Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 25 of 2021

A total of ninteen manuscripts were digitized this week. Included were more of the Vat.gr and Vat.ar fonds that have been in process lately, as well as more works related to Gaetano Marini.

Of particular interest is Borg.lat.763, one of the rare manuscripts in the BAV that was written in the new world. This volume is an illustrated guide to the fruits of Mexico, written by Giuseppe Sincunegu in the diocese of Michaucan. To the right is the last illustration in the manuscript, on f.20r. This depicts two fruiting cacti of the Opuntia family, commonly called Nopales or Prickly Pear cacti.

At the bottom is the ex-libris from the famous monastery of St. Columbanus at Bobbio in Piacenza. This comes from a late 10th C. copy of Gregory the Great's Homilies on Ezekiel, Vat.lat.5754 f.1r. This is a double ex-libris, showing the history of the ownership of the manuscript

Borg.lat.763, Giuseppe Sincunegu Frutti Messicani (1772)

Incipit: Frutti Messicani. No. 1 Camotl è il convolvulo Batata 'della

Written in the city of Pascuaro, diocese of Michaucan

Vat.arm.6, S. Cyprian, Gregorii Narekatsi, et al. Assorted Prayers (1590-1591)

The text is similar to the "Liber Feriae Sextae printed by Abgarus in Venice in 1513. In rotulus form. See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 226-231

Vat.arm.7, Assorted Texts (14th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 231-237

Vat.arm.15, Assorted works on Divination, Astrology, Calendar, etc. (1751-1800)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 247-261

Vat.gr.1753 (Upgraded to HQ), Georgius/Gennadius Scholarius, Gregory of Constantinople, John Chrysostom, ps-Alexander the Great, et al. Theological Miscellany (1451-1500)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1782, Simeon the New Theologian, ps-Eusebius, et al. Theological and Ethical works, Sermons, Letters (1584)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Νικήτας Μινδρίνος Πάγκαλλος

Vat.gr.1796, Theodorus Daphnopates Eclogae 1-48, Homilies (12th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1815, Ephrem the Syrian Sermons and a Vita of Ephrem the Syrian (1022 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωνᾶς

Vat.gr.1816, John of Damascus, Athanasius of Alexandria, Constantinus Acropolita, et al. Sermon on the Nativity, etc. (1301-1330)

Pinakes Entry, the oracle text on f.68v is probably later

Vat.gr.1831, Chronicle of the Tocco (c. 1450)

Pinakes Entry, there is a later copy of this MS in Vat.gr.2214

Vat.gr.1846, Andreas of Crete, John Chrysostom, Theodore the Studite, et al. Assorted Homilies and Vitae (14th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1847 (Upgraded to HQ), Ephrem the Syrian Sticherarion/Works (10th/13th)

Pinakes Entry, The upper text is a notated c. 13th C Sticherarion, the lower text is Ephrem the Syrian

Vat.lat.5726, Bonaventure Postilla super Evangelium secundum Lucam

Incipit: Sp[iritus] d[omi]ni super me eo q[uod] mi[sse]rit me ad annunciand[um]

Vat.lat.5754, Gregory the Great Exposition of Ezekiel (951-1000)

Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit prologus s[an]c[t]i Gregorii in exposi-to Ezech[a]il Proph[et]e. Dilectissimo Fratri mariano ep[oscop]o gregorius episcopus seruus seruor[um] d[e]i.

From Bobbio, it has to Ex Libri on f.1r. Flyleaf has part of a Lectionary for St. Lawrence, roughly contemporary hand. A small parchment bookmark removed from this volume was digitized in 2018, Vat.lat.5754.pt.A

Vat.lat.9026, Gaetano Marini Benefactors of the Hospital of S. Spirito in Saxia (c. 1775-1811)

Incipit: (f.2r) Ex codice Vaticano Ottobon. 2776. Ad Laurentium Magalottum S. R. E. Cardinalem

Also includes the Bull of Eugene IV from 1477 creating the Confraternite of S. Sprito in Saxia

Vat.lat.9111, Gaetano Marini Copies of Inscriptions (c. 1750-1800)

Vat.lat.9152, Collection of Ancient Inscriptions in Rome (16th C)

Incipit: Orando dei gratia Romanis om[n]ibus in uicto populo Petrus dia-conus quicquid ubique. [I]n solo materno remora[n]tes

Vat.lat.9283, Gian Maria Mazzuchelli Delle Vite de "Letterati Viventi". Book 2 (18th C)

Incipit: Delle Vite de "Letterati Viventi" Tomo Secondo. Indice. Adami (Antonio Filippo) pag. iv

Vat.lat.15048, Illuminato Moroni Memorie della signora Cecilia Giovannella Castelli. (17th C)

Incipit: (f.7r) Emen[tissimo] R[everendissimo] Sig[nore], Sig[nore] Pro[n]ne Coll[..mo]. Consuma uorace il tempo le memorie non solo

ff. 1-2 is a letter to Castelli from a spiritual daughter