Forty-five was the final count for manuscripts digitized this week as we approach the end of the year. Unsurprisingly the patterns of the last few months continue, Reg.lat, Vat.lat.9xxx and some catchup in Pal.lat, with a few stragglers in Ross and other parts of Vat.lat.

Within the Reg.lat manuscripts this week is an interesting 10th C volume of sermons, Reg.lat.49. This is written in a very abbreviated script, of an unusual style. There is almost no difference in width in the strokes of the letters, making it look almost modern in its profile. Several of the pages were constructed of two pieces of parchment joined together. At a point in the manuscript's history, these bonded sheets were disconnected and now bear distinct folio numbers. To the right are ff. 53r and 54r, which were originally joined together but now foliated seperately. I have digitially reconstructed the original form of the page and you can now read the passage as written.

Several copies of Rufinus' Latin translation of Eusebius' Chronicle have been digitized in recent weeks. One of those, Vat.lat.5952, provides the bottom border from f.76r