Immaculate Conception
Incipit: (f.1r) Letras apostolicas de nuestro santisi-mo padre Pio por la divina providencia

Work by Cardinal Cirilo Alameda y Brea, archbishop of Toledo. Decoration by P. Julian Viñas, bound by Gruel


Sire.O.4, Translation into Sardinian, Doctrine of Immaculate Conception
Incipit: (f.1r) Su Deus inefabi-li is disposi-zioras de su ca-li

Decorated by Ferdinand de Pape, bound by Gruel


Sire.R.2, Translation into Brazilian Portuguese, Doctrine of Immaculate Conception (1867-1877)
Incipit: (f.VIIr) Letras Apostolicas Do Nosso Santissimo Padre Pela Divina Providencia Papa Pio IX

Decorted by Leopoldo Heck,


Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit Cecilii Cypriani Carthaginensis Episcopi et Mar-tiris de gratia dei et malitia feculi ad Donatii, Rubrica. Liber Primus

2 single leaves, both noted as f.1


Fragment of Italian Museum guide


Vat.lat.3717, Ludovici Vanini questoo de satisfactione
Incipit: Cvm tu me sanctissime pater, in hoc dignitatis gradu colloca-ris, idq[ue] nullis a me ante officiis prouocatus

Vat.lat.3723, Sancti prosdocimi episcopi vita (14th C)
Incipit: Incipit uita s[an]c[t]i prosdo-cimi e[pisco]pi & confessoris. Beatissim[us] athleta dei

Vat.lat.3819 (Upgraded to HQ), ps-Joachim de Fiore, Alexamder, ps-Cyril of Constantinople, St. Jerome, et al. De semine scripturarum, Commentarius in Apocalypsim, etc (1301-1325)
Incipit: Incipit lib[er] Jaichim de semi[ni]b[us] sc[ri]p-turanu[m]. Queso te o lector huius opusculi

Vat.lat.3860 (Upgraded to HQ), Prudentius Liber Cathemerinon
Incipit: Mosses nempe d[eu]m spinefera in rubo. Vidit conspicuo lumine

Vat.lat.3871, Plautus Comedies: Amphitrio, Asinaria, Captiui duo, etc... (15th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Plavti poetae comici clarissimi co-meardia prima amphitrio incipit

Vat.lat.3874, Macrobius Commentary on the Dream of Scipio (12th C)
Incipit: (f.2v) Val in affrica[m] uenisse[m] anicio mari-lio

Incipit: (f.1r) actione[m] agend[]. Et q[ue] Scholastici []c[]pel prius infra Collegium

First leaf of text is very damaged


Vat.lat.7141, ps-Giuseppe Cherubini Discorso historico sopra l'origine e progressi della regalia an. 1681 (1681)
Incipit: Discorso historico sopra l'origine e progressi della Regalia. Le Chiese e Vesc[ovadi] negli primordi della

dated on f.1r


Vat.lat.7170, Prete Gianni Epistula ad Fridericum I Romanorum imperatorem (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit ep[isto]la p[re].. Ioh[ann]is imp[er]atoris indor[um] missa ,,, Imperatori Romanoru[m]

Vat.lat.7245, Amori, Vita e Morte dell Duca di Mnatoua Carlo Gonzaga (17th C)
Incipit: Gl'errori de principi, benché fragili ancorché naturali non lasciano di uolaie

Vat.lat.7256, Nicolai Episcopi Andidorum Brevis Protheoria Symbolorum vel Mysteriorum que in Divino Sacrificio peragrinos

Bilingual Latin/Greek text, See Pinakes Entry,


Vat.lat.7258 (Upgraded to HQ), (1675-1725)
Incipit: Perbreuis instructio super aliquibus ritibus Graecorum ad RR. PP. DD. Episcopos Latinos, in quorum Ciuitatibus Graeci, vel Albanenses Graeco ritu viventes degunt

partially printed text. All works seem to concern the relations between the Roman and Eastern churches


Incipit: Dit is een Boec[]ke[n] waer in veel schoone consten ende secreete[n] Staen

In Dutch


Vat.lat.7294 (Upgraded to HQ), Gregory the Great Dialogues
Incipit: Incipit Liber dyalogoru[m] b[ea]ti gregorii p[a]pe. Incipit liber p[ri]mus

Vat.lat.7297.pt.1, Guillaume Fillastre Gesta concilii Constanciensis (15th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Secu[n]tur []mi pontifices malum exitum habentes ut in speculo hystoriale

Vat.lat.7297.pt.2, Guillaume Fillastre Gesta concilii Constanciensis (15th C)
Incipit: (f.276r) ut indefesse ad id sudores

starts f.276


Vat.lat.7300, Livy History of Rome (15th C)
Incipit: Titi Livii patavini Historici Clarissimi ab Vrbe Condita liber primvs incipit Prologus

Vat.lat.7302, Antonio Loschi Inquisitio super XI orationes Ciceronis (15th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) [M]agna res est eloquentia Feater insignis atq[ue] optime

Vat.lat.7315, Marin Sanudo il Vecchio Liber secretorum fidelium crucis
Incipit: In nomine d[omi]ni n[ost]ri ie[s]u [xpi] filii dei viui amen. Incipiu[n]t se-cretu tam p[ro]pter cons[t]uationem fideliu[m] q[ue] propt[er]

Vat.lat.7322, Peter de Aquila In I-III Sentences (14th-15th C)
Incipit: Opus fr[atr]is pet[ri] de Aquila or. mi. e[ius] al[iis] d[icitu]r Scotellus. Cupientes a[liqui]d

Vat.lat.7323, (1624)
Incipit: (p.1) Ex Tomo primo graeco-latino Bibliothecae veteru[m] Parrum impresso Parisys 1624. Ignatius martyr scripsis ep[isto]las quindecim.

dated on p.1


Vat.lat.7325, Joannis Longini Annalium Regni Poloniae libri duodecim summarie collecti (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Annalium Regni Poloniae Johannis Lon-gini libri duodecim summarie collecti

Vat.lat.7329, Book of Hours (15th C)
Incipit: Incip[it] officium beate virginis marie s[ecundu]m [con]suetudinem romane curie. Ad matutinum Versus

See Iter liturgicum italicum, probably from Italy. No calendar


Vat.lat.7350, Satire di Settano
Incipit: (f.IIIr) Parte della Chiaue delle Satire consapute

Vat.lat.7353, Christopher Versevicius De Cognitione Sui Ipsius. Libri tres
Incipit: (f.1r) Ill[ustrissimo] et R[everndissimo] d[omi]no D[omi]no Henrico Caetano S. R. E. Cardinali Cambrario et ad Sacram Regia[m]

Incipit: Speculi Astronomiei pars secunda

Incipit: Beat[issi]mo Padre. Per magiore chiarezza e per ageuolare il

Incipit: Leopoldus divina favente clementia ele-ctus Romanorum Imperator semper Augustus ac Germaniae, hungariae

Incipit: Registro di Lettere Latine scritte dall'

Incipit: Prosequutio censure faite a P. Paulino Bernardinio Sac Ap[ostolice] Palatii

Vat.lat.7407, Summarium Nouorum Autenticorum Testimoniorum tam Europaeorum, quam Sinensium (1703)
Incipit: (f.2r) Summarium Nouorum Autenticorum Testimoniorum tam Europaeorum, quam Sinensium nouissime e China allatorum Cui

dated March 27, 1703 on f.2r


Vat.lat.7427, De Libri de Giudei
Incipit: La lasciato il R. P. F. Lorenzo Filippo Virgulti, Dr. buona memoria alueni libri ebraici

Vat.lat.7442, (17th )
Incipit: Glonomata ad Bullam S.D.N. Gregorii XV PM di electione Romani Pontificis

Document on the election of Gregory XV


Vat.lat.7443, (17th C)
Incipit: Grauiora aliquot dubia Cons[is] S[anctissimi] D. N. Greg[orii] XV de Romani Pontificis

Document on the election of Gregory XV


Vat.lat.7447, Relazione de Conclavi tenuti per l'Elezione de Sommi Pontefici dopo la morta di Urbano VIII dino all'Elezione di Clemente X
Incipit: Relazione dell'Operato in Conclave tenuto per morte di Papa Urbano VIII

Vat.lat.7449, Vita e Successi del Cardinal Cecchini Scritta da lui medisimo
Incipit: Tra tutte le cose, che apportano all'huomo sommo piacere una a la memoria delle cose

Vat.lat.7455, Giuseppe Ximenez Samaniego Life and Death of John Duns Scotus, the Subtle Doctor (1668)
Incipit: (f.IIIr) Vita e Morte del Venerabile Pre. fra Giovanni Dunsio scoto Dottore Sottile

Vat.lat.7467, Giulio Agricola Riflessioni sopri Cornelio Tacito
Incipit: Riflessioni sopra Cornelio Tacito nella uita di Giulio Agricola.

Vat.lat.7477, Erode, Tragedia
Incipit: Argomento. Erode re della Giudea ripudiata