Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 42 of 2022

A total of fifty-two manuscripts were digitized this week. Following the broad pattern of the most recent few weeks, the majority of the manuscripts are in the Barb.lat and Ross fonds, with twenty and nineteen respectively. Vat.lat brought nine and Ott.lat added four to complete the weeks total. Although there is little overall pattern to the numbers from the Barb.lat manuscripts chosen, this week seems to be heavy in patristic writings, with a few bits of liturgy sprinkled throughout.

To the right is f.122v from Ross.922, a late 18th Century Evangilary as used by Latin(Catholic) christians in Egypt. What is unusual about it is that it is dated, in text to 1513. But not 1513 AD/CE, but 1513 years "of the era of the Martyrs", that is a count commencing with the persecutions under Diocletian in 284 CE, dating this manuscript to 1797 CE

At the bottom is the bottom of f.10v from Ross.1026. This shows the catchword from the last page in a quire, to allow the binder to properly match it with the following quire. In this case the catchword is "dicta cle"

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Barb.lat.122, Valerius Maximus Facta et dicta memorabilia (1375-1400)
Incipit: (f.IIr) Urbis rome ex terarum q[uod] gentium

Barb.lat.400, Breviary (1301-1310)
Incipit: (f.8v) Beat-us uir qui no[n] habit

See Iter italicum liturgicum, from Rieti. ff.1r-8r is a calendar, beginning in the middle of Feb.


Barb.lat.434, Bonaventure Officium de passione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi (17th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) In primis Vesperis. Ana. Jesus uir dolorum, et sciens infirmitatis

Barb.lat.483, Sermons
Incipit: uocat filios suos a dulcit[er] castigat eo[s]

starts f.204


Barb.lat.488, Defensor Locociagensis Scintillarum liber (15th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) In nomine domini Am[en] Incipit liber scintillarii prologum. Lector quisquis es librllum legens hunc flagito

Barb.lat.498, Assorted Patristic Letters (16th C)
Incipit: Epistolæ Constantium Imperatoris a Justiniano Augusto

Barb.lat.504 (Upgraded to HQ), Bernard of Clairvaux De amore dei, etc (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit liber siue tractatus b[ea]ti Bernardi Abbatis Clarevall[is]. de amore dei. Venuite ascendamus ad

Barb.lat.508, Hugh of St. Victor De sacramentis Christiane Fidei
Incipit: Incip[it] p[ro]log[us] de sac[ra]m[en]tis ab initio usq[ue] ad fine[m] in uita scriendis positis

Barb.lat.521, John Chrysostom Ad Olympiadem epistolae (15th C)
Incipit: De venerabili ac beatissime sorori olym[iadi ioha-nnes episcopvs in d[omi]no salvtem. [A]ge Rufus Maroris tui uulnus

Barb.lat.523, Missal (12th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) one perseuerantie sue optinuerit palmam, de ipsis arechiuis sublata

See Iter liturgicum italicum ff.IIr-VIIv is a calendar, main text starts foliation at f.1, comes from S. Maria di Chiaravalle (Fiastra)


Barb.lat.526, Sermons (14th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Ep[isto]la ded[i]catoria. Michi eq[ui]de[m] aure fuit

Barb.lat.531, St. Augustine (14th C)
Incipit: Incip[it] lib[er] b[ea]ti Aug[us]tini d[e] uide[n]do d[eu]m ad paulina[m]. Memor d[e]biti q[uod]

Barb.lat.532, Gregory the Great Regula Pastorale (12th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Ep[isto]la ad Leandru[m] ep[iscopu]m. Reue[re]nti-ssimo & s[an]c[t]issimo fr[atr]i

Barb.lat.533, Eusebius of Cremona, St. Augustine, Cyril of Jerusalem de Transita B. Hieronymi (15th C)
Incipit: Patri Reuendissimo Damaso portuensi ep[iscop]o

Barb.lat.539, Sergio Risio Prophetia Esaiæ e Syriaco Idiomate in Latinum (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Sanctissimo ac Beatissimo Patri & D. Domino Nostro Paulo Quinot Pont. Opt. Max. Quandoquidim ad Prinicpem accedere sine

Barb.lat.540, De diversitatibus officiorum et de observationibus seu commitationibus festiuitatum totius anni (14th C)
Incipit: De d[]ersitatib[us] officior[um] & de obseua-tio[n]ib[us] seu co[m]mutatio[n]ib[us] festiuitatu totius anni. Festiuitate s[an]c[t]i Andree fidie d[omi]nica uenerit ipsodie

Bari-type Beneventan hand


Barb.lat.542, St. Ambrose Hexameron (1435)
Incipit: (f.1r) Tatumne opinionis assu[m]psisse homines

The title page and donation letter (ff.IIr-v) is dated 1666


Barb.lat.544, Eusebius De Ecclesiastica Historia, Book XI (14th C)
Incipit: Peritoru[m] dicunt e[ss]e mechcorum [ut] ubi

Barb.lat.547, Viridarium consolationis (14th C)
Incipit: Quoniam ut ap[o]s[tol]us petrus ait sp[irit]u s[an]c[t]o asfati

Barb.lat.548, Office of St. Juvenalis, Bishop of Narni (17th C)
Incipit: (f.IIr) Francisco Barberino S. R. E. Cardinali Amplissimo Joannes a Summaia Fel. Officium S. Juenalis, cuius unicum exemplar Narniæ repertum

Incipit: Incip[it] p[ro]log[us] in reg[u]la s[an]c[t]i basilii. Incipit p[ro]logus in reg[u]la s[an]c[t]i basilii.

ff.2r-4v is a table of contents, ff.5r-7v are blank


Ott.lat.63, St. Augustine De Trinitate, Book XV
Incipit: Incip[it] recractatio de t[ri]nitate libri q[ui]ndecim[us]. Lobrio de trinitate quæ d[eu]s est

Ott.lat.65 (Upgraded to HQ), Rituale
Incipit: [I]n civitate Romana sv[n]t quinq[ue] Ecclesiæ quæ Patriarchales & dicuntur

Ott.lat.73, Julianus Pomerius de Vita contemplativa
Incipit: In cipit p[re]facio s[an]c[t]i p[ro]speri ep[iscop]i i[n] libro de uita co[n]te[m]plativa. Dui multumq[ue]

Ross.485, Franciscus de Mayronis Commentarius in libros S. Augustin de Civitate Dei (1433)
Incipit: Incipit veritates et docume[n]ta ac Conclusio[n]es collecte-per Egregium facie pagine doctore[m] fratrem

dated in colophon on f.99v


Ross.814, Aegidius de Bellamera Lectura super Sexto Decretalium Bonifacii VIII (1575-1600)
Incipit: Incipit Rubrica de

part of a 6 volume set, Ross.811-816


Ross.900, Les Proverbes de Salomon, en vers libres (18th C)
Incipit: Les Proverbes de Salomon. En vers Libres, Proverbes 1[er]. Voicii de Salomon les sages paraboles

in French


Ross.907, Giuseppe Marocco Notizie per servire alla storia della Repubblica Romana 1848-1849, Chapters I-XXII (19th C)
Incipit: L'Opera contiene Vita di Pio IX[o] e sun famiglia

part of a four volume set, Ross.907-910


Ross.908, Giuseppe Marocco Notizie per servire alla storia della Repubblica Romana 1848-1849, Chapter XXIII (19th C)
Incipit: Capitolo XXIII. Cicende accadule

part of a four volume set, Ross.907-910


Ross.911, Giuseppe Marocco Repertorio di cose diverse, tratte degli Autori (19th C)

Ross.912, John Milton Paradise Lost and Regained (tr) (18th C)
Incipit: (f.3r) Milton Tradotto Auuertimento. Ogni autore nel comporre suole

Translated into Italian


Ross.916, Bartolomeo Dotti Satires (18th C)
Incipit: (p.1) A Sua Eccellenza La sig[nora] Procuressa Mocenigo in occasione, che l'Autore riceue l'onore di servila nel Viaggio di Monte Belluna

Ross.917, Zano di Zanti Rappresentazione sacra di s. Jacobo e Filippo Apostel (1556)
Incipit: Uficio de sacrit-ade de mastro gironimo de castri ferarese per zano di zanti ada-demicho de la conpagnia di santo ia-cobo e filipo

Ross.919, Carlorlando Lutti La villa di Maria, gran Madre di Dio (19th C)
Incipit: Proemio. Ueni dilecte mi egrediamur in agrum commoremur in Villis. Cantic. 1.

Ross.922, Evangeliarium as usum Christianorum ritus latini in Aegypto (1797)

dated to 1513 years after the martyrdoms under Diocletian (284)


Ross.924, Apocalypse with Commentary, Dialogi duo de rebus religionis inter duos doctor (17th-18th C)

in Arabic Nashi script


Ross.957 (Upgraded to HQ), Cicero Orations (1415)
Incipit: M. Tvllii Ciceronis in L. Catelinam liber primus Incipit feliciter. Quousq[ue] tandem abuetere Catilina patientia

Ross.1026, Wilhelm Horborch Decisiones novae Rotae Romanae, ax annis 1376-1381 (15th C)
Incipit: In no[m]i[n]e d[omi]ni amen. Anno a natiuitate euisde[m] millesi-mo trice[n]tesimo septuagesimosexto die mercurii

Ross.1035, Cancellariae apostolicae Regulae (15th C)
Incipit: Martinus & Ad p[er]petuam. Rei memoriam. Romani pontificis prouidencia circu[m]specta

Ross.1041, Ludolphus de Saxonia Vitae Jesu Christi, Part 4 (14th C)
Incipit: Incipit q[ua]rta p[arte]s libri de uita iesu chr[ist]i de passione d[omi]ni

Continuation of Ross.1040


Ross.1080, Baldus de Ubaldis, Angelus de Ubaldis, Bartolus de Saxoferrato Judicial Works (c. 1434)
Incipit: Incipit lectu[r]a Baldi de p[er]usio sup[er] usib[us] pheudor[um] & colle. Intellectu[m] tibi

Third work is dated 1434 on f.327r, the rest are in different hands but roughly contemporary


Ross.1088, Baldus de Ubaldis Lectura super III-V Codices (15th C)
Incipit: Rem maioris creditor deceptus

Part of a four volume set, Ross.1087-1090, book 5 incomplete here, continued in next


Ross.1104, Legenda di S. Giovanni Battista (15th C)
Incipit: Leggenda di San Giovanni Batista. Tale si a il titolo, che porta questo spirituale Roman

Vat.lat.7209, Missal (15th C)
Incipit: (f.8r) -gruis honorib[us] p[rae]ceda-mus.

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 693, from S. Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome. Calendar on ff.2r-7v


Vat.lat.7234, Sermons

Vat.lat.7240, Cato De agricultura (1476-1500)
Incipit: Marci portii catonis censorini ad m. filium de agricultura prefatio. Est medum p[re]stare

Vat.lat.10009, Letters to Giovanni Mariam Mazzuchelli (1737-1765)

Vat.lat.10056, Nicolai de Dinkesbühl Works (15th C)
Incipit: Sequit[ur] tractat[us] sermonu[m] de decem p[re]ceptis mag[ist]ri nicolai de Tinkelspuhel

Vat.lat.10137, Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica (13th C)
Incipit: Questio p[ri]ma de ultimo fine hi[m]i[ne]s i[n]

Vat.lat.10151 (Upgraded to HQ), Raymundus de Vineis, Iacobus Scalza, et al. Vita s. Catharinae Senensis, Vita b. Iohannae Urbevetanae, auctore Iacobo Scalza, Vita b. Margaritae virginis de civitate Castelli, sororis tertii ordinis de penitentia sancti Dominici. (1376-1400)
Incipit: (f.4r) mirandis donis altissimi no[n]

ff.1r-2r is a table of contents


Vat.lat.10170, Felicis Contelorii Vita Martini Quinti (17th C)

Vat.lat.10184, Petro Sterbini Institutiones medicine practice accepte a Dm[o] Giovanelli anno 1811 (1811)
Incipit: (f.1r) Medicinæ Practicæ Institutionum pars prima. Sectio 1. De morbis capitis