Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 43 of 2021

On pace with the last few weeks, a total of forty-seven manuscripts were digitized this week, focusing on Ross, Reg.lat and Vat.lat, in that order. A single volume from the Cappella Guilia fond, Capp.Giulia.IV.102, a mass and psalm setting for eight voices by Virginio Mazzocchi completes the collection. Interesting additions this week include an early copy of the standard Carolingian legal trilogy, the Lex Salica, Lex Alamannorum, and Lex Romana Visigothorum. This volume, Reg.lat.857, was once part of the collection of the great Frankish monastery of St. Martial in Limoges, and was written in the 9th, 10th or 11th century, depending on whose paleographic analysis you trust.

On the right is the final flyleaf, f.159v, from Reg.lat.213, a collection of historical works by Iulius Hilarianus. This flyleaf, however, is part of a later mortuary roll, dating to the end of the 13th C and commemorating the death of a monk from St. Remi in Reims.

The bottom image is from f.101v of Reg.lat.291, the end of a section by St. Augustine from the 11th C section of a composite volume, where the other half is from the 16th C.

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Capp.Giulia.IV.102, Virginio Mazzocchi Mass for Eight Voices, Psalms for Eight Voices (17th C)

Reg.lat.41, Bible: Pauline Epistles (12th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Argumentum in epistolis beati pauli apostoli... Epistolæ pauli ad romanos causa hæc est

Reg.lat.136, Peter Blesensis Letters (14th C)
Incipit: Incipiu[n]t ep[isto]le pet[ri] blesen Batho[n]i-ensis archidyaconi ep[isto]la p[ri]ma. [H]enrico d[e]i gr[ati]a illust[ri]-ssimo anglor[um] regi, duci norma[n]nie & aq[ui]-taine

Reg.lat.183, Several Latin Glosseries (11th C)
Incipit: Incipiunt glosæ bedæ pr[es]b[ite]ri in ebraicis nomi-nibus. Adam homo siue t[er]rige-na

Reg.lat.213, Hilariani Assorted Historical Works: De Cursu Temporum, etc (9th-10th C)
Incipit: In d[e]i nomin[i]. Incipit libel-lvs qvinti iv-lii Hiliarionis. Quanto cum qui tempori in divi-nis

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 285, 547 ff.IIIr,57v, 12th C Metz musical doodles. Flyleaf ff.IIr-v, 158-159 is a fragment of mortuary roll from St. Remi in Reims, dated to 1278/9. Possibly Dufour #204 (Vol 2)


Reg.lat.248, Ivo of Chartres Letters (1175-1200)
Incipit: Epistole yuonis carnotensis. Urbanvs ep[iscop]e seruus seruor[um] d[e]i

Reg.lat.291, (ps-)Basil the Great, Julian Pomerius, St. Augustine, Pope John VIII, , et al Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem, Regulae, Interpretatio latina Rufini, De vita contemplativa, De opere monachorum, etc. (11th C, 16th C)
Incipit: Inc[ipit] admonitio B[eati] Basilii Ep[iscop]i ad monacv[m]. Avdi fili admonitionem patris tvi

At least two unrelated works bound together


Reg.lat.774 (Upgraded to HQ)

A collection of architectural plans


Incipit: Ci counientent les establisse-menz Le Roy de France que li Preuost de Paris & dorliens ti-ennent en leur plaiz. La p[ri]mie-re Rebriche si est de loffice au p[re]-uost

See JONAS


Reg.lat.784, L'Idée du Politique tres Chrestien
Incipit: (f.1r) A Monseigneur Le Cardinal Mazarin. Monseigneur. Il y a pres d'un An que feu Monseigneur le Cardinal de Richelieu

Reg.lat.857 (Upgraded to HQ), Lex Salica, Lex Alamannorum, Lex Romana Visigothorum (9th-10th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Incipivnt Expliv[m] Le[]s salicae.

Owned by St. Martial in Limoges, see Bibliotheca Legum


Incipit: Incipit oracio historialis A magistro Roberto Blondell.

Reg.lat.890, Memoirea du Duc de Rohan (1629)
Incipit: Memoirea du Duc de Rohan sur les choses adueniies en France, depuis la mort de Henry le Grand. Jusqyes à la paix faute avec les Refformer au mois de Mars 1629. Apers la mort de Henry le Grand, Chascun pensa à ses affaires

Reg.lat.895, Boccaccio De illustribus viris lib. 1
Incipit: Joh[ann]is bocacii dec[re]taldo de ca[s]ib[us] viror[um] illust[ri]u[m] lib[er] p[rim][us] incip[it] felicit[us]. Exquirenti michi q[ui]d ex labore studiorum

Reg.lat.1074, Christoph Scheiner (1599)
Incipit: Dictata Mathema-tica in præcipvam partem mathematicæ, qvae est Astronomia

Ross.574, Peter Lombard Sentences (1301-1325)
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]logus in libru[m] s[e]ni[t]arum. Cupie[n]tes aliquid de penuria acte

Ross.605, Antiphonale/Graduale: Office and Mass of St. Claire, Mass for Xmas, Office of the Dead (15th C)
Incipit: In s[an]c[t]e clare v[ir]ginis. In p[ri]mus vesp[er]is. Iam sancte clare clari-tas

Ross.609, Antiphonarium (1275-1300)
Incipit: D[o]m[ini]ca resurrecto[n]is d[omi]ni ad mat[ins]

See Iter italicum Liturgicum, probably from Arezzo


Ross.617, Bible (1101-1125)
Incipit: Incipit prephatio S[an]c[t]i Ieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad pavlinv[m] p[res]b[ite]r[u]m de om[n]ibvs divine Historie Libris

Made in Rome. Starts with Epistle 53 "Frater Ambrosius", ends in Cor. 9


Incipit: In nom[i]ne domini In-cipit psalterium. Amen. &c. Primodie-ru[m] omniu[m] quo mu[n]dus

Ross.625, Catenae In Canticum Canticorum (1501-1550)

Ross.635, Meister Eckhart, et al. Vierzig Myrrhenbüschel vom Leiden Christi, Christus und die sieben Laden, Von abegescheidenheit, Von dreierlei geistlichem Sterben

Ross.636, Nikolaus von Flüe, et al. Vierzig Myrrhenbüschel vom Leiden Christi, Maria Magdalenas Gebet, Spruch 'Das nützest', Bernhards Frage an die fünf Klosterbrüder (c. 1545)

Ross.637, ps-Engelhart von Ebrach, Marquard von Lindau Die zwölf Räte Jesu Christi,Christus als Koch, Das Buch der Vollkommenheit, Eucharistie-Traktat (14th-15th C)

Ross.639 (Upgraded to HQ), Poetry (16th C)
Incipit: O messaggi del cor sospiri ardenii, O lacrime chel giorno io celo a pena

In Italian


Ross.640, Avicenna Canon (15th C)
Incipit: Cantica Avice[n]ne. Textus .1. Inquid Benchine. [M]edicina est conservatio sani-tatis

Ross.644 (Upgraded to HQ), Raymund Lull Ars Brevis, Testo Sacro, Liber Sibillae, Vaticinia (c. 1500)

Ross.651, Bianco di Santa da Sienna Laudi Spirituali (1401-1450)
Incipit: (f.1r) Que[ste] laude di q[ue]sto libro sono di q[ue]lle ch[e] fece el bia[n]co dassiena & pouero gesuato. Non potrai fuggire

ff. Ir-IIv is table of contents, arabic numbers. from Sienna


Ross.657, Aristotle, Taddeo di Alderotto (tr) Ethics, translated (14th C)
Incipit: Qui incomincia elproe-mio del fioretto delleticha del grande filosafo e sanio Aristotile. E primo libro. [O]gni arte /e/ ogni dottri-na et ogni

Ross.658 (Upgraded to HQ), Johannes de Vexalia Commentary on Porphyry (15th C)
Incipit: (f.3r) Questio p[rima] e[st] i[sta] u[l]t[rum] log[ica] sit sc[ient]i[a]

f.3r dated to 1485


Ross.668, Riccobaldo of Ferrara Chronica extracta de Archivo Ecclesiae Ravennae (1451-1500)
Incipit: (f.2r) Incipit Cronica extracta de Archuio Ecclesie Rauenne com-pillata a Rachobaldo Ferrariensi

Ross.671, Life of the Saints, Winter (1482)
Incipit: (f.1r) Hye hebt sich an das passional Das ist der heiligen leben

Table of Contents on ff.2r-v, was written at Forchtenstein castle. See Handschriftencensus.


Ross.673 (Upgraded to HQ), Thomas of Cantimpré Bonum universale de apibus (c. 1400)
Incipit: Incipit liber qui di[citur] bonu[m] uniu[er]sale de apibus p[ri]ma p[ar]s de p[ra]latis secunda de

Ross.674, De Veriis herbis, Libellus Sanitatis, Carmen Italicum (15th C)
Incipit: De caulibus. [C]aulibub[us] sono de diu[er]sa mainera

Ross.676 (Upgraded to HQ), Portolan Chart (1401-1450)

Ross.679 (Upgraded to HQ), Joachim de Flore Vaticiniae, tr. (16th-17th C)
Incipit: Accio che uolendo Dio annuntiare che pero del'Angeli-ca perdona si serui

Ross.680 (Upgraded to HQ), Bernardo Accolti d'Arezzo Rime (16th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Breuis Descriptio Vitæ Unici Aretini. Bernardvs accoltus inter eruditionis literature vivos

Ross.682 (Upgraded to HQ), ps-Joachim de Flore Vaticinis de Pontificibus Romanis (16th-17th C)

Vat.lat.5839, Joannis Dominici Liber inscriptusde Amore Charitatis
Incipit: Comi[n]cia illibro chiamato damor dicarita. Conpostop[er] frate gioua[n]ni dominici dafirenze dell ordine di s[an]c[t]o domini-cho cardinale diragusa

in Italian


Vat.lat.5910, History of Tuscany
Incipit: Effu rhiamata come sapex dei, arezo et pave archi. diritto aronisa

Vat.lat.9257, Documents on the Lateran Council of 1725 (18th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Lettera pastorale di monsignor sebastiano pompilio bonaventura Vescovo di Montefiascone, e Corneto

Collected by Francisco de Vico, Bishop. Partially manuscript and partially printed. ff.IIIr-VIIIr are table of contents


Vat.lat.9271.pt.1, Gian Maria Mazzuchelli Memorie Letterarie, Book 1 (18th C)

Vat.lat.9286, Gian Maria Mazzuchelli Memorie Letterarie, Book 6 (18th C)
Incipit: (p.1) Copia di lettera scritta al Sig[nore] Gio. Antonio

Vat.lat.9440, Guillaume de Cuneo Lectura super codicem Iustiniani cum additamentis Raynerii de Forlivio. (1362)
Incipit: Rubrica ista dic[it] q[uod] reli-gio est pars iusticie vi-d[i]am[us]

dated on f.74r


Vat.lat.9474, (1821-1822)
Incipit: (f.2r) natione nostra nostrorumque successorum pontificum si quis

Vat.lat.9500, Odoardi Melly Bullarum Pontificiarum quæ Austriæ Asservantur. Descriptio et Collatio (19th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Sanctitati Domini Nostri Gregorii XVI Pontificis Optime Maximi D. D. D.