Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 29 of 2021

There were fifty-four manuscripts added this week to the online repository. Recent trends continue, with a number of Armenian volumes from both Borg.arm and Vat.arm collections joining the collection. These additions bring the Borg.arm fond to 75% complete. A number of Vat.gr manuscripts were also added, but the size of this collection means that the 50% mark has not yet been reached.

The work on Vat.lat seems to be continuing in approximate shelfmark order, crossing into the 9200s this week. This takes us out of the realm of 19th c epigraphy and into miscellaneous. One of those this week is Vat.lat.9216 f.164r, a page from a Middle-Dutch prose Passion narrative. This picture depicts the Virgin and child in the large initial H with the three Magi bringing their gifts in the margins

From this weeks Armenian additions comes the bottom border, part of the decorative borders on Borg.arm.85 f.163r, the start of the Gospel of John, done in 1636-7 (Armenian year 1086)

Borg.arm.68, Gospels (1357)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 117-119

Borg.arm.72, Rituale (1682)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 125-128

Borg.arm.85, Gospels (1636-1637)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 185-192

Borg.ind.5, Mahatabassi Dhermaragia guru (Compendium of Burmese Laws) (c. 1792)

Borg.ind.47-48, Bible - Gospel of Matthew (c. 1775)

Chig.D.V.74, Office of St. Rose, Virgin

Incipit: (f.2r) Incipit Officivm de Votissime Sancte Rose Virginis. In Primis Vesperis. An[tiphon]a. Rorarvnt celi superi, terraq[ue] germinauit purllam sacri ute-ri

Vat.arm.33, Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare Armenian Codices in the Vatican Library (1907-1914)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis pp. 340-341. Covers Borg.arm.1-17 printed and Borg.arm.18-40, Borg.arm.41-90 and Vat.arm.1-14 hand written

Vat.arm.41.pt.1, (c. 1729)

Incipit: Il rerfetto leggendario Sotto Titolo di Flos Sanctorum.

ff. 1-431

Vat.arm.41.pt.2, Flos Sanctorum (c. 1729)

ff. 432-967

Vat.gr.1886, Lectionary (13th C)

Pinakes Entry, likely held in a Slavic region

Vat.gr.1890.pt.1, Theodore the Studite, John Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria, et al. Letters, Homilies, Vitae, etc (15th-16th C)

Pinakes Entry contains ff.1-303. Scribes: Cardinal Sirleto, Δημήτριος Δαμιλᾶς (ff. 254-293), Κωνσταντῖνος Μεσοβώτης( 232, 294-303), Μανουὴλ Προβατάρης (misc), Νικόλαος Σοφιανός (ff. 131-133), Πέτρος Βεργίκιος (ff. 196-217), Lucas Felix (ff. 222-229)

Vat.gr.1895 (Upgraded to HQ), Biblica > Evangeliarium (14th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, includes Capitula, prolog, etc.

Vat.gr.1896 (Upgraded to HQ), Isidore Ruthenus, Maximus the Confessor, John of Damascus, Gregory Palmas, Athanasius of Alexandria, et al. Greek/Latin Lexicon, De participibus diuinae essentiae, Sermons of the Council of Florence, etc. (15th-16th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribes: Μανουὴλ Μαλαξός (ff.220-238), Ἰσίδωρος καρδινάλιος (ff. 138v-175, 181-219) future Metropolitan of Kiev and later Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. Some texts are his autograph.

Vat.gr.1903, George Kedrenos Synopsis historion (c. 1175-1235)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Νεκτάριος ἡγούμενος τῆς μονῆς τῶν Κασούλων

Vat.gr.1913, Aristides Aelius Panathenaica, Pro Quattuor Uiris (14th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1932, Symeon of Thessalonica De Sacramentis (1575-1614)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σαγκταμαύρας

Vat.gr.1935, Ordinal, Translated from Roman Use (17th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1938 (Upgraded to HQ), Theodorus Lascaris II De Communione Naturali (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1939, Hephaestion Grammaticus Enchiridion de Metris, De Poematis (15th-16th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Πέτρος Ὑψηλᾶς

Vat.gr.1946 (Upgraded to HQ), Apollonii Dyscoli, Herodianus Alexandrinus De Constructione, De Numeris (1563-1600)

Pinakes Entry, partially printed

Vat.gr.1948, Theocritus, Hesiod, Dionysius Periegeta, Sophocles, Aristides Aelius, etc. Idyllia, Works and Days, Theogeny, etc. (15th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Scipione Forteguerri (ff. 048-82v, 088-143, 229r-v, 230v). Partially printed with hand written marginal notes

Vat.gr.1949 (Upgraded to HQ), Nicetas of Heraclea, Nicholas Pherinx, John of Damascus, et al. Scholia on Orations of Gregory Nazienzus, Epistles, Contra Iacovitas, Histories, etc. (13th-16th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1950.pt.1, Xenophon Cyropaedia, Anabasis, Apologia Socratis, etc. (14th C)

ff. 1-279 Pinakes Entry

Vat.gr.1950.pt.2, Xenophon, Marcue Aurelius, Epictetus, Maximus Tyrius, Albinus, Aristotle Memoria, De Rebus suis, Enchiridion, Opera, Dissertationes, Epitome of Plato, De Motu Animalium (14th C)

ff. 280-548 Pinakes Entry

Vat.ind.50

No text, origin probably Burma

Vat.lat.5745, Egidius Romanus, Jacob of Viterbio Tractatus de gradibus formarum, Quodlibet 1 (14th C)

Incipit: Dixisti domine ie[s]u[s] chr[ist]e dei uirtus et d[e]i sapi[enti]a qui elu-cidant me

See Faes de Mottoni, Barbara, and Concetta Luna, eds. Aegidii Romani Opera Omnia. 11 vols. Catalogo dei manoscritti (1–95). vol. 1/1, Città del Vaticano. Florence, 1987. vol I, p. 216

Vat.lat.5746, Giles of Paris Recension of Peter of Riga's Aurora

Incipit: Omnis script[ur]a divinitus inspirata tes-tante ap[osto]lo Paulo & sicut plenus

Red Incipit text illegible in scan

Vat.lat.5761, Jerome Explanatio in Esaia Propheta (9th-10th C)

Incipit: In Chr[ist]i nomine ex-planatio in esaia propheta libri X, S[an]c[t]i Hieronimi pres-biteri. Expletis longo vix tempo-re in xii proph&as

From Bobbio, see Ex libris on f.1r

Vat.lat.9196, Giorgio-Carlo Vespignani Discorso di Monsignor Gi[orgi]o Carlo Vespignani Sopra la facile riuscita de restaurare Il Ponte Senatorio hoggi detto Ponte Rotto (c. 1692)

Incipit: (f.2r) Illu[ustrissimi] & Ecc[lentissimi] Sig[nori]. Hauendomi più volte conserito Monsig[nore] Illustriss[imo] i[orgi]o Carlo Vespignani Economo Genera-le della Reu. Fabrica di S. Pie-tro

Printed work with many hand written cards following

Vat.lat.9216, Passion Narrative

Incipit: (f.2r) Dit es heimelike passie o[n]s heere[n] je[s]u chr[ist]i. Osoete heere je[s]u chr[ist]e

Middle-Dutch

Vat.lat.9220

Italian Poetry

Vat.lat.9221, Book of Hours, Use of Rome (15th C)

Incipit: (f.11r*) Incipit officium b[ea]te uirginis marie secun-du[m] curia[m] romana[m]. Ad matutinu[m]. Versus.

See Iter liturgicum italicum, Northern Italian. ff.1-11 are a calendar, foliation is incorrect in several places.

Vat.lat.9224, (16th-18th C)

Incipit: Du rang des Ambassadeurs du Roy aux traittez de Paix.

Vat.lat.9294, Elogi di Tedeschi Letterati per Illustrazione dell loro Medaglie (18th C)

Incipit: (f.5r) Elogia Clavorum Sermanorum in 4.

From the collection of Count Giammaria Mazzuchelli. See Narducci, Enrico. Intorno alla vita del Conte Giammaria Mazzuchelli ed alla collezione de‘ suoi manoscritti ora posseduta dalla Biblioteca Vaticana. Estratto dal Giornale Arcadio, 197, New Series 52. Rome, 1867 Google Books

Vat.lat.9296

Incipit: In nomine sancte & indiuidue trinitatis: Am[en]. Istud e[st] officiu[m] p[ro] morte subitanea, et uitam dat

See Iter liturgicum italicum, 4 pages of a Missale bound at the end

Vat.lat.9298, Quadriga Spirituale (14th C)

Incipit: I[n] nomine d[omi]ni Amen. In comenza el libro chiana-to quadriga sp[irit]uale. Com-posta p[er] frate Nicholo.

Vat.lat.9301, Jacob Voragine Legenda Aurea (14th/15th C)

Incipit: Incipit prologus in legenda[m] s[an]c[t]or[um] [con]pilatus p[er] fr[atr]em Jacobum de uora-gine ordinis predicatorum

Vat.lat.9302, Eusebius, Jerome, Lactantius Firmianus, et al. Chronica (translated), Epistole LVIII-10 and LXXXIV-7, Divinae institutiones, Books 1-7, etc. (15th C)

Incipit: (f.8r) [M]Agno et excellenti ingenio uiri cum se doctrine penitus dediscent

ff.1r-v are a binding fragment. ff.2r-6v are an index.

Vat.lat.9303, Jacob Voragine Legenda Aurea (14th C)

Vat.lat.9306 (Upgraded to HQ), Petrus Paulus Vergerius De ingenuis moribus ad Vbertinum Carariensem (15th C)

Incipit: P. Pavli verger h ivstinopo-litani et ingenvis morib[us] opvs elemantis simvm. Franciscvs se-nior auus tuus, cu-ius ut extrant

Vat.lat.9308, St. Bernard, St. Augustine, et al. De Decem Cordis, Pontificale, De Assumptione Beatae Mariae Virginis, De Conflictu Vitiorum et Virtutum, etc. (1453)

ff. 94-116 contains Preface for Consecrating a Virgin, etc. Date from Oberleitner, Manfred. Die Handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus: Italien : Verzeichnis nach Bibliotheken. HBöhlaus Nachf, 1970.

Vat.lat.9309, Rufinus, St. Jerome Vitae Patrum heremitarum, Book 2, Vita S. Malchi (1201-1250)

Incipit: Incipit prologus in vitas patrum. Vere mundum quis butiter meritis stare s[an]c[t]orum

Vat.lat.9310

Incipit: Opvscvlc Medatioe Missar-vm qvod svper adne XVI continetur

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 544 fragment of Aquitanian neumes between ff. 35v and 36r

Vat.lat.9311, (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) 1627. Sanctiss[imus] D[omi]nus n[oste]r Vrbanus VIII, ut celerius sedares et tolleret antiquas

Vat.lat.9315, De ritibus Missae (17th-18th C)

Incipit: Dubia aliqua circa Obseruantiam Carem Epi[scop]um cum suis respon-sionibus

Vat.lat.9317, Copies of Liturgical Manuscript Fragments (17th-18th C)

Incipit: (f.2r) Pars. III. In qua quedam Eccl[es]ica Officia inseruntur

Vat.lat.9322, Anthony of Florence De confessione (15th C)

Incipit: Defecervnt Srvtantes scrutinio psalmista

Note, the description in Perez Martinez, Lorenzo. Los fondos lulianos existentes en las bibliotecas de Roma. Publicaciones del Instituto de estudios eclesiasticos en Roma, Subsidia, 3. Rome, 1961.pp. 38-40 is incorrect, both physical description and content do not match

Vat.lat.9323, Gospel of Matthew, with Glossa Ordinaria

Incipit: (f.2r) Cvm multi scripsisse euang[e]li[st]a le-gantur, soli quatuor euang[e]liste

Vat.lat.9325, Indicazione degli Impronti di Medaglie Imperieli, Parte 1. (# 1-350)

Incipit: (f.1v) Avviso Ependo stato somposto quese indice a comodo di chi principia

Vat.lat.9326, Indicazione degli Impronti di Medaglie Imperiale, Part 2 (# 351-700)

Incipit: (f.3r) Indicazione dell, Settecento Impronti tratti dalle antiche Medaglie Imperiali di prima forma da Pompeo a Postu[]

Vat.lat.9328, Servasanto da Faenz Liber dialogorum contra tristitiam animorum, Abbreviatio Summae Monaldinae

Incipit: 13th-14th C

Abbreviatio on ff.33r-102v. See Galli, Francesca (2022). "Il Dialogus e la Summula Monaldina del francescano Servasanto da Faenza (XIII sec.): due scritti ritrovati." Rivista di storia della Chiesa in Italia, 76(2):429-443. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26350/001783_000126, online

Vat.lat.9331, Guidone de Monte Roterio Manipulus Curatorum

Incipit: (f.1r) In isto Libello s[un]t tres p[er]ticule et p[ri]ma continet

Vat.lat.9334

Incipit: (f.1v) Incipiu[n]t aliq[ua] notabilia capitula q[ua] sc[ri]pta sunt i[n] isto libro extracta de libris Homi[n] de s[an]c[t]e Brigide reuelata

Vat.lat.9336, Historia Scholastica

flyleaf fragment of Italian neumes, on red F lines, from a large Antiphonal