Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 11 of 2022

In total sixty-three manuscripts were digitized this week. As one would expect, the bulk were Reg.lat, followed by Pal.lat and the 9xxx series of Vat.lat, with a smattering of other fonds, Ross, Santa Maria Maggiore, Barb.lat. Borgh and Cappella Giulia. For those who want a laugh this week, three copies of the comedies of Plautus were added, and two of Terence.

To the right is f.19r of Reg.lat.550, a history of France dated, by Richard Brown, to between 1202-1205 and localized to the Abbey of St. Denis, just outside Paris. At this point in the text we see the end of book one and the beginning of book two, with the four children of Clovis

The bottom image is from Reg.lat.1809, f.165v. This manuscript is a collection of medical texts from c. 1200 of the Salernitan School, but this page has an unidentified Antiphon on it, in a northern Italian style of notation. Although it has faded, there probably would have been a pale yellow "C" line at the top of the staff, starting with the C at top left

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Barb.lat.5, Valerius Probus De juris notarum (15th C)
Incipit: Valrii Probi Gram-matici Romani den-otis antiq[ue]s op[us]cvlv[m] Est etiam circa perscribe[n]-das uel paucioribus

Borgh.223, Digestum Novum, Glossed (1276-1325)
Incipit: Paul[us] I .xl.viii. ad edictum Nam rei publice

Borgh.255 (Upgraded to HQ), Nova ordinatio Digesti novi (14th C)
Incipit: de operis noui nu[n]tiatione. Rubrica. Hoc edicto p[er]mittitur ut siue iure

Capp.Giulia.VII.13.pt.3, Pietro Guglielmi Messa a 8 Concertata Solenne (1800)

Pal.lat.794 (Upgraded to HQ), Miscellany (15th C)
Incipit: [L]abia sac[er]dot[is] custodiu[n]t scie[nti]am Et

Pal.lat.795, Henningi Arnisaei Processus Iudiciarius (1516)

Pal.lat.796, Bartholomew of Brescia, et al. De Drofeda summa aurea continens artem adoueandi, Summa quaestionum dominicalium et venalium, etc (13th C)

Pal.lat.797, Nicolai de Messiato, et al Miscellany (15th C)
Incipit: Viso de hiis q[ue] fiu[n]t i[n] iudicio & tandem

Pal.lat.798, Petri Jacobi, Nicolai de Messiato Summa libellorum, Libellus fugitivus (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit su[m]ma libellor[um] a petro Jacobi

Pal.lat.799, Iohannis Petrus de Ferarius Practica (15th C)
Incipit: Quoniam ui-ta breuis ac in-certa qua fruim[ur]

Pal.lat.1593, Johannes Graf Sermons, Notitiae de orationibus, De evangelio secundum Johannem, de symbolo Apostolorum, De decem praeceptis, De dei felicitate (1533-1548)

Codices Palatini Entry, from Höchst


Pal.lat.1612, Plautus Comedies : Amphitruo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Capitui (15th C)
Incipit: Plavti Poete Preclaris-simi in Ampitrionem Tragicvm Argvmentvm

Codices Palatini Entry, from Italy?


Pal.lat.1614, Plautus Comedies (15th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Amphitrionis comoedia Plavti Poetæ cl. incip[it] In faciem uorsus amphytryonis iupiter

Pal.lat.1616, Plautus Comedies (15th C)
Incipit: Prologus In fatiem uersus Amphytrionis Jupiter

Pal.lat.1621, Terence Comedies
Incipit: Terentii afri comiti poete liber Incipit. Natvs in excelsæ tectis cartaginis altis

Reg.lat.277, Richard of St. Victor Expositio Visionis Ezechielis (13th C)
Incipit: Multis diuine scripture multo ampli[us] dul-ceseunt

Reg.lat.341, Gaufridi Babionis, et al Sermons (1126-1175)
Incipit: Sermo in aduentu d[omi]ni Dicite pusilla-numes conforta-mini et molite timere

Reg.lat.550, Aimonius, Abbot Sugar Vita Ludovici, Continuations of Aimoin (c. 1202-1205)
Incipit: Incipit ep[isto]la aimoi-ni ad ab bone[m] abbate[m]. Domino uenerabili & in chr[ist]i dilectione fundato Abboni abbati totuis

Written at St. Denis. See Richard Brown


Reg.lat.789, Ménestrel d'Alphonse de Poitiers Gestes des nobles rois de France (1301-1325)
Incipit: A son tres chier seingneur le tres bon crestien la tres vaillant

See JONAS,


Reg.lat.1465, Giovanni Delfino La Lucrezia, a Tragedy (17th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Interlocutori. Ombra d'Enea, Lucrezia

Reg.lat.1466, Giovanni Delfino Il Medoro, a Tragicomedia (17th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Interlocutori. Amore, Medoro

Reg.lat.1497, Inventaire del Volumes Manuscrits de Monsieur du Puy et de Toutes les Matieres Conteniies en Jceus, Vol I
Incipit: (f.2r) Volume I. Collection de diuers Tittres anciens Ser-nans la plus grande partie al'histoire de france Jus-ques au Roy Louis XI.

Incipit: Tabla delo contenido, en 98 Capituloi de diferentes, y industrirossos

Reg.lat.1706, Lucretius De Rerum Natura (1425-1475)
Incipit: T. Lvcreti Cari de Rerv[m] natv-ra liber primvs incipit. Aeneadum genitrix hominu[m] diuu[m]q[ue] uoluptas

Reg.lat.1727, Boethius Consolation of Philosophy, glossed, De Musica (1075-1125)
Incipit: Incipit Liber Primvs de con-solatione Philosophiae Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii ec vonsvlaris Ordinarii Pa-tricii

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 960 ff. 24-46


Reg.lat.1761, Gregory the Great Moralia in Job (14th C)
Incipit: Uir erat in terra hus nomine iob

Reg.lat.1767, ps-Aristotle Secretum Secretorum
Incipit: Incipit liber de secretis secretor[um] et de regimi[n]e p[ri]ncipu[m] que[m]

Reg.lat.1783, Pliny De viris illustribus urbis Romae (15th C)
Incipit: Angelvs thiphernas alexandro iustino S. D. Laurencii optimi genitoris

Reg.lat.1799, Juvenal Satires (15th C)
Incipit: Semper ego auditor t[a]m[en] nu[m]q[ue] ne repona[m]

Reg.lat.1802, Lucan De Bello Civili (1475-1500)
Incipit: Bella p[er] emathios plus q[uam] ciuilia campos

Reg.lat.1803 (Upgraded to HQ), Virgil, Horace, ps-Virgil, Ausonius Georgics, Works, Moretum, Eclogarum, Priapea (1475-1525)
Incipit: Hoc genus acre [uitor[um]] marsos

See Les manuscrits classiques latins de la Bibliothèque Vaticane. Tome II, 1re partie. Fonds Patetta et fonds de la Reine. Aubervilliers : Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT), 1978. 564 p. 423. Online


Reg.lat.1804, Peter of Riga Commentary on the Sentences, Book IV (1457)
Incipit: Resurrectio[n]is gloriose binam scolam suppliciter

Reg.lat.1806 (Upgraded to HQ), Ordinal, Use of Augustinian Hermits (14th-15th C)
Incipit: Incipit [] orfinationu[m] fratru[m]

See JONAS, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 806


Reg.lat.1808, Leonardo Bruni Epistles
Incipit: [I]nter clamosos strepitvs negotorumq[ue]

Reg.lat.1809 (Upgraded to HQ), Hippocrates, Bartholomaeus Salerntianus, Johannes Platearius Jr, et cl Aphorisms (old Latin translation), Articella and commentary (12th-13th C)

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 493 f.165v. c. 1200, Antiphonary fragment from Italy


Reg.lat.1810, Armand de Belvézer Tractatus de declaratione difficilium dictorum et dictionum in theologia (14th C)
Incipit: Incipit ep[isto]la p[ro]he[m]ial[is] i[n] tractatu[m] de declaratio[n]e difficilium d[i]ctor[um] & d[i]c[ti]onum i[n] theo[logica] & ph[ilosoph]ia

Incipit: La figura et la dispossitio[ne] del mondo el numero & ordine de glielementi et dimouimenti

Reg.lat.1812, Johannes de Alta Villa Architrenius, glossed (15th C)
Incipit: [V]elificatvr aghos. In p[ri]ncipio

Reg.lat.1818 (Upgraded to HQ), Priscian, Lorenzo Valla, et al De declinationibus, Quaestio grammaticalis, De arte grammatica carmina, etc (15th C)
Incipit: Prisciani Grammatici claris-simi Liber dedeclinationibvs feliciter incipit. Omnia no[m][n]a q[ui]bus latina utit[ur]

See Iter liturgicum italicum, flyleaf is a partially erased italian musical leaf, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 494[, Folio: 1, Century: 13, Source: italiano (centrale e nord), Provinance: S. Si


Reg.lat.1832 (Upgraded to HQ), Leonardo Bruni Tancredi, Mantua, etc. (15th C)
Incipit: Leon[ardo] Are. Bindatio Recasolano. [C]vm sapius mecum egisses ut fabula[m]

Reg.lat.1836, Festus, Guarinus Veronensis, Donatus, Johannes Colocius De Verborum significatu, Glossarium, Ars maior, Synonyma (c. 1452-1500)
Incipit: [A]ugustus locus santus ab auium ge-stu idest quia ab anibus significa-tus

Dated on f.152v, but that may refer to the date of composition, see Biblissima


Reg.lat.1842, Terence Comedies
Incipit: Na[t]us i[n] excelsis tectis ca[r]thaginis alte

Reg.lat.1843, Sallust The Catiline Conspiracy
Incipit: [O]mnis ho[m]ines qui sese student p[re]stare ceteris

Reg.lat.1844, (15th C)
Incipit: Ascanius Enee filius fundauit ciuitate[m] albana[m] un descententes regnau[er]u[n]t

Reg.lat.1848 (Upgraded to HQ), Jacob Voragine Golden Legend
Incipit: Incipiu[n]t legende Sanctor[um] Co[m]pil-late p[er] fr[atr]em Jacobu[s] de Voragine ord[in]is p[rae]dicatorum.

Reg.lat.1851, Walter of Châtillon Alexanderies, glossed
Incipit: (f.2r) Moris est usitati cu[m] i[n] aurib[us] m[u]ltitudi[ni]s aliq[ui]d noui

Reg.lat.1853 (Upgraded to HQ), Diogenes Laertius Vita Philosophorum (1458)
Incipit: [U]oluenti mihi quedam greca volumina

dated in colophon on f.125v, see Mirabile


Incipit: Der da wil mercte in der warhait ob er ain warer nach volger

Ross.738, Raccolta di Diverse Composizioni uscire nella [sede] vacante di Alessandro VII E Conclave della Donne (c. 1492)
Incipit: (f.1v) Proemio. ..nque Fanioni si numeran[] nel p[rese]nte Conclaue

Incipit: degno del so[m]mo sacerdotio Marip[er]endendo

S.Maria.Magg.50, Breviary, Fransiscan Use (1301-1325)
Incipit: (f.9r) Incipit ordo ad benedice[n]du[m] mensam per totu[m] annum

ff. 1v-2v is a Computus, ff. 3r-8v is a Calendar


Vat.lat.9618, Angelo Mai Patrum Nova Bibliotheca, Book I (19th C)
Incipit: (f.3r) Eminerra Reverendissima. Ci gode l'animo

Vat.lat.9639, Angelo Mai Catalogo de Papiri Vaticane e Riflessione Critiche (1825)

Vat.lat.9641.pt.2, Cicero, Amedeus Peyron Orationum pro scauro, pro tullo, et in clodium Fragmenta Inedita (1824)

Vat.lat.9642, Angelo Mai Cicero Ambrosianis Codicibus illustratus et auctus (1817)
Incipit: (f.3r) Iacobo comiti Mellerio in ditione Mediolanensi regni Longobardici-Veneti praesidis vices gerenti R. Caesareae Maiestati a consiliis intimis et Leopoldaei ordinis

Vat.lat.9643, Angelo Mai Itinerarium Alexandri item Iulii Valerii de Rebus Gestis eiusdem Alexandri, Book III (1817)
Incipit: (f.5r) Iacobo Comiti Mellerio in ditione Mediolanensi regni Longobardici-Veneti praesidis vices gerenti R. Caesareae Maiestati

Vat.lat.9646, Gaetano Sertor Il Conclave dell'Anno 1774. Dramma per Musica (c. 1797)
Incipit: (f.2r) Interlocutori. L'Emi[] Cardinali Alessandro Albani, Diacono da Urbino

Vat.lat.9649.pt.A, Cherubino Ghirardacci Della Historia Di Bologna, Part 1 (1596)
Incipit: (f.3r) Al santissimo et beatissimo signor nostro Clemente ottavo sommo pontefice. Essendo la Historia, Santissimo Pa-dre

Vat.lat.9652, Salvatoris Rosa Satyrae (18th C)
Incipit: Sat.[a] I. Contro i Musici. Habbia il uero oh Priapo il luogo suo

Vat.lat.9653.pt.3, St. Augustine Sermons, Book III (17th C)
Incipit: Sermo Diui Augustini se S[ancto] Vincentio Mar-ture in Basilica[m]resti-tuta[m]

Vat.lat.9663, Bible, Minor Prophets, Glossed (12th C)
Incipit: Non ide[m] ordo est duodecim p[ro]phar[um] apud hebreos & ap[u]d nos vnde s[e]c[un]d[u]m id quod

Vat.lat.11320, Index Librorum Monarchorum S. Benedicti de Mantua (c. 1598-1603)

Part of a large set of library catalogues from religious houses, Vat.lat.11266-11326