Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 3 of 2020

The Vatican added 56 manuscripts to their online collections this week.

There are some slightly confusing manuscripts in the Vatican collections from the 20th Century and Vat.lat.14166 is a fine example. Per the title page (f.1r to the right), it was presented to Pope Pius XII on the occasion of the dedication of the funeral monument for Cardinal Van Rossum in 1939. It is a collection of drawings of converts from Annam(Vietnam), with the exception of the first drawing of a "White Man".

The border at the bottom is from f.1r of Vat.lat.6941, a mist 15th C collection of letters mostly seeming to center around the life of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, both before and after he became Pope Pius II in 1458.

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Ross.411, Juvenal Satyres (15th C)
Incipit: Semper ego auditor t[antu]m nu[n]q[ue] ne repona[m]

Ross.442, ps-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium. (1376-1425)
Incipit: Incipit facundissimi marci tulii ciceronis arpinatis de hum-ili prosapia nati retho[]um liber primus ad Gauim heren-num amacum siuim

Ross.480, Joachim of Fiore Prophetiae & Epistolae
Incipit: Prophetiae & Epo[stol]ae Joachim Abbatis Fiorensis Perimres ad res Kaiabras

Ross.483 (Upgraded to HQ), Herodian History of the Empire from the death of Marcus (15th C)
Incipit: Herodiani historici greci de romanis imperatoribvs ab antonio bonfine tradvcti liber primvs

Vat.lat.3601, Laudatio S. Monicae (15th C)
Incipit: Ad sa[n]ctissimu[m] su[m]mu[m]q[ue] po[n]tifice[m] eugeniu[m] 4. Hec tibi que pri[n]ceps eugeni su[m]me

Title from Kristeller


Vat.lat.3602, Frater Thadeus Multiple texts (15th C)
Incipit: Et si non me ipsum preterit nihil dari ad sum-mum pontificem debere

Title/Author from Kristeller


Vat.lat.3603 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: Illvstri comiti hieronimo de re aria imolae d[omi]no aemylis bvcca bella romanvs

Vat.lat.3654, Franciscus Philelphus In Commentarium de Sacerdotio Jesu Christo (15th C)
Incipit: Ad Sistvm Qvartvm Pont. Max. Francisci philelfi praefa-tio in commentarivm de sacerdotio Christi Ihesv Filii Mariae Virginis

Vat.lat.4433, Constantinus Africanus, Gerardus Bituricensis(commentary) Commentarius super Viaticum Constantini Africani. (14th C)
Incipit: Cum om[ni]e el[i]m & ex

Vat.lat.6078, Missale (12th C)
Incipit: orgo eor[um] cuius erit uxor. Si quide[m] septe[m]

See Iter liturgicum italicum, from Lucca. Notated music, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 325[, Folio: 180r, Source: italiano (centrale e settentrion, Provinance: OSB, Notation: Punti legati]




Vat.lat.6588, Della Nuntiatiera di Napoli di Monsegneor Illusrtissimo et Reverendissimo Paolo Emilio Filonardi
Incipit: (f.1r) Pandetta- Resto dell'anno passato

Vat.lat.6624, Philippi Philonardi De Vita et rebus gestis Illustrissimi
Incipit: (f.2r) Ortus, & Disciplina Philippi Cardinalis Philonardi. In campaniae regione, quae ad Ecclesiasticam ditionem

Vat.lat.6721 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: All' Ill[mo] Sig[r] mio Sig[r] et Pron[] Osser[mo] il Sig[r] Francesco Nerli Ambasciatore del Sereniss[mo] di Mantua in Milano

printed


Incipit: In nomini sanctae et individvae trinitatis patris et filii et spus sanctae. Amen. Incipit processus super Canonizatione Beati Jacobi als Didaci de S[mo] Nicolai Tolentino

Vat.lat.6740, Relatione del'seguito Hell' Isola di Corsica, per la reuolutione di essa l'anno 1564. Ristreffa da Giovanni Franco... (1564-1609)
Incipit: (f.2r) Per primo introito simo trano li particolari

dates on f.1r


Incipit: Incipit liber troyanus. Et si condie vetera recentib[us] obuia[n]t

Vat.lat.6804, Cyril, George of Trebazond (tr) Thesaurus
Incipit: Ad Inclutum Alfonsum Regem aragonum & utriusq[ue] sicille georgii trapezuntii in traductione thesa-uror[um] cyrilli alexandrini prefatio

Title/Author from Kristeller


Vat.lat.6814, Eusebius, Jerome (tr), Dydimi Alexandrini De spiritu sancto with preface
Incipit: Incipit Prefatio Eusebii Ieronimi In librum Dydimi Alexandrini S Sp[rit]u s[an]c[t]o

Vat.lat.6826, Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae (12th C)
Incipit: additas i[n] latino i[n]uenie[m][us] sermone

Vat.lat.6827, Liber Capituli (14th C)
Incipit: KL Januarius h[ab]et dies xxxi Luna uero xxx

See Iter liturgicum italicum, from Rome, St. Lawrence outside the Walls


Vat.lat.6835 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: (f.2r) Nicolai perotti pon-tificis sipontini in aristidis libani et bessarionis

Vat.lat.6837, Cicero On Pompey's Command, etc. (15th C)
Incipit: Qva[m]qva[m] mihi semp[er] freq[ue]ns

Vat.lat.6838, Cicero De Oficiis (15th C)
Incipit: M. T. Ciceronis Officiorvm liber primvs ad M. Filivm Incipit Feliciter. Quanquam te marce fili annum iam audientem

Vat.lat.6840, (14th C)
Incipit: In nome del padre & del Figlio-lo & de lospirito sancto amen. Qui incomen-zano le legende della glorioso V[ir]gene maria m[ad]re del n[ost]ro saluatore misere

Incipit: Della guerra de Cipri schitta da Anton Francesso di Napoli Gentilhuomo Palermitans

Vat.lat.6846, Sallust The War With Catiline (15th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Omnes homines qui se[se] student prestare ceteris animalibus

Vat.lat.6847 (Upgraded to HQ), Epictetus, Nicholas Perottus(tr) Enchiridion with Preface
Incipit: Epistola Sacratissimi Cardinaliu[m] collegii a d[omi]no

Author/title from Kristeller


Incipit: Lvx nature deus quanta vniuersis

Vat.lat.6868, Ovid Fastii (15th C)
Incipit: P. Nasonis ouidii fastor[um] libri primi ... principium

Vat.lat.6875 (Upgraded to HQ), (16th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Messale disertissimi prato-ris ad octavianvm caesarem avbii-stum de probenie sva et re-biminibvs inclite vrbis rome breve compendivm feliciter in dei eterni nomne

Vat.lat.6881, Leonardo Bruni Letters in 9 books (16th C)

Author/Title/Date from Kristeller


Vat.lat.6891, Priscianus,Priscianus,Remus Favinus Liber de Numeris et Mensuris metricis,Liber de Numeris et Ponderibus,Liber de Numeris et ponderibus,Liber de Ponderibus et Mensuris (16th C)
Incipit: Disce masee sacrificu[m] circa venera[n]du[m]

Incipit: (f.2r) Apologia per i casiss contro le calumnie de

Vat.lat.6907, Paolo di Lagni
Incipit: Ad Maiorem dei gloriam. del P. Paolo di Lagni Capuccino. Per risposta una mia scritta a dua santita


Vat.lat.6914, Repertorium iuris canonici ab anonymo alphabetico ordine congestum quod litteras A-V complectitur. (17th C)
Incipit: Assolutione abb[te] Alienatione apellatione

Vat.lat.6926 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: Beat[mo] Padre. Aceio'che appansca l'errore


Vat.lat.6941, Letters (15th C)
Incipit: Epistole cardinalatvs ae-neae silvii picolominei senen-sis episcopi sancte sabine presbiter cardinalis

Many relate to Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Pope Pius II


Vat.lat.6950, Collected Papal Instructions (1576-1624)
Incipit: Institutiones pro Papa Eugenio quarto datae nunciis

Vat.lat.6960 (Upgraded to HQ), (15th C)
Incipit: Clementissimo ac Sanctissimo Paulo se-cundo donunio nostro pape

Vat.lat.6977, Basil the Great Hexameron, translated (15th C)
Incipit: Commentatio in libros Aristotelis

Author/Title/Date from Kristeller


Vat.lat.6981, Albertus Tragiolus (1598)

Vat.lat.6987, Francis Penia Commentary on Aristotle

Vat.lat.6988, Francis Penia Commentary on Aristotle

Vat.lat.6991, de gratia Dei
Incipit: Commentaria in questionem centissima[us] nonam de exteriori principio humanoru[m]

Incipit: Incipit liber de regini[m]e p[ri]ncipu[m] edi-tus a fratre edigio romano ordi-nix fr[atru]m herem[itum] s[an]c[t]i augustini

Vat.lat.7012, Testament Polique, ou les Maximes d'Estat du Cardinal de Richelieu Diuise en deux Parties (1642-1700)
Incipit: Au Roy. Sire. Aussitost qu'il a plû à vostre maieste me donner

In French


Vat.lat.7019 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: Codex MS Slavonicus No 7019, pag. 97-116. Inter codices manuscriptos, hocce volumine contentos


Vat.lat.7054, Joseph Moletium Tabulae Gregoriana
Incipit: (f.1r) Tabulae Gregoriane coelestium motuum. Suppulata per Josephum Moletium in Palauino Gymnasio mathematicas disiplinas profitentem

Vat.lat.7056, Julius Angelus Bargeus
Incipit: (f.2r) Sereniss, Francisco Medici Magno Etrvriae dvci. Ivlivs angelivs bargaevs s. d. Ad quod iusse atq[ue] auspicio tuo

Vat.lat.7072, Andrea Barbazza Commentaria in Decretales (15th C)
Incipit: Uisum e[st] sup[rae] de iure sc[ri]pto et no[n] scripto uer[um] q[ue]

Vat.lat.14166 (Upgraded to HQ), Alla Santita di Nostro Signore Papa Pio XII in occasione della solemne inaugurazione del monumento funebre alla memoria dell' Eminentissimo Cardinale Gulielmo Van Rossum (1939)
Incipit: Alla Santita di Nostro Signore Papa Pio XII in occasione della solemne inaugurazione del monumento funebre alla memoria dell' Eminentissimo

Contains no text, but a collection of portraits of Vietnamese converts