Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 5 of 2021

A total of seventy-three manuscripts were added this week. Work on Urb.gr continues, this weeks four manuscripts brings the total to 157, meaning only five more will complete the Fond. This week brought in two 19th C manuscripts in Asian scripts, Sire.L.13 in Korean and Borg.cin.394. The later is a letter in Chinese, with hand-added romanization of the pronounciations, from the court of George III to the Qianlong Emperor. The original was written for a trade mission lead by Lord Macartney in the early 1790s, but this copy was probably made in 1804 by Antonio Montucci, who added the annotations. In the text the court of St. James is referred to as "The red-headed court" ?‍?

A manuscript that needs more research that was added this week is Vat.lat.8519, a heavily annotated copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses. At the start of book 5, f.39r, to the right, you can see several different hands have added inter-linear and marginal commentary. Seemingly unrelated to that is the initial leaf which contains a crude diagram of the 3 climate zones of the earth, from "frigida", through "temperata" to "houida", and the final leaf which appears to be an incomplete vouvelle or a diagram of an astrolabe.

The bottom border is from f.1r of Urb.gr.25, a late 14th C copy of John Climacus' Scala Paradisi, and other works. It appears that a more elaborate border was intended but just kinda never happened.

Barb.lat.24, ps-Phalaris, Francesco Griffolini (tr) Epistles, translated (16th C)

Incipit: Policleto. Nescio q[uo]d de te potius admirer

Barb.lat.9911, Girolamo Cialdier Piante et vendute di diversi Luoghi del Vicariato Prese, d'Ordine Dell Eccelentissimo Signor Prencipe Prefetto di Roma (1632)

Views and plans of some small towns/castles

Borg.cin.394, Letter from George III to the Qianlong Emperor (c. 1804)

Annotations in the hand of Antonio Montucci. (h/t to Sven Osterkamp for the identification)

Borg.copt.64, Liturgical Miscellany (1715)

A mix of Coptic and Coptic/Arabic bilingual texts. See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (1937). Codices coptici vaticani, Barberiniani, Borgiani, Rossiani. in Bibliotheca vaticana. Vol II, Pt. 1, pp. 243-266 Internet Archive

Borg.ind.58

Ott.lat.165, Bernard of Clairvaux Virtues and Vices

Incipit: (f.1r) Bernard[us] de constie[n]tia. Domus hec in qua habitam[us] ex

Sire.L.13, Bull of the Immaculate Conception, translated into Korean (1863)

Incipit: Traduction en langue Coréenne de la bulle por laquelle M.T.Sp> le pape Pie IX a proclamé doyone de foi le mystiere de l'Immaculée Conception de la Sainte Vierge

Translated by Han Yang of Seoul, sent by Siméon Berneux, Apostolic Vicar of Korea, bishop of Capsus. Codex reads right to left, pages top to bottom

Urb.gr.25, John Climacus, Johannes Rhaithenus, Euagrius Ponticus, Isaac Niniuita Syrus, Masimus the Confessor Scala Paradisi, Vita Johannis Climaci, assorted letters, etc (1376 - 1400 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Μανουὴλ Τζυκανδύλης (ff.1-155)

Urb.gr.124 (Upgraded to HQ), Arethas of Caesarea, Dio Chrysostomus Rhetorica > Other (11th C)

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Urb.gr.130, Iohannes Doxopatres, Aphthonius Hermogenes Assorted works on Rhetoric (901 - 1100 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, one scribe signs Ἐφραΐμ

Urb.gr.158, Johannes Zonaras, Cyril of Alexandria Lexicon (2x) (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Vat.lat.3293 (Upgraded to HQ), Germanicus Aratea, Liber medicinalis, Carmina Priapum (1451-1500)

Incipit: PHaebe salutiferum quod pangimus assere c[ar]men Inuentumq[ue] tuum

Loaned to Giovanni Gaddi (signature on f.1r), who died in Florence, 1542

Vat.lat.4363, Guide Faba, Andreas Capellanus, Innocent III, et al. Arenge, De amore, De contemptu mundi, etc (12th-13th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) ..do & qualit[ur] quiis sap[ie]n[t]es reputet[us] & De sapie[n]tia

Also includes "The Acts of Pilate". Mirabile has a more complete list of contents, contains several unrelated fragments, including a partial calendar in 2 columns on f.112r-115v

Vat.lat.4364, (14th C)

Incipit: [] p[ri]m[um] i[n] aduentu[m] d[omi]ni s[ecundu]m lucha[m] hol[] beati g[re]go[r]i

Vat.lat.4419, Galen, Ali ibn Ridwan Commentary on Hippocrates, Commentary on Galen (14th C)

Vat.lat.4461, Cassius Felix De medicina, Libellus de unguentiis, Expositio medicinalium nomina (13th C)

Incipit: Pauli lib[er]de cur[ati]o[n]e eg[ri]tudin[um] toci[us] cor[po]r[i]s p[ar]tiu[m]. d[e] alopitia & calui[tio]

See Eugene Rice's article on Paulus Aegineta

Vat.lat.4491, Valerius Maximus

Vat.lat.4499

Incipit: Epistola missa mar[ist]ro ord[in]is fr[atru]m p[rae]dicator[um]. [R]euerabili i[n] chr[ist]o

Vat.lat.4510, Guarinus Veronensis Ad filium Hieronymum, Hypothesia (15th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Eloquentissim uiri Gerarini Veronensis ad Hierony-mum filium spothesia felicit[us] incipit. TAndem tuas accepi

Vat.lat.4512

Incipit: Dominus Franciscus

Vat.lat.4553 (Upgraded to HQ), Elia del Medigo Expositio A ver rois de substantia orbi (c. 1485)

Incipit: Iam sepe hunc nobile[m] libellu[m] q[uod] dicit[ur] de s[ubs]t[ant]ia Orbis ^Auerrois p[ri]ncipis

Vat.lat.5542, (16th C)

Incipit: Ad Sanctissimvm dominvm nostrvm Sixtvm .V. Pont. Max. Francisci Svares Jurisconsulti A.... Panegyricvs Primvs.

Vat.lat.6095, Missal (1391-1410)

Incipit: (f.2r) D[omi]nic[a] proma de aduentu d[omi]ni. Ad te leuaui a[n]i[m]am mea[m]

See Iter liturgicum italicum, from Venice.

Vat.lat.7146, Collection of Pontifical Extracts (17th C)

Incipit: Cod. 242 bibliothece regine Suecie qui .... XI seculo conscriptus est. Sud ordo ante tempora Gregorii magni in

See Iter liturgicum italicum, table of contents inside front cover. Probably made for A. Schelstrate (prefect of the BAV 1683-1692). ff. 1-35 are Roman ordinals, the rest are from 14th C pontificals.

Vat.lat.7159

Incipit: Eustashii Archiepiscopi Thessalonices Παρεμβολαι In Homeri Odysseam. Prooemium Homeri Odysseam quemadmodum

Collection of Greek texts, some are bilingual Greek/Latin

Vat.lat.7387, Declaratione Super Concilii Tridentini

Incipit: (f.1r) Sessio quincta. Caput Primum. Sommaris. Ordina, che le prebende, prestimonii, o stipendii deputati

Vat.lat.7520, Sebastiano Michaele De Reformatione Ordinis Fratrum Prædicatorum In Regno Galliæ facta circa annum 1595 (c. 1692)

Incipit: (f.3r) Reuerendissime Magister. Laudantur quam pluriu[m]

Vat.lat.7537, Francisci Gaii Interpretatio Unacum Comentariisin Septem Psalmos Penitentiales

Incipit: (f.2r) R[everendissimo] P[at]ri Su Benigno de Genua, totius se-zapsici ordinis fratrum minorum di obserua Generali Moderatori

Vat.lat.7617, Bernard of Sienna De Evangelio Aeterno/De Caritate

Incipit: Incipit lib[er] de caritate seu d[e] euangelio eterno compos[itus] p[er] clairissi[mum] d[om]ini

Incipit in red ink that has faded

Vat.lat.7645, Sermons (14th C)

Incipit: In o[mn]ibus req[ui]em q[ui]siui & i[n] h[e]r[e]di[tate] moralior

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 420 initial flyleaf has 13th C neumes on red/yellow lines from S. Sabina, Rome.

Vat.lat.7672.pt.1, Liber exhortationum diversorum sanctorum patrum anachoritarum et heremitarum de profectu monachorum, Life of Onuphrius, Legenda S. Antonii abbatis (1401-1450)

Incipit: T[ra]ctat[us] [primus] q[uo]m[od]o monachus placeat deo. In nomi[n]e s[an]c[t]issime trinita-tatis. incipit lib[er] exho[r]tacio-nu[m] diu[i]sor[um] s[an]c[t]or[um] patru[m] ana-coritar[um]

See Manu Radhakrishnan's PhD Dissertation Domenico Cavalca and the Liber Vitaspatrum: Vernacular Hagiography in Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy.

Vat.lat.7690, Bartholomew de Rinonico De conformitate vitae beati Francisci ad vitam domini Iesu

Vat.lat.8495, Jacobus Mazochius, Jean Matal Epigrammata Antiquae Urbis (c. 1521)

Incipit: (f.VIr) Veteres utebantur digamina Aeolico, loco V

ff.11r begins printed work, heavily annotated by Matal. See Carbonell Manils, J., & González Germain, G. (2012). "Jean matal y su copia anotada de los EPIGRAMMATA ANTIQUAE VRBIS (vat. Lat. 8495): El uso de las fuentes manuscritas". Veleia, 29, pp. 149-168.

Vat.lat.8519 (Upgraded to HQ), Ovid Metamorphoses (13th C)

Incipit: (f.2v) Mvrtatio elem[en]tor[um] & etatu[m]. fabula gigantum.

Vat.lat.8533, Sicco Polentone, Poggio Braciolini Scriptorum Illustrium Latinae Linguae, Books 1-18, Argumenta super aliquot orationibus et invectivis Ciceronis ad Iacobum de Alvarotis, Catinia, De infelicitate principum (15th C)

Incipit: [P]Rofitetur mi polidore suauissime fili opus hoc ad te inscriptum uitas

Vat.lat.8534, (c. 1741)

Incipit: Memoriale. Beatissime Pater. Optime novit sua santitas quatenius in omnium Civitatis et quidem Ecclesiae

Dated on f.29r

Vat.lat.8535, (18th C)

Incipit: Beatissimo Padre. Il Tesorier Gen[era]le crede, che il Chirografo Seguato

Vat.lat.8544, Funtioni fatte nell'anno 1735, In tempo di Papa Benedetto XIII del suo Pontificato l'anno I (18th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Decreta Sacre Congregationi Ceremoniali habita die pp Nouembri 1740

ff.IIr-v contains table of contents

Vat.lat.8551, St. Augustine, Eusebius, St. Jerome, Lactantius Firmianus Texts about Lactantius, Divinarum Institutionum Books 1-7 (15th C)

Incipit: De his libris dici potest aliqvid habere eos ut consonum qui non p[re]ci-piendi auctoritate sed proficie[n]di exer-citatione

Vat.lat.8566 (Upgraded to HQ), St. Augustine Sermons (10th C)

Incipit: (f.1v) I Sermo s[an]c[t]i agustin []euerb[us] d[omi]ni in eu[an]g[e]lo s[e]c[un]d[um] Math[eum] agite penitentia[m] ad p[ro]pinquauit enim regnu caelorum

f.1r seems to be 10th C page of liturgy

Vat.lat.8574, Elluchasem [Albuchasem] Elimithar Tacuinum sanitatis

Incipit: Liber Magistri albulchasum de baldach Thetramin sanitatis de sex rebus que sunt necessarie cuilibet homi-ni

Vat.lat.8575, Officium (17th C)

Incipit: (f.4r) In festu[m] S[ancti] Antonin MArtiris. In primis vesp[erus] Caput Antonini sicut

See Iter liturgicum italicum

Vat.lat.8578, Vita, Conversione, et Penitenza di Bartolomeo Dal Mondo dettoil Bendano

Incipit: Vita co[n]versione e penitenza di Bartolomeo Dal Mondo dettoil Bendano. Cauata dalla med[ia] narratione di lui orfinata

Vat.lat.8579, Maffeii Marchionis De Fabula Equestris Orfinis Constantiniani

Incipit: (f.1r) Dominico Teupolo Senatori Amplissimo S.P.D. Scipio Maffeius Luonam meo fato sena-tor Amplissime

Vat.lat.8581, Tractatus de Horologiis

Vat.lat.8583

Incipit: Prologo Angeli C. d'Europa africa, Asia, con S. Michele

Vat.lat.8586, Delle Famigilia Romane Antiche (18th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Della Famiglia Orsini Romana Duca di Bracciano Capo Barone Romano, e Prencipe del Soglio. Arme. Una Rosa, un cinguilla, et un pezze di Bandieu

Vat.lat.8589

Incipit: Prologo del Fenillo sopra la Bellezza et Amore. Con gr[ati]a maggione in uero

Vat.lat.8590

Incipit: Istruzioni del Signor Basttio Gannelli. Al Figlio Percsie o non so Figlio

Vat.lat.8591, Porphyry, Aristotle, Cicero, Boethius, et al. Assorted works on Natural Philosophy (11th C)

Incipit: [] prop[ri]u[m] quide[m] conuersim p[re]dicatur deeo enius est prop[ri]um

See Jordanus #10264. The Boethius text is siglum "Va" in Minio-Paluello's Aristoteles Latinus edition.

Early copy of Boethius's logical works (siglum "Va" in Minio-Paluello's Aristoteles Latinus edition). Here end of the (incomplete) Isagoge by Porphyry and the beginning of the Categories.
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Vat.lat.8594

Incipit: Se questo anno sara abondan la o Carestia Ceriri[us]

Vat.lat.8595

Incipit: Sermo IL, Gran Pazzia e inuerita non uoler sapportare quello a che

Vat.lat.8596, Sermons

Incipit: [A]nonis hanc co[m]monici un

Contents unmapped, but f.3r starts "De Humilitate" by Augustine from De Omnibus Virtutibus

Vat.lat.8598, Family Tree of Pope Leo X (16th C)

Incipit: Rottulus familie S[anctissimi] D. N. & Primo Prelati domestici

iniside of front cover is a Bull of Pope Julius II

Vat.lat.8600, Ordenanzas Para el mejor gobierno de la Congregacion De los esclavos del Salvador Sacramentado

Incipit: (f.2r) Prologo Entre tantos benedicios como el Autor de todo nos ha dispensado en los

Vat.lat.8601.pt.1, Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio Summa de casibus conscientiae (1448)

Incipit: Qvoniam ut ait g[re]g[orio] fr[atris] ezech[ielem] nullum omnipo-tenti deo

Scribe: Michael de Spira, ends on f.276

Vat.lat.8601.pt.2, Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio Summa de casibus conscientiae (1448)

Incipit: e[ss]e p[are]ntes qui sac[er]dotibus respondeant

Starts on f.277, Scribe: Michael de Spira, dated on f.483r

Vat.lat.8602, Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio Summa de casibus conscientiae

Incipit: (f.4vb) Qvoniam ut ait Greg[orius] super Ezechielem. Nul-lum om[n]ipotenti deota-le sacrificium est

ff.1r-4va is an index of terms, starting with "Abbas"

Vat.lat.8604, Miguel Molinos Guida Espiritual

Incipit: (f.1r) Al Letor. Salio aluz los an[n]os passados la Guia espiritual

Vat.lat.8608, Opinione del Pre fra Paolo Seruita Consultor di stato data alli Sanctissimi Inquisiti di stato; In qual modo debba governarsi la Republica di Venetia... (1615)

Incipit: Ill[ustrissimi] et Ecc[elentissimi] S[ancti[s]simi Inquisitori di Stato. Scriuio per atto d'ubidienza serua considerare

dated on f.1r

Vat.lat.8609, Paquino in Estasi Dove ragion ando con marforio raccolta quello che si fannonel ciello dei pappi

Incipit: Ragionamento di marfori et Pasequino

Vat.lat.8610, Lucido Manunelli Salmi o Soliloquis, o Hinnii del Regio Profeta David Ridotti in verso Italiano

Incipit: (f.2r) Dell'Autore de'Salmi. Cap. I. Per non entrare in un laberinto d'opinioni senla fratto

Vat.lat.8612, Giordano Ruffo di Calabria Treatise on Equine Medicine

Incipit: (f.3r) Habido tractatu d[e]creat[i]one & natiuitate

Vat.lat.8615, Visioni, Estapi e Stimmate di Lucrezia Damfarada Alfianello (1729)

Incipit: (f.1r) Copia di Lettera scritta da Pontevico. Ho dimandato a persone d'inuiolati le fede

Vat.lat.8616, Relazione de Tumulti accaduti in Roma L'anno 1738 Loro origine e Sequele (c. 1738)

Incipit: Relazione de Tumulti accaduti in Roma L'anno 1738 Loro origine e Sequele. Il sommo pontefice Clemente XII. pertut-to il tempo

Vat.lat.8681, (18th C)

Incipit: Scriptura Sacra. Vetus Testam[ento] Sec. 7om et ex auctor Sixti V. Pont. Editum

Vat.lat.8718, Gotardo Liehnie Raccolta di varie iscrizioni scritte nel le'esaltazione al papato di Pio VI, con alcune istanze infine mandate allo stesso pontefice (18th C)

Incipit: (f.IIr) Ante lus hec fuercit Arasime nunc nomine

f.IIr is an engraving of Pope Pius VI