Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 3 of 2021

A total of forty-four manuscripts were added this week. Work on the Urb.gr fond continues with 149 of the 165 manuscripts now digitized. This weeks additions covers the 9th Century, a collection of Isocrates (Urb.gr.111), through the 17th Century, with a pair of Adversaria/indexes (Urb.gr.164 Urb.gr.165). One of those manuscripts is Urb.gr.79, a collection of several works related to technology and war, including Hero of Alexandria's Belopoeica. To the right is f.23v, a schematic of a ballista done in brown ink and wash.

The bottom border is from Vat.lat.8611 f.93v. The codex is a collection of Leonardo Bruni's commentary on Plato, starting with the Phaedra. The border is from the page which starts the Georgias

Barb.lat.13, Sextus Pompeius Festus Breviarium (15th C)

Incipit: Rv[]i Sexti Rervm Ges-ta [] Popvli .R. Liber. Pio perpetuo domino Valentiniano imp. & semper Aug. Ruffus sex. uir consularis

Barb.lat.21 (Upgraded to HQ), Plato, Calcidius (tr/glosser) Timaeus, glossed (12th C)

Incipit: Ysocrates in ex hortationib[us] suis uirtutem

Barb.lat.22, Plato, Chalcidius Timaeus with commentary (1075-1100)

Incipit: (f.1v) Incipit Prologus in Timeu[m] platonis de greco ni latiniu[m] petente iosio a calcidio viro claro translatum & miro ingenio comentatu[m] & elucidatu[m]

Several diagrams throughout the text

Barb.lat.25, Plutarch, Giovanni Aurispa (tr) Septem sapientium convivium, translated (15th C)

Incipit: Tra[n]slatio plutarchi de graeto in Latinum per Auri-spani ad Magistrum Thomam

Barb.lat.422, Ermolao Berbaro Vita Athanasii (15th C)

Incipit: Hermolai dei patientia ep[iscop]i veronensis ad venerabiles sanctimoniales sancte crvcis de ivdaica proheme-vm in beatissimi athana-sii alexandrini episcopi vita ac eivs corporis ad inclitam venetiarvm ci-vitatem translatione

According to Ronconi this is the best MS witness

Borg.copt.66, Psalms and Lessons

Patetta.3938

Ross.214, (1551-1600)

Incipit: (f.2r) Libri Tolomei Nvnc Tavlele Indescripcio tota mvndi et vniversa insvla porta et capiti

Sbath.349, (ḫabar al-qiddīs al-ğalīl) خبر القديس الجليل (18th C)

Contains a Vita of Anthony the Great based on the writings of Athanasius and Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Composed by Ignatius Karbus, Greek Cahtolic Bishop of Aleppo, written by Anṭōniōs al-Kabīr wa-kawkab al-Barriyya al-Munīr

Urb.gr.79, Athenaus, Biton, Hero of Alexandria, Apollodorus of Damascus, Phylo of Byzantium, Leo IV, Nicephorus Phocas, Julius Africanus Collected works on Mechanics, War and Mechanics in War (16th C)

Pinakes Entry, principal scribe: Μανουὴλ Προβατάρης

Urb.gr.84 (Upgraded to HQ), Josephus The Jewish Wars, Book VII (11th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.111 (Upgraded to HQ), Isocrates Works, Letters (851-900)

Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.117 (Upgraded to HQ), Lysias, Xenophon, Theodoretus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus De caede Eratosthenis, Contra Simonem, etc. (c. 1464)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.122 (Upgraded to HQ), Aelius Aristides Opera (11th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.132, Plato, Mithridates, et al. Epistulae, Definitiones, Epistularum Bruti, etc. (1419 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Γεώργιος Χρυσοκόκκης

Urb.gr.134 (Upgraded to HQ), Nicephorus Gregoras, Theophylactus Simocatta, Phalaris, et al. Rhetorica > Miscellanea (1401 - 1500 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, two scribes: Κρειονερίτης Φραγκόπουλος(principal, Ἰωάννης Ἀργυρόπουλος (minor)

Urb.gr.135, Aesop Fables (15th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.141 (Upgraded to HQ), Sophocles, Johannes Tzetzes, Aristophanes Poetica > Tragici (1301 - 1400 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἀντώνιος Δαμιλᾶς (ff.1-13, 14v-63), Γεώργιος Πλουσιαδηνός(ff.13v-14r)

Urb.gr.143 (Upgraded to HQ), Master Thomas, Aristophanes Vita Aristophanis, Plutus, Nubes, Ranae (15th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Στέφανος μητροπολίτης Μηδείας

Urb.gr.145, Orphica, Callimachus, Nicander Colophonius Argonautica, Hymns, Theriaca (15th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Μιχαὴλ Λύγιζος (ff. 1-49), Γεώργιος Τριβιζίας

Urb.gr.146, Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica (1401 - 1500 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Γεώργιος Τριβιζίας

Urb.gr.148, Oppianus Anazarbensis Halieutica (1401 - 1500 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.151 (Upgraded to HQ), Nicephorus Gregoas, Maximus Planudes, Ioannes Glycis, et al. Varia > Miscellanea (1301-1500)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.157, Cyril of Alexandria, Theodoretus of Cyrene, Theodoretus the Grammarian, Longinus, John Philoponus, et al. Lexicon, de Spiritibus, Assorted other works (1001-1200)

Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.159, Julius Pollux Onomasticon (15th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribes: Γεώργιος Τριβιζίας, Μιχαὴλ Ἀποστόλης

Urb.gr.164, Adversaria on Pausanias (17th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.165, Adversaria on Appolonius of Rhodes (17th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.880, Etymologicum Gudianum (1451-1478)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Μιχαὴλ Ἀποστόλης. Heavily damaged, most pages <1/3 remains

Vat.ind.60

Vat.ind.64

Vat.ind.65

Vat.lat.4397, Iohannes Bricius Determinatio et replicatio (contra lectores ord. Min. et Carm.) (1351-1400)

Incipit: Incipit det[ermi]naco[m] Fr[atr]is Joha[n]is bricii lectoris i[n] montis pessullani ordi[ni]s p[rae]dica[tori]s

Vat.lat.4414, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugo of Folieto Sermons (13th C)

first few folios are heavily damaged

Vat.lat.5742, Missal (1300-1500)

Incipit: (f.Ir) Adintoriu[m] n[ost]r[u]m ub bun[i]ne d[omi]ni qui fecit celum et terrum

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 499[ Title: Missale, Folio: sparsim, Century: 13/14, Source: italiano (centrale e nord), Provinance: S. Brigida Roma, Notation: linea o rigo (punti legati)]

Vat.lat.8029.pt.2, Pierluigi Galletti Documents on St. Pauls, 386-1494 (18th C)

Incipit: Eugenius episcopus seruus seruorum dei venerabilibus fratribus...

autograph copy

Vat.lat.8324, Fabio Danzetta Collection of Epigraphic Cards (1701-1766)

Incipit: (f.3r) M. Licinio. Hermae vix .A. XVI. M. VII. et tarqvitiae. Felicvlae. matri

Divided into three sections, Pagan (ff.2-96), Christian (ff.97-199) and notes (ff.200-266). It was bound in the early 20th C

Vat.lat.8518, Aggiustamento di Discordia natafra due Cavalieri (17th C)

Incipit: (f.4r) Nel Casino de Cavalieri la sera de pp. Luglio 1533 = Ferrara

Vat.lat.8520, Confutazione del libretto stampato in Vienna col Titolo che cosa e il papa, Book 1

Incipit: (p.I) Confutazione Del Libretto stampato in Vienna col Titolo che cosa e il papa. Capo primo Del motivo per cui e stata scritta questa Confutazione

pp I-CCXVI are printed, the rest is hand written

Vat.lat.8521, Confutazione del Libretto Stempato in Vienna col Titolo Che Cosa è il Papa, Book 2

Incipit: (p.I) Indice Delli Capitoli e meiterie con-tenute nel presente Tomo

Starts on chapter 16

Vat.lat.8524, Thomas Sellius, Franciscus Gregorius, Aloysius Salvatorius, Nicolaus Nardus Liber Censum Anni 1796 (1796)

Incipit: (f.1r) A. Sellius Archiconfraternitate S. Hieronymi Cha-ritatis

Vat.lat.8528, (c. 1589)

Incipit: In nomine Sanctissime et Individue Trinitatii Patrii et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, ac Beatissime Immaculate Gloriosissime Marie semper Vir-ginis et Beatorum Apostolorum Petri, et Pauli, ac Laurentii Prodecorii Nostri

Dated to "Pope Sixtus V, 4th Year, December 1" on f.1r

Vat.lat.8542

Incipit: A. Absentio. Non priceat manere dari sloito in vltima

Vat.lat.8565 (Upgraded to HQ), Collection of Vita (12th C)

Incipit: (p.1) uerba sed ueru[m] d[omi]n[u]m cunctoru[m] supplico re-gem

Vat.lat.8611, Leonardo Bruni On Plato's Phaedra, etc (15th C)

Incipit: Leonardi Arretini prefatio ad antonium Luschum super phedro platonis. Svb gloriari licet uidentissime lu-sche presertim