Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 28 of 2021

A busy week at the Vatican, with ninty-three manuscripts digitized, the bulk of them coming in two days. Work continues on the Armenian collections, twenty-one volumes added to the Borg.arm fond bring that one past the 75% complete mark and those to Vat.ar have brought it almost to 50%. In addition Sire.a.10, the Armenian volume in that collection, was digitized this week.

The other large work this week was the Vat.gr collection, with forty volumes digitized. These are a wide assortment of texts, including Liturgical, Classical and Patristic texts. Of particular interest was a 16th C Greek translation of Peter of Poitiers Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi, Vat.gr.1906. In the latin tradition this text is often copied in a scroll (see this 13th C Example from Cleveland), but this copy is as a standard codex, though it maintains the genealogical tree stemma. The sample on the right, f.2r, shows the OT Patriarchs, with Abraham at the top.

The image at the bottom is from an Armenian Evangelary, Borg.arm.69, from the Armenian year 810, which overlaps 1300-1301 CE. This page, f.102r starts the Gospel of Mark

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Borg.arm.48, Rituale (17th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 78

Borg.arm.50, Calendar with Interpretation (1671)
Incipit: (f.3r) In Vigilia Dei Epiphanie. 1. I nona autem hora dicitus psalmus et conficiuntur hostie.

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp.78-79

Borg.arm.51, Calendar with Latin Interpretation (1671)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 79

Borg.arm.52, Missal (17th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 79

Borg.arm.54, Rituale for Consecration of a Monk (12th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 80-81. Fragment bound out of order, contains ff. 1-8, with 7-8 between 4 and 5

Borg.arm.54.pt.A, Former Storage Box
Borg.arm.55, Missal (17th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 81

Borg.arm.57, Missal, Use of Armenian Catholics in Poland (17th-18th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 81-84

Borg.arm.58, Missal, Reformed Roman Use (1723)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 84-87

Borg.arm.59, Aphrastis Persae (1740-)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 87

Borg.arm.60, Collection of Canons (1634)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 87-91

Borg.arm.62, Glossary of Difficult Words (17th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 108

Borg.arm.63, Luca Nuridsanean De Divinatione (18th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 108-109

Borg.arm.64, Collection of Christian Doctrine (1711)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 103-104. Questions and answers in Turkish, Armenian, Arabic and Italian

Borg.arm.69, Evangelary (1300-1301)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 119-120

Borg.arm.73, Rituale (1598-1599)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 128-131

Borg.arm.74, Rituale (16th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 131-134

Borg.arm.78, Liturgical Psalter (1537)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 146-148

Borg.arm.79, Collection of Holy Songs (17th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 149-167

Borg.arm.86, Calendar (18th-19th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 192

Borg.arm.87, Defense of the Catholic Faith contra the Armenian Monophysites (18th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 192-194

Patetta.531, Rutzuanscad el Giovine
Incipit: (f.1r) Atto Primo Scena Prima Astrologa di Piazza. Pria, che sparisca in Ciel
Sire.A.10, Bull of the Immaculate Conception (c. 1878)
Incipit: Traduction en langue Armenienne de la Bulle Ineffabilis.

Done by the Mekhitaristes of Venice, decoration by the nuns of l'Abbaye-aux-Bois de Paris, title page by Virginie L.

Vat.arm.8, Historia S. Gregorii Inluminatoris (1630)

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

Vat.arm.13, Profession of Faith (1592)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 244-245

Vat.arm.17, Rituale (1585)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 278-282

Vat.arm.22, Conclusiones Latino Armenae ex Sacro Theologia. Palam ad Disputandum propositae (1709)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis p. 299. The Latin text is printed

Vat.arm.37
Vat.arm.39
Vat.arm.46
Vat.gr.953, Maximus Planudes, Gregorius Cyprius, Libanius, Aelanus Claudius, Marcus Aurelius, Boethius, et al. Comparatio hiemis et ueris, In S. Diomedem, Encomium in Andronicum II, Epistles, De natura animalium, De rebus suis, Consolation of Philosophy (tr) (1301-1350)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1755 (Upgraded to HQ), Gregory of Nazianzus, Nicetas of Heraclea (scholia) Theologica > Gregorius Nazianzenus (1294 )

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

Vat.gr.1797, Basil of Caesaria, John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nyssa De Verginitate (11th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1800, Porphyry, Johannes Pothus, Manuel Bryennius, et al. In Ptolemaei Harmonica, etc. (16th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Camillo Zanetti

Vat.gr.1801, Menologium, November (11th-12th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1802 (Upgraded to HQ), Gregory of Nyssa, Michael Psellus, John of Damascus, John Chrysostom Catena in Proverbs, Homilies: In Ecclesiastices 8, In Song of Songs 15, etc. (12th, 14th C)

Pinakes Entry, ff. 1-311 are 12th C, 312-327 are 14th C

Vat.gr.1833 (Upgraded to HQ), Euchologium (951-1000)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1834, John Chrysostom Epistles, Vita Johannes Chrysostomus (10th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1838, John of Damascus, Theodore Abu Qurrah, Paulus Persa, John of Caesarea Dialectica, Expositio fidei, Interrogatio ad Nestorianum, etc (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1856, Constantinus Manasses Chronicle (14th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1859 (Upgraded to HQ), Lucianus Phalaris, Hippias, Bacchus, Hercules, Electrum, etc. (13th-14th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1863 (Upgraded to HQ), Liturgy

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1868 (Upgraded to HQ), Gregory the Great, Andreas of Caesaria, Athanasius of Alexandria, Maximus the Confessor, et al. Astrology, Liturgy, etc. (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1869, (14th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1872 (Upgraded to HQ), Euchologium, Triodium (12th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1879 (Upgraded to HQ), Manuel Calecas, Demetrius Cydones, St. Augustine, et al. Varia > Miscellanea (14th-16th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1880, Homer In Apollinem, Greek/Latin Glossary to Sophocles (15th-16thC)

Pinakes Entry, scribes: Δημήτριος Μόσχος (ff.1-8), Ἰωάννης Σαγκταμαύρας (ff.9-11). ff. 29-268 are from c. 1502-1503

Vat.gr.1881 (Upgraded to HQ), George Choiroboskos, et al. Epimerismi in psalmos, De figuris, De Dialectis, etc. (13th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1883 (Upgraded to HQ), Julianus Flavius Claudius, Themistius, Libanius De sole ad Salustium, Misopogon, Basanistes Sive Philosophus, in Patris Obitum, Panegyricus Antiochenus (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1884, ps-Dionysius Areopagita De Coelesti Hierarchia, De Ecclesiastica Hierarchia, etc. (14th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1885, Oribasius Medical Works (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1887, Theodoretus of Cyrene, John of Damascus, et al. Interpretation of Daniel, etc. (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1889 (Upgraded to HQ), John Chrysostom, Apophthegmata Patrum, et al Synopsis Scripturae Sacrae, Collectio Alphabetica, etc. (13th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Θεόδωρος Σκουταριώτης

Vat.gr.1890.pt.2

starts f.304

Vat.gr.1892 (Upgraded to HQ), ps-Cato, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, et al. Works and Days, Prometheus uinctus, Posterior Analytics, Summ aTheologica (tr) (14th-16th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Μανουὴλ Καλέκας (ff. 112-120)

Vat.gr.1893 (Upgraded to HQ), Sophocles, Philippus Monotropus Ajax, Electra, Oedipus Rex, Dioptra (14th-15th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1897, John Chrysostom, Maximus the Confessor, et al. De sacerdoti, Books 1-6 (14th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1906, Peter of Poitiers Genealogy of Adam through Jesus, tr (16th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1911 (Upgraded to HQ), Aetius Amidenus Medical Works (14th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Γεώργιος Πηρός

Vat.gr.1914 (Upgraded to HQ), Martinus Albertus, Johannes Pothus, Hyppolytus of Thebes Vita of Gregorius the Illuminator, In Dominicam Ante Christi Natiuitatem, etc. (14th C-17th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribes: Μανουὴλ Προβατάρης (ff. 90-92), Ἀντώνιος Ἰσχανδιανός (ff. 25-34, 35-43, 48-67) dated 1580 in Rome

Vat.gr.1915, Leo Choerosphactes Epitome of Interpretations, OT and NT (10th-11th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1916, John Chrysostom Expositiones In Psalmos, 119-150 (14th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1917, Marcus Eugenicus, Barlaam Calaber de Seminaria, Cardinal Bessarion, et al. Capita syllogistica aduersus Latinos, Aduersus Latinos [al] Opuscula 21, etc. (16th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1918, Gelasius of Cyzicus, Athanasius of Alexandria Historia Ecclesiastica, De Sententia Dionysii (16th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribes: Μανουὴλ Προβατάρης (ff. 1-93), Ἰωάννης Μαυρομάτης (ff. 94-163)

Vat.gr.1920, John Chrysostom, Severianus Gabalensis, Gregory of Nazianzus Homilies (10th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1922, Giovanni Santamaura Opera (1610)
Incipit: (f.2r) All'Ill[ustrissimo] et R[everentissimo] s[ignore] El s[ignore] Card. Borghese, Biblio-thecaris Apostolice et padrone Colendissimo prencipe piiss

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σαγκταμαύρας

Vat.gr.1923 (Upgraded to HQ), Photius Ad Amphilochium quaestiones, Tropes, De Spirius Sancti Mystagogia, etc. (13th-17th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1934, Cosmas Indicopleustes Topographia Christiana (17th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.lat.1704, Cicero De Oratore, Orator (15th C)
Incipit: Cogitanti mihi sepenu[mer]o & memo[r]ia

Palimpsest

Vat.lat.1715, ps-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium, In C. Sallustium Crispum invectiva. (15th C)
Incipit: Et si negotiis familiarib[us] i[m]p-editi vir Satis

Palimpsest

Vat.lat.8795
Incipit: Nestorian. Pars II. De Heretieis, ac Heretibus, Sectio I

starts p.529

Vat.lat.9173, Francesco Cancellieri Dissertazione sopra il ricevimento del Re de Romani o Imperatore eletto nella citta Leonina, la sua Coronazione nella Bas. Vat. e della sua Cavalcata col sommo Pontefice fino a Castel S. Angelo (19th C)

Includes 2 letters to Cancellieri, ff. 32r and 90r

Vat.lat.9179, Francesco Cancellieri (19th C)
Vat.lat.9192, Francesco Cancellieri Il Ponte Leonino (c. 1776-1826)
Vat.lat.9193, Francesco Cancellieri Sopra I Ciechi Eruditi (19th C)
Vat.lat.9195, Francesco Cancellieri Elogio del Cardinal Giuseppe Garampi
Vat.lat.9207, Stephanus Fliscus Synonyma sententiarum
Incipit: Eloq[ui]ntissimi uiri Ioha[n]nis Lamole sinonima ad extrenium milita[m] d[omi]n[u]m Joha[n]nem bentiuolum incipiunt. Cvm superiora verbor[um]
Vat.lat.9208
Incipit: Mi fu data la commessione di rivedere com' e bennoto al al R[everendissi]mo P. Bruno Toma
Vat.lat.9209, Collationes Patrum Coercitae et abbreviatae per Fratrem Antoninum Ord. Praedicatorum Archiepiscopum Florentinum (1484)
Incipit: Collationes patru[m] correcte et abbreuiate per fr[atr]em antoninu[m] ordinis p[rae]dicatoru[m] Archiep[iscopu]m florentinum. Gesta dei et saluatonis

Dated June 3, 1484 on f.253r

Vat.lat.9213
Incipit: (p.1) Al Discreto Lettore. Non ad altro fine, che per mera rierea-tione
Vat.lat.9218, ps-Jerome, St. Augustine Epistles, etc. (1475-1500)
Incipit: Transitus sancti Jeronimi. Incipit primo E-pistola
Vat.lat.9223, Francesco Ubertus Epigrams to Caesare Borgia (15th-16th C)
Incipit: Ad All[ustrissimo] ac Excell[entissimo] Dux valeri D[omi]num n[oste]rum D. Caesare Borgia de Francia

Per Iter Italicum "Include verses to Petr. Franc. Justulus, Codrus, Bernardinus Venturius, Bapt. Carmelita, Pomponius Laetus, Xanthus Severianus, Ant. Constantius, Laur. Bernardus, Alexander VI. and Mich. Marullus"

Vat.lat.9281, Gian Maria Mazzuchelli Memorie per Servire alla Vita de Letterati Viventi (1754)
Incipit: (f.8r) Eccole in atto di piva,

ff. 1-7 are indices

Vat.lat.9295, Donatus, Petrus de Montagnana (c. 1435)
Incipit: (f.2r) Editio Petri de Mo[n]tagnana p[r]sbiteri sup[er] donato minori, qui e[st] de octo p[er]tib[us] or[ati]o[n]is

Dated in the later letter f.1v

Vat.lat.9297, Bonaventure Giornale Arcadio Di scienze, lettere, ed arti, Legenda Maior (1829, 15th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Varieta Pagine 115. D. Grand d'un manoscritto

dated July 1829 on the title page, Bonaventure text begins on f.7r

Vat.lat.9300, (14th C)
Incipit: De aduerbiis interogatims localibus. Adverbum interogati
Vat.lat.9305 (Upgraded to HQ), Cicero De Imperio Cn. Pompei oratio, Miloniana, etc (14th C)
Incipit: Quinq[ue] michi semp[er] freque[n]s conspectus

Includes marginal notes by Petrarch

Vat.lat.9312, (15th C)
Incipit: De Ciuitate Ianue per ducem de populo pp[o]e Gubernamda et duodecim Consiliarios

Listed in Salmon 1972 as "Missal Fragments, 17th-18th C", which seems incorrect

Vat.lat.9313, Clemente Orlandi, Francesco de Vico, et al. Collection of texts on the Lateran Basilica (18th C)
Incipit: Piazza racchiusa dalla Scala Santa e dalla Penitenziaria, unita all'anima della Piazza

p.1 has a diagram at top

Vat.lat.12902, Le Tombe della Nobile Famiglia Migliorati in S. Francesco di Prato dei Carmelitani Scalzi, Particella dell'albero genealogico (anni 1644-1919) della nobile famiglia pratese Migliorati. (1871, 1919)
Incipit: (p.3) A Monsignore Giovacchino Limberti Arcivescovo di Firenze

pp. 1-20 are a printed work, dated 1871. ff.1-11 are hand written

Vat.lat.15043, Decreti della Repubblica Veneta. (1539)
Incipit: (f.4r) De conducentibus pannos auri, uel argentim extractos ex alio loco quam de venetiis. [Q]vod si pannus aliquis auri
Vat.lat.15178, Zibaldone con appunti vari, estratti di auctores, definizioni ed etimologie. (15th C)
Incipit: Ex physica pli-nii secvndi. Drachma tres strypulos
Vat.lat.15181, Bono Giamboni Libro de vitij et de le vertudi (15th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) In cominciasi illibro de uitii & de le uertudi & de le loro battalglie & amo-

See Iter liturgicum italicum in reference to the cover, 16th C Psalter

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