Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 48 of 2021

A total of sixty-one manuscripts were digitized this week. Unsurprisingly the largest number, this week actually a true majority with thirty-two, come from the Reg.lat fond. At the current pace the remaining ~800 manuscripts will be done before the end of 2022. The bulk of the remaining manuscripts are from the Vat.lat.9xxx range, with a smattering of other Vat.lat, some Rossiani, and hapexes from Santa Maria Maggiore, Urb.gr, Var.arm and Pal.lat. The last is somewhat anomolous, all of the Palatine manuscripts were digitized years ago and available on the Heidelberg Website, but the importation into the BAV website has lagged.

Ross.610 is identified as a Franciscan Antiophonal of the 15th C. Although it is not noted as such in the catalogues, the vast majority of the illuminated initials have gray-habited women in them, possibly indicating its having been made for a community of Franciscan nuns: the "Second Order", otherwise called the Poor Clares. The richness of the illumination, see f.99r to the right, is perhaps at odds with St. Francis' teachings regarding poverty.

The bottom border is from Ross.719, f.1r. This manuscript is a Papal Ceramoniale, in this case a manuscript that describes in detail how the election of the pope is to be conducted and the procedures following.

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Pal.lat.1147, Moses Maimonides, Marcus Johannis Senensis, Gentilis de Fulgineo, Saladinus de Esculo, Christophorus Georgius de Honestis Aphorismi, De remine sanitatis, De haemorrhoidibus, Dubia de peste, Consilium contra pestilentiam, etc. (15th C)
Incipit: In Nomi[n]e dei py & misericordii. Cum quo ad-iuuo me ait Moyses filius seruuli dei

Codices Palatini Entry, Maimonides; Moses; Marcus Johannes Senensis; Gentilis ; Saladinus ; Christophorus Medizinischer Sammelband (Handschrift mit Inkunabeldrucken)Heidelberg; Letztes Drittel 15. Jh.


Reg.lat.308, Hrabanus Marus Commentariis in Machabaeorum (13th C)
Incipit: D[omi]no excellentissimo & in cultu chri[sti]ane religionis stremussimo lodouico re-gi

Reg.lat.311, Honorius of Auxerre Exposito in Cantica Canticorum (1351-1400)
Incipit: Incipit Onorsius sup[er] Cantica. P[ro]log[us]. Dimoni Domum sapi[en]ci[e] cum

Reg.lat.319, Commentariorum Quorundam in Psalmos (9th-10th C)
Incipit: rentes dicunt[ur] quia non defonte neq[ue] de uiua aqua

Reg.lat.323, Igneti Contardi Disputatio cum Judaeis in Maiorica (14th C)
Incipit: Hec est disputatio f[a]c[t]a i[n]ter ingetu[m] cop[n]tardum mercatore[m]

Reg.lat.326, Hillary of Poitiers De Trinitate (1451-500)
Incipit: Incipit liber Beati Hylarii pic-tavensis episcopi de trinita-te qve devs e[st] contra hereticos. Circvm spitienti mihi

Reg.lat.394, Reims Pontifical (1574-1600)
Incipit: Ensuiuent les [nomes[ de Mess[ieurs] Les Archeuesques de Reims. Est premier. Sainct Sixte.

Reg.lat.416, Peter the Cantor Verbum Abbreviatum (1201-1250)
Incipit: De breuitatis co[m]moditate in uerb[is] & wor[um] sup[er]fluitate. De modo legendi

Reg.lat.504, Iacobus de Vitriaco Historia Hierosolymitana abbreuiata (14th C)
Incipit: Incipit ~~ep[isto]la]~~ p[ro]log[us] in hystoria orientali edita a mag[ist]ro Jacobo de vitriaco ep[iscop]o archoneusi. Postqua[m] diuine

Incipit: Incipit liber rerum Memorafisium seu citam cartarum. Antiquorum huius sæculi sapientum

Reg.lat.507.pt.1, Gerardus de Arvernia, Hans von Bühel Abbreviato Historiae Figuralis, Historia de quadam filia regis Galliae (1276-1325, 16th C)
Incipit: Ad dompnum yuonem de cluniaco abbate[m] Incipit abbreuiato figuralis historie edi-ta ab codem actore qui illam

Reg.lat.507.pt.2, Vitae Caroli Magni, De Vita S. Udalrici Episcopi et Confessoris

Printed book with extensive marginal notes


Reg.lat.512, Roman Martyrology
Incipit: Pop[u]l[u]s Chri[sti]anvs Memorias martyru[m] religiosa sole[m]pnitate concele-brat

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 306 f.140r 12th C Aquitanian notation


Reg.lat.517 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: D[omi]ne ie[s]u chr[ist]e qui tant mirabilia op[er]-are dignatur es qui de aqua

Reg.lat.531, Chronique dite de Baudouin d'Avesnes (1451-1500)
Incipit: La Table de cessin p[]ne Liure Intitulem la Conguesse de Ih[e]r[usa]l[e]m en prose

See JONAS


Reg.lat.533, Jacob Voragine Golden Legend (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit prologus super legendas Sactor[um] quas compilauit frater Jacobus natione Tanuensis de ordine predicatorum. [U]niversvm Tempvs Presen-tis uite in quatuor distinguit

Reg.lat.541 (Upgraded to HQ), Saints Lives
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipiunt actus s[an]c[t]i Silue-stri urbis papæ Romæ. Historiografus n[oste]r eusebius cesarien-sis

f.IIr has a table of contents with incipits in a later hand


Reg.lat.543 (Upgraded to HQ)
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]logus in uita s[an]c[t]i quintini. Descripciones uitæ s[an]c[t]orum martyrum preconia sunt uictoriosissimi chr[ist]i

Reg.lat.544 (Upgraded to HQ), William de Nangis Chronica
Incipit: [C]um infinita sint tempor[um] gesta

Reg.lat.551, Rufinus (tr), Eusebius Historia Ecclesiae (tr)
Incipit: Incipit prologus rufini uiri eloquentis-simi in librum hystoriae ecclesiasticae. Peritorvm dicunt e[ss]e mediocorum

Reg.lat.552, Rufinus (tr), Eusebius Historia Ecclesiae (tr)
Incipit: (f.2v) Prefatio Pericorum dicunt esse medicorum, ubi in minere urbibus uel regionibus

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 289 ff.134r, 135r.10th C English neumes


Reg.lat.553.pt.1 (Upgraded to HQ), Eusebius, Jerome Chronicle
Incipit: (f.3r) Jeronim[us] Vincentio & Galieno suis. Salutem Uet[us] disercor[um] mos fuit ut excercendi ingenii causa

Reg.lat.556.pt.2 (Upgraded to HQ), Gregory of Tours History of the Franks
Incipit: In nomine d[omi]ni n[ost]ri ie[s]u chr[ist]i incipit lib[er] I historiar[um] gente francor[um] edit[us] a beato gregorio tvronensis cuncatis

Collection of unrelated documents, ff.1-6 are in greek


Reg.lat.564, Rufinus (tr), Eusebius Historiam Ecclesiasticam (tr)
Incipit: Incipit sac[re] hystoria s[an]c[t]e d[e]i eccl[esi]e P[ro]logus beati Ieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri in Hystoria[m] eccl[esi]astica[m] quam de greco t[ra]n-stulit in latinoum. Peritoru[m] dicunt e[ss]e medi-cor[um]

Reg.lat.568 (Upgraded to HQ), Audoenus of Rouen Vita sancti Eligii episcopi Noviomagensis
Incipit: Incipit prologus in uita s[an]c[t]i eligii noueomagensis ep[iscop]i. Cvm gentiles poete stud[a]ent sua figmenta p[ro]lixis

Reg.lat.802, (c. 1600)
Incipit: (f.1v) Rvdolphvs II Romanorvm Imperator Semp[er] Avgvstvs.

Mostly an album of heraldic drawings, with other images. No text



starts f.219r



Incipit: Dela mort violennte des heois Henricis de France

Incipit: Condemens des choses Chronologiques Astrologiques & Astronomiques. Preface.

Reg.lat.829, Noel de Fribois Chronique (1451-1475)
Incipit: Cest chose profitable, et qui aux Roys & princes de france, doit estre monst delectable.

See JONAS


Ross.558, Plato Symposium, Parmenides, Philebus, Gorgias, Cratylus, Euthyphro, etc (16th C)

Ross.610, Antiphonarium, Fransiscan (15th C)
Incipit: (f.9r) Ad p[ri]ma ym[nos]. Iam lucis orto sydere deu[m] precemur supplices

ff.2r-7v is calendar, f.8 is blank, probably made for a female Fransiscan


Ross.685, Sermons (15th C)
Incipit: (f.5v) In nomine d[omi]ni n[ost]re ie[s]u chr[ist]i et ad honore[m] beate marie virg[in]is et o[mn]ium sanctoru[m] et sanctar[um] dei notandi sunt aliqua circa confessionem.

ff.2r-5r is a table of contents


Ross.712, Nurnberg, Das Schonbartlaufen (c. 1541)

Ross.718, Acts of the Council of Basil (15th C)
Incipit: In nomine sancte et in-diuidue trinitatis feliciter amen. Censetiur utiq[ue] dignu[m] et congruu[m]

Ross.719, Papal Ceremoniale (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit Tabula in subsequentem ordinationem. Valiter proceditur ad electionem Su[m]i Pontificis per unam scrutini

Ross.723, Sermons for Quadragesimalium (15th C)
Incipit: Dixit ie[su]s disci-pulis suis cum ieiunatis &c.

dated 1427 for part


S.Maria.Magg.30, Graduale, Temporale Part 2 (14th C)
Incipit: In d[omi]nica resurrec-tionis do-mini. Introitus. Resurrexi et ad huc te cu[m] sum

Part 2 of a three part Graduale, covers Easter through 23rd Sunday after Pentecost and a Kyriale. Volume 1 is S.Maria.Magg.25 and the Sanctorale is S.Maria.Magg.31.


Urb.gr.45, Aristotle Ethica Eudemia (16th-17th C)

Incipit: Se mai per sogliosa umembranta di perduto bene prouaste

Urb.lat.1290, (16th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Tomus Primus. In universam Arist dialectia per R. P. leurentiu[m] Tas[]


Incipit: Incipit tractatus s[an]c[t]i Ambrosii ep[iscop]i de p[ri]mo centisimo octavo de-cimo. P[ro]logus. Licet mistice queq[ue] uelut tuba

Vat.lat.6017, Boetius, Lucius Iunius Moderatus Fragments on Arithmetic and Geometry (13th C)
Incipit: tantu differ[unt] unitate. Quare disponantur

Vat.lat.8455, Petri Lazzari (18th C)

Vat.lat.8587, Don Giuseppe Vittore Tymarni (tr) Manuale del Christiano
Incipit: (p.I) Orazione dedicatoria al divin Cuore di Gesu, ed ai sacratissimi Cuori di Maria e di Giuseppe

Vat.lat.9269, Indice di Scrittori italiani disposto alphabeticamente del l'A alla Z
Incipit: Abaifi Guido Vedi Baisi Guido

Vat.lat.9273, Gian Maria Mazzuchelli Memorie Letterarie, Book 4 (18th C)
Incipit: 9273 di car. 448. 1. Zibaldone di norizie relative agli scrittori italiani

Vat.lat.9472, Pontificale Romanum (1582)

Printed with annotations


Vat.lat.9532, Angeli Mai, Julius Valerius, Isocrates, et al Fragments of the Life of Alexander the Great, Orationem vetus, De geometria (19th C)

Vat.lat.9537.pt.2, (19th C)

starts f.203r


Vat.lat.9542, (19th C)
Incipit: Eminenze Rev[erissi]me. Noi sotto scritti Sacerdoti, e Missionari degli Armeni Cattolici

Vat.lat.9561, Cyril of Alexandria Fragments (19th C)
Incipit: Pezzi delle Opere di S. Cirillo Alexx. presi dalla Catena di Niceta sull'Epistolaagli Ebrei Manoscritti della Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Vat.lat.9562, Bernardini Baldi, Petri Raffaelli Della casa Della Rovere, Letters of Angeli Mai, etc. (19th C)
Incipit: Nel codice carteceo sistente nella Oliveria na Biblioteca

Vat.lat.9568, Bible, Matthew - Apocalypse (19th C)
Incipit: Novum Testamentum ex vetustissimo Codice Greco Vaticano Il Bibliorum

Pinakes Entry, printed with annotations


Vat.lat.9579, Angeli Mai, et al. (19th C)
Incipit: S. Cyprianus. De

Vat.lat.9581, Angeli Mai, et al. (19th C)

Vat.lat.9585, Angeli Mai, Pope Gregory XVI, et al. (19th C)