Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 23 of 2022

A total of fifty-one manuscripts were digitized this week, maintaining the somewhat slower pace we've seen in May and June so far. As with last week Reg.lat is no longer contributing a larg fraction of these, with only one manuscript, and a scan of microfilm at that, Reg.lat.527. The largest fond this week continues to be *Vat.lat.9xxx, followed by Pal.lat and Ross. A small number of Barb.lat manuscripts, all in the 40s and 50s, and one each Ott.lat and Vat.turc complete the weeks additions. In the Vat.lat section are found several more volumes from the Maurists' research into early Gallic church councils.

To the right is f.69r from Pal.lat.1776, a copy of John Balbi's Catholicon (see Wikipedia), a 13th C Dictionary/Encyclopedia/Latin Grammar work. This manuscript copy dates to the 1450s, which makes it an immediate predecessor to the first printing of the work in 1460.

The bottom border is from f.1r of Barb.lat.49, a 15th C copy, in a very Humanist style, of Niccolò Perotti's The Enchiridion of Epicetus

Barb.lat.42 (Upgraded to HQ), Lactantius Firmianus, Leonardo Bruni, Aemilius Probus, et al. De opificio dei, Vita Aristotelis, De vitis excellentibus Imperatorium, etc. (15th C)

Incipit: L. Coeli Lactantii Firmiani De Opi-ficio dei sev ho[m]i[n]is formatione

Table of Contents on f.1r

Barb.lat.43 (Upgraded to HQ), Orations, etc. (15th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Crispi Salustii i[n] Cicerone[m]. GRauiter et uniquo a[n]i[m]o

Barb.lat.44, Juvenal Satires (12th C)

Incipit: Intencio istius satyre e[st] radarguera poetas fauentes Romanis malis moribus

See Biblissima

Barb.lat.47 (Upgraded to HQ), Fulgentius Planciades, et al. Mythologiae, etc. (12th C)

Incipit: Fabri plavciadis fvlGentii u. c. mitholoGiarv[m]. I. fabularium lib[er] incipit primus

See Biblissima, ff.17-20 are a 14th C addition/replacement

Barb.lat.49 (Upgraded to HQ), Niccolò Perotti The Enchiridion of Epicetus (15th C)

Incipit: Nicolai Perotti in epicteti philosophi enchiridivm præ-fatio incipit foelici-ter. Ad nicolavm qv-intvm pontificem maximvm.

Barb.lat.50, Lucan De bello civili, glossed (13th C)

Incipit: Bella p[er] emathios plus q[uam] ciuilia campos

See Biblissima

Barb.lat.55, Sexti Rufi, Cicero, et al. Viri consularis rerum gestarum Populi Romani, Dialogus de Amicitia, Dream of Scipio, etc (15th C)

Incipit: Rvffi Sesti viri consvlaris rervm gestarvm popvli romani. Valenti-ano avgvsto liber incipit lege feliciter

Ott.lat.3081, Bernardus Guidonis Historia Pontificum, Imperatorum et regum francorum (15th C)

Incipit: (f.2r) [O]m[ni]p[oten]s rer[um] dispositor ordinatorq[ue] regnor[um]

See JONAS, Bibale

Pal.lat.712, Johannes von Freiburg Manuale super Summam confessorum, Confessionale (1301-1350)

Incipit: Prologus. Cvm su[m]ma [con]fessor[um] pe[n]i-te[n]ciarios sp[eci]alit[er]

Codices Palatini Entry, from south-west Germany

Pal.lat.1770, Johannis de Garlandia, Alexander de Villa Dei, et al. Grammatical Miscellany, Computus (1367)

Incipit: Circa p[ri]nci-piu[m] co[m]pe[n]dii que[r]itur

Codices Palatini Entry, from Erfurt

Pal.lat.1776, Johannes Lanuensis Catholicon (c. 1450-1460)

Codices Palatini Entry, from Erfurt, scribe: Iohannes Stirner (see colophon f.573r)

Pal.lat.1903, Epistolae ad Henricum Smetium (1601-1614)

Incipit: (f.6r) Venerande animi meo d. Smesi Cum volaptate pellegi

Codices Palatini Entry,

Pal.lat.1906, Epigrams and Epistles to Janum Gruterum (1593-1620)

Incipit: (f.8r) Ad CL. V. Ianvm Grvtervm. Quod

Codices Palatini Entry,

Pal.lat.1910, Jan Gruter Notes and Excerpts (1201-1250, c. 1600-1617)

Incipit: (f.1r) Si functas clarorum hominum descendit ad umbras

Codices Palatini Entry,

Pal.lat.1913 (Upgraded to HQ), Miscellany (1525-1575)

Incipit: Prophetia di M[onsigneur} Pasquino nela desia vacante di Papa Paulo Terzo

Codices Palatini Entry, from Augsburg

Pal.lat.1927, Catalogue of Unbound books at the Palatine, Theology, History and Law (1581)

Codices Palatini Entry, from Heidelberg

Pal.lat.1928, Catalogue of the Fulda Monastery (16th C)

Incipit: Ordo primus Expositiao S. Augustini super primam partem psalterii usq[ue] ad Exultate

Codices Palatini Entry,

Pal.lat.1929, Catalogue of the Castle Library, Latin Theology (1555-1556)

Incipit: A. Median. Theologia Latine Alexandri de Ales Summæ prima [et s[e]c[un]da] pars. Norimber-ga impensis Antonii koburgers 1482. Regal

Codices Palatini Entry,

Pal.lat.1932, Catalogue of the Castle Library, German Theology (1555-1556)

Codices Palatini Entry,

Pal.lat.1933, Catalogue of the Castle Library, Artes dicendi (c. 1555)

Incipit: (f.1v) Artes Median. A. Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium linguæ latinæ. Basileæ ex officina Hieronymi

Codices Palatini Entry, from Heidelberg

Reg.lat.527, Ivan Tomko Marnavić Regiæ Sanctitatis Illyricanæ Foecunditas (1631)

Incipit: (f.2r) Illyrica Tellvs. Foecvnda .ss. regvm parens qvorvm imagines typis expressas

Ross.776, Metianus Volusius, et al De mensuris et ponderibus Romanorum et Graecorum, De osse (1545)

Incipit: De Mensvris et Ponderib[us]. Mensureæ appellantur quib[us] metimur tum liquores, tum arida.

Ross.788 (Upgraded to HQ), Aristotle, Cicero Meteora(tr), Cato Maior de senectute (15th)

Incipit: [Q]uesto libro si chiama la messaura daristolt-e questo

See Biblissima

Ross.796, Isaac of Syria Come l'anima si de posare in Dio, Del comtempto de mundo (1454)

Incipit: Questo libro [] fato per labe-te ysaac de syria, Come la[n]i[m]a

dated f.59v

Ross.811, Bellamera Tractatus quidem speciales (1375-1400)

Incipit: Hic incipit lec-tura super vi[o] et Primo in Titulo de Bigamis

Ross.836, Dominicus de S. Geminiano Synopus Decretalium (15th C)

Incipit: De cons-titvcioni-bvs. Lai-ci qui statuerunt singulis

Ross.954, Vocabularius (15th C)

Incipit: Ex quo p[rese]ntes vocabulaii varii autentici su[n]t videlicet

Ross.955, Priscian Institutiones grammaticae (1467)

Incipit: [C]vm omnis eloquencie doc-trina[m] et omne genus

Large initial on f.1 has been excised. See Biblissima. Scribe: Johann Gremper

Ross.967, Dante, Paolo Costa (Annotations) Purgatory, with Annotations (1801-1836)

Incipit: (f.2r) Del Purgatorio. Canto I[o]. argomento. Dove si purga l'anima e risorge

Autograph copy

Ross.968, Dante, Paolo Costa (Annotations) Paradise, with Annotations (1801-1836)

Incipit: (f.2r) Il Paradiso Canto I[o] Argomento. Al primo Ciel dove gioia

Ross.989, Persius, Hieronymi Brassuoli Satires, with Commentary (1544)

Incipit: (f.1r) Pauli Flacci Persei Poetæ Satirar[um] Opus cum co[m]mentariis

Vat.lat.9421, St. Augustine, et al. Epistle CCLI. Table of Augustine's Epistles (15th C)

Incipit: Ep[isto]la sci Aug[ustini] ad volusianu[m] Domino illustri & merito presta[m]-tissimo filio vo-lusiano Aug[ustinus] ep[iscop]us

Vat.lat.9470, (16th C)

Incipit: Ducale del Senaroo al Luogoienents d'Udine

Vat.lat.9685, Francesco Helluti (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Manoscritti Prose et Poetice di Francesco Helluti accademio Lineco con Lettera

Vat.lat.9783, Friedrich Adelung Nachrichten von altdeutschen Gedichten (1796)

Incipit: (p.5) Einleitung. Unter den litterarischen Schäzen der Vatikanischen Bibliothek zu Rom

Marginal notations by Gaetano Marini

Vat.lat.9785, Johan David Åkerblad Personal Notebook (1789-1814)

Incipit: (f.Iv) 1789 Janvier 7. a midi nous mimer a la croile de Tunis a 6 heures

See Thomasson, Fredrik. Between Rome and the Orient: Johan David Åkerblad’S (1763-1819) Notebook Vat. Lat. 9785

Vat.lat.9824, Cicero De Oficiis (14th C)

Incipit: Quamq[uam] te marce fili an[n]um iam

Vat.lat.9826, Petrus de Candia In I-IV Sent

Incipit: Circa p[ro]logum

Vat.lat.9833, Aristotle Physica (16th C)

Vat.lat.9862, Collected Consular Documents (17th-18th C)

Incipit: Anno 147 ad annum 168. Isidorus Mercator Aniceti nomine confinnit epistolam

Part of the work the Maurists did collecting documents relating to the French Councils. The set is Vat. lat. 9862-9875

Vat.lat.9866, Collected Consular Documents (17th-18th C)

Incipit: Concilium Attiliense in territorio Narbonenni in quo

Part of the work the Maurists did collecting documents relating to the French Councils. The set is Vat. lat. 9862-9875

Vat.lat.9883, John Chrysostom, Lilius Tifernas(tr) Sermons (tr) (15th C)

Incipit: Sequu[n]tur alique auctoritates extracte ex sermonib[us] s[an]c[t]i Joh[ann]is Chrisostomi seque[n]tibus Ex primo sermone

Vat.lat.9884, Sermons (14th C)

Incipit: Ecce tabernaculum d[e]i cu[m] ho[m]i[ni]b[us] & h[ab]ita[bit]

Vat.lat.9906, Descrizione della insigne Basilica di S. Pietro al Vaticano in Roma (19th C)

Incipit: Descrizione della insigne Basilica di S. Pietro al Vaticano in Roma. Piazza della Basilica. Questa vasta e magnifica piazza

Vat.lat.9908, Patritii Rossi Istoria del sacco di Roma nell' imperio di Carlo V e pontificato di Clemente VII, Vita di Barolomeo Carosi (18th C)

Vat.lat.9912, Sermons (15th C)

Incipit: (f.2r) [I]n illo tempore dixit yhs discipu-lis suis

Vat.lat.9913, Torquati Tassi Gotifredus

Incipit: Liber Primus Augumentem. Numinis ad monitu Socios Gotfredus in unum

Anonymous translation into Latin

Vat.lat.9918, Ercole Cato Discorsi, annotationi et esempi del Cav. Hercole Cato ferrarese sopra i sei libri della Politica di Giusto Lipsi (17th C)

Incipit: Luochi de gl' Autori diuersi ove sono cauate le [anno]-tazione in Giusto Lipso

Vat.lat.9919, St. Augustine The City of God, Books XX-XXII, De divinatione daemonum, Liber viginti unius sententiarum, etc. (12th C)

Incipit: S[an]c[t]i Avg[ustini] de ci[v]it[atis] lib[ro] XX. De die ultimi iudicii d[e]i

Vat.lat.9921, Horace Opera (1474)

Incipit: ...Flacci venvsini ... opvs ad mecena ... eqvitem

large chunk missing from f.1, includes 1/2 of the rubric. Dated on f.134r

Vat.turc.28, Liber Salomonis