Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 14 of 2022

Seventy-eight manuscripts were digitized this week. They focus heavily on the Pal.lat fond, particularly on the 8xx and 16xx ranges. Due to the organization of the collection, this means that the manuscripts digitized consist primarily of canon law and histories, Pal.lat.8xx and classical Latin texts, Pal.lat.16xx. The remainder of the weeks additions come, as expected, from Reg.lat, and the 9xxx range of Vat.lat, with some Rossiani and one Barb.lat volume to complete the week's additions.

To the right is a consangunity tree from Pal.lat.629, a text of Gregorian Decretals and other legal texts with commentary. These often follow a standard layout on the page, two columns, each with an inner section of text and an outer section of commentary. This tree is from deep into the volume, f.260v, and maintains the same layout, except the entire primary text block has been replaced with the gorgeous tree diagram. Although these often have a stylized man, perhaps meant to be the Father, at the center, one this lifelike is unusual. The unusual scenes and animals around the tree and the field of deep blue make this one extremely dramatic

The bottom border comes from a letter from Conrad to the chuch of Worms discussing a peace treaty with Duke Rupert of Bavaria, preserved in Pal.lat.592. It opens on f.1r with a huge coat of arms for Bavaria, of which this was part of the border

Pal.lat.592_0011_fa_0002r-border.jpg
Barb.lat.29 (Upgraded to HQ), Terence Epitaph (15th C)
Incipit: Afer Terentii liber incipit epitathium. Natus in excelsi[s] tec[ti]s cartaginis alte

Pal.lat.592, Conrad Letter to the Church of Worms about a treaty with Duke Rupert of Bavaria. (c. 1380)
Incipit: (f.1v) In nomi[n]e d[omi]ni n[ost]ri Je[s]u chr[ist]i et aline atq[ue] purissime chri[sto]fere virginis m[at]ris marie. Incipit Epistola concordie

Codices Palatini Entry, "Compiled in Paris"


Pal.lat.629, Gregory IX, Innocent IV, Gregory X, Nicholas III Liber Extra, etc (1280-1298)
Incipit: (f.1v) Gregorius ep[iscopu]s s[er]u[o]us s[er]uorum dei dilectis filus doctorib[us]

Codices Palatini Entry, from Bologna


Pal.lat.807, Repertorium Juris, Conclusiones Sexti Libri Decretalium (15th C)
Incipit: [Q]via omniu[m] liberorum habere memoriam

Pal.lat.808, Petrus de Monte Repertorium utriusque iuris, Part IV (H-K) (c. 1470-1480)
Incipit: Habere i[n] hoc verbum habere

Pal.lat.809, Petrus de Monte Repertorium utriusque iuris, Part VII (R-S) (c. 1470-1480)
Incipit: Sequit[ur] l[ib]ra[m] R. Raab.

Pal.lat.810, Petrus de Monte Repertorium utriusque iuris, Part III (E-G) (c. 1470-1480)
Incipit: Eatenus. Ista dictiones eaternus quatenus

Pal.lat.811, Petrus de Monte Repertorium utriusque iuris, Part V (L-O) (c. 1470-1480)
Incipit: Labor. s[uu]m tres qualitates labor[um]

Pal.lat.812, Petrus de Monte Repertorium utriusque iuris, Part VI (P-Q) (c. 1470-1480)
Incipit: Pabulum. hoc verbo habes

Pal.lat.815, Josephus Antiquities of the Jews, etc (1414-1439)
Incipit: Incipit prefatio inubro io-sephi historiarvm antiqvi-tatis ivdaice. Hvstoriam constribere

Pal.lat.819, Matthaeus Palmerius De Temporibus (15th C)
Incipit: Matthei Palmerii Florentini De Tempo-ribus incipit. Et primo Proemium ad pe-trum Cosme Filium Medicem. Animis nostris innatum esse constat

Pal.lat.820, Mathey Palmery, Eusebius, Jerome De temporibus, Presbyteri Chronica, a Prospero Continuata (c. 1470)
Incipit: florentini de temporibus prohemium ad petrum Cosme filium medicem incipit foelicites mathey palmery.

Codices Palatini Entry, from Regensburg, the workshop of Berthold Furtmeyr


Pal.lat.821, Eusebius, Jerome Chronicon, a Prospero continuatum (15th C)
Incipit: Sanctissimi Jieronimi Presbiteri adivratio in librvm di temporibvs ab evsebio caesariensi episcopo

Pal.lat.823, Cassiodorus Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita (9th-10th C)
Incipit: ter uoluntatem p[ro]priam commorari iussisunt. Aut in metallis

Pal.lat.826, Anastasii Bibliothecarii Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita (11th C)
Incipit: Præfatio Anastasii Bibliothecarii Svmmæ ac apostolicæ sedis. Ecclesiasticam, karissime frater et di-gne Christi Levifa Johannes

Pal.lat.827, Paul Orosius Seven Books of History Against the Pagans (13th-14th C)
Incipit: Pauli horosii presbiteri ad Au-gustinu[m] Ep[iscopu]m hysto[r]iar[um] p[rimu]m lib[er]. Horosius p[re]sbiter hyspaneus uir elo-que[n]tissimus

Pal.lat.828, Johannis de S. Amando, Roger Bacon, Radolfi Bertonis, Paul Orosius, et al. Opus de re Medica, Anglici perspectiua, Questiones, Contra paganos metrice, etc (11th, 14th and 15th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Ut ea que a no-bis sunt in te[m]-porib[us]

Pal.lat.830 (Upgraded to HQ), Marianus Scotus of Mainz Chronicle of Máel Brigte (11th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) in pagina seq[ue]nte p[er] abecedariu[m]

Pal.lat.831, Martini Poloni Cronica Martiniana (14th C)
Incipit: Quoniam scire t[em]p[or]a sum-mor[um] pontificum roma-nor[um] ac imperator[um]

Pal.lat.832, Miscellany (14th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Bonifatius VIII[us]. Alma mater ecc[les]ia plerumq[ue] non

Pal.lat.836, Ludolph of Saxony Liber de vita Ihesu Christi in Ewangelio (15th C)
Incipit: (f.3v) Incipit prologus in librum de vi-ta ihesu cpristi i[n] ewa[n]gelio tradita. Fundamentu[m] aliud nemo p[otes]t pon[er]e ut ait

Pal.lat.837, Ludolph of Saxony De vita Christi in Euangelio traditia, Books II and III (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]logus libri de uita ch[risti] i[n] eua[n]gelio tradita, Pars secunda. Fundame[n]tu[m] aliud ne[m]o

Codices Palatini Entry, f.2 is an indulgence, ff.3r-4v is a table of contents, then foliation restarts with f.1r for main text


Pal.lat.838, Ludolph of Saxony De vita Ihesu in Ewangelio, Book I (15th C)
Incipit: De curaco[n]e leprosi xli ca[pitulum] Lege ergo euan-geli-ta in mon-te da-ta

Pal.lat.1654, Horace Works (15th C)
Incipit: [M]ecenas atauis edite regibus, O et presidium

Pal.lat.1656, Horace Works (1475-1500)
Incipit: Hæc ode mono[c]olos est

Pal.lat.1660, Horace Works (14th C)
Incipit: Haec ode monocolos est .i. cantus unime[n]bris n[omin]a ue[r]sus

Pal.lat.1662, Ovid, Cicero, Donatus, ps-Ovid, Seneca Ars amatoria, De amicitia, Paradoxa ad Brutum, De potentiis animae, etc. (15th C)
Incipit: Ouidii de arte amandi liber primus incipit. Si q[ui]s in hoc populo

Pal.lat.1665, Ovid Heroides (14th C)
Incipit: Hanc tua penolope lento t[ibi] mittit vlixe

Pal.lat.1673, Seneca Tragedies, glossed (14th-15th C)
Incipit: Soror tonantis, hoc e[n]im solu[m] michi

Pal.lat.1674, Seneca Tragedies (14th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Soror tonatis hec e[n]im solu[m] michi

Pal.lat.1675, Francesco Ceccharelli Commentary on Seneca's Tragedies (c. 1440)
Incipit: INsta[n]cie tue Joha[n]nes botticella amnere cupiens Ecce

Pal.lat.1676, Seneca Tragedies (1375-1400)
Incipit: Lucii anei senece cordubensis h[er]cules furens i[n]cipit loq[ue]tur iuno. Soror conantis hoc enim solu[m] m[ihi]

Pal.lat.1678, Lucan De bello Civili (14th C)
Incipit: Corduba me genuit, rapuit nero

Pal.lat.1679, Lucan De bello Civili (1375-1400)
Incipit: Corduba me genuit rapint nero prelia dixi

Pal.lat.1680, Lucan De Bello Civili (15th C)
Incipit: Ad euidenciam succincte p[re]libanda est

Codices Palatini Entry, from Germany


Pal.lat.1681, Lucan De bello Civili (15th C)
Incipit: Bella p[er] emathios plusq[ue] cuulia campos

Pal.lat.1688, Statius, Sallust, et al. Thebais, The Cataline Conspiricy, etc. (14th-15th C)
Incipit: Incipit liber statii the-baydos. Incip[it] lib[er] p[ri]mus. Frat[er]nas acies alt[er]naq[ue] regna p[ro]phanis

Pal.lat.1690, Statius Thebais (14th C)
Incipit: Tebais Statii Suiculi Papinii Theolosani de bello Grecorum et Thebarior[um]. Liber primus felicitas Incipit. Associat profugum

Pal.lat.1696 (Upgraded to HQ), Martial Epigrams (15th C)
Incipit: Liber M. Primus. [S]pero me secutum in libellis meis tale temperamentum

Pal.lat.1697, Martial Epigrams I-XII (15th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) M. Valerii Martialis Liber .I. Incipit. in laudem cesaris. Barbara pyramidu[m] sileat

Pal.lat.1698, Martial Epigrams I-XIV (1475-1500)
Incipit: (f.1v) Plinii secundi ep[isto]la ad cornelium priscum

Codices Palatini Entry, from Germany


Reg.lat.1355, Priscian Institutiones
Incipit: Cum om[n]is eloquencie doct[ri]nam et om[n]e studior[um] genus sapi[enci]e

Reg.lat.1375, Laurentius Campana Compendium Statii Thebaidos (1201-1225)
Incipit: [T]hebaydos idest hysto[ri]e belli Thebani

Reg.lat.1869, Valerius Flaccus Argonautica
Incipit: P. Valerii Flacci argonauticor[um] liber primus i[n]cipit. Prima Devm Mag[n]is canimus freta p[ro]via nautis

Incipit: Allegationes contra prelatos [] por Regem francorum vel no[m]i[n] suo et Responsiones

Reg.lat.1900, Alain Chartier, et al. Chronique dite de Baudouin d'Avesnes, Lai de Paix, Genealogie des rois de France depuis saint Louis (15th C)
Incipit: Ou commencement du temps que dieu

See JONAS,


Incipit: In chr[ist]i nomine amen. Incipit p[ro]-logus libri statutor[um] & legu[m] uene-tor[um] Illustris d[omi]ni Jacobi teupili moliti ducis vene-tiani[m]. Deo auctore

Reg.lat.1911 (Upgraded to HQ), Richard of Poitiers Chronicon
Incipit: Devs ab et[er]no est. Qui cum sibi placuit hunc mundu[m] fecit uisibilem

Rubric damaged by water


Reg.lat.1930, Pontificalis
Incipit: Pontifica-lis ordi-nis liber incipit.

See Iter liturgicum italicum, from the diocese of Valva-Sulmona, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 808[ Title: Pontificale Romanum, Folio: passim, Century: 15x, Provinance: italiano


Ross.695, Decretalium libros Repetitiones, with commentary (15th C)

Ross.740, Pietro Metastasio Gioas re di Giuda
Incipit: (f.1v) Interlocutori. Gioas picciolo fanciullo esede del Regno di Jiuda

Ross.748, Isidore of Seville De viris Illustribus, De ordu, vita et obitu Patrum clarorum, etc. (16th C)
Incipit: De Sixto Papa. Sixtus Ep[iscopu]s Romanæ Urbis, et Martyr composuit ad Instar Salomonis librum prouerbior[um]

Ross.751, Book of Hours (15th C)
Incipit: Hic hebent sich an die suben puess psalm am estu[n] d'ymn[us]

Ross.774, Andreas de Escobar Lumen Confessorum (15th C)
Incipit: Confessoru[m] lume[n] uocat[ur] h[ec] doctrina om[n]ib[us]

Ross.781, Guido de Columna Historia destructionis Troiae
Incipit: Licet cottidie vetera recontibus obruantur

Ross.783 (Upgraded to HQ), Xenophon, Poggio Braccolini (tr) Cyropaedia (tr) (1452)
Incipit: [C]um plures qui greca ad latinos hac etate transtalisse[n]t

dated on f.108v


Ross.784, Leonardo Bruni (tr), Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, Economics, Dialogue de mortibus, etc. (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit liber Ethicor[um] Aristotilis de gr[e]co i[] latinu[m] ... Aristotilis ethicoru[m] libros fac[er]e

Incipit: Il beato miser s[an]c[t]o Girolamo secondo che dice nellafi-ne duno suo libro i[n] titulato de viris i[n] lustribiis fu figliuolo duno Nobile huomo che ebbe nome euse-bio

Ross.795 (Upgraded to HQ), Petrus de Lutra Tractatus contra Michaelem de Cesana et socios ejus
Incipit: Incipit tractatus contra michaelem de sesena et socios eius. Sapientes consibarii pharonis dederunt

Vat.lat.9469, Monumenti Veneti dei Greci di Venezia, Book V (18th C)
Incipit: (p.I) Indice Ducale del Senato al Pubblico Rappresentante de Bergamo con la quale gli

Vat.lat.9576, St. Basil, John of Damascus, et al. Novae Patrum Bibliothecae, Book VIII (19th C)

Vat.lat.9640, Angelo Mai Ulphilae Partium Ineditarum (1819)
Incipit: (f.2r) Editorvm Praefatio. I. Arbitrariae fortune Iudum cum in aliis saepe casibus tum in hoc

Vat.lat.9651, Heremperti Longobardi Historia Longovardorum Beneventi e vetustissimo codice transcripta an 1560 (16th C)
Incipit: Contien questo Codice la Storia del Monaco Crem-perto piu volte stampata

Vat.lat.9662 (Upgraded to HQ), Pauline Epistles (13th C)
Incipit: [P]rimu[m] querit[ur] qu[em]

with anonymous prologue. Later musical flyleaves


Vat.lat.9666, Peter Lombard Sentences, Book IV (1301-1325)
Incipit: Hic i[n]cipiunt sententie r[erum]. Cupientes aliquid de penuria ac tenuitate n[ost]ra cum

Vat.lat.9672 (Upgraded to HQ), Francisci Cancellieri Lettera del Reverentissimo Padre Abate D. Giuseppe Giustino de Costanzo (c. 1816)
Incipit: (p.II) Quae eruditis legenda nunc trado

Vat.lat.9673 (Upgraded to HQ), Francisci Cancellieri Memorie raccolte intorno alla Vita ed alle Opere edite ed inedite del Pad Abate D. Giuseppe Giustino di Costanzo (19th C)

Authors autograph


Vat.lat.9677, Francisci Cancellieri Carmina Italica (18th-19th C)
Incipit: Al Sig. Duca Lauiari Sonetto. Signor Duca labrava cioccolata

Vat.lat.9681, Francisci Cancellieri Imitazione litografica dell'elenco originale di XXXII Lincei scritto in pergamena de loro carattere munito, Book III (19th C)
Incipit: Capo VI. Francesco Stellati d' Fabriano

starts p.1200


Vat.lat.9683 (Upgraded to HQ), Francesco Cancelleri Imitazione litografica dell'elenco originale di XXXII Lincei scritto in pergamena di loro carattere munito .... Book V (19th C)
Incipit: Capo XXI. Marco Vessero di Augusta

starts p.2954


Vat.lat.9686, Il Prelato della Corte Romana o sia Instruzione ad un giova, ne che vuol mettersi in Prelatura (18th C)
Incipit: (f.IIIr) Prefazione al Lettore. Chiunque io mi sia giacche non giudico

Vat.lat.9687, ps-Francesco Cancellieri Delle Istoria di Casa Colonna, Book V (19th C)
Incipit: (p.1) Della Istoria di Casa Colonna Libro 5. in cui si contiene la spiegarione dell'Albero Genealogico

Vat.lat.9689, Francesco Cancelleri Indice della sua Biblioteca per ordine di autori e di materie Volumina duo. (19th C)

first few leaves are misbound. Autograph copy


Vat.lat.9699, Francisci Cancellieri Indices varii Bibliothecarum privatarum (c. 1778)
Incipit: Miscellanes dell' Em[erentissim]o valenti

Vat.lat.9700, Francisci Cancellieri Adversaria et apparatus operis cui titulus, Cappelle pontificie e cardinalizie (19th C)

Vat.lat.9703, Francisci Cancellieri Indici alfabetico delle materie contenute nel Catalogo Imperiali (19th C)

Vat.lat.9704.pt.2, Liberetto di bello Detti
Incipit: (f.2r) Roberto Re di Napoli diceva che

Vat.lat.10730, Franco Fortunati Avvenimenti, sotto il Pontificato di Pio VI dall'Anno 1775-1800. Book 1 (c. 1800)
Incipit: (f.1r) Avvenimenti nel Pontificato di Pio VI. dal 1775 al 1800 raccotti dalla