Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 17 of 2023

Another quiet week at the Vatican, only twenty-seven manuscripts were added. Greek manuscripts were the main focus, Reg.gr contributing fourteen to be the largest single fond, and Pal.gr adding six for the number two spot. The rest came from Reg.lat with four, and one each from Barb.lat, Capp.sist and Vat.ar.

To the right is f.1r from Capp.sist.28, another of the elaborate musical manuscripts made for Pope Paul III. This one is a graduale, meaning it contains chants for the Mass, and covers the part of the year from Pentecost through the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, which is almost the end of the liturgical year. The scribe signed his name, Galeatius Herculanus, and dated his work on the last page, f.126v. Although unsigned, the illuminations are by Vincent Raymond

Below is the titular Ladder to Paradise (Scala Paradisi) from a 1092 manuscript of John Climacus' most famous work. This one is now shelved as Reg.gr.41, and that image is found on f.179r

Barb.lat.789, (15th C)

Incipit: Incipit tractat[us] de homine editus a fr[atr]e Alberto theolo[gico] de ord[inis] p[re]dicator[um]. Consequent[er] transcundu[m] ad querendu[m]

Capp.Sist.28, Graduale (1541)

Incipit: Spi-ritus do-mini repleuit

Covers Pentecost through 23 weeks post Pentecost. Decoration by Vincent Raymond

Pal.gr.35 (Upgraded to HQ), Sermons (951-1000, 15th C)

Codices Palatini Entry, Menologium per varios menses; 10. Jh., See Pinakes Entry,

Pal.gr.37, Sophronius of Jerusalem, Amphilochius of Iconia Vita of Mary of Egypt, Vita and Miracles of Basil the Great (11th C, 12th C )

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, , Codices Palatini Entry, Menologii pars; 11. Jh.

Pal.gr.38, Hippolytus of Rome, et al. Chronicon, Bible: Acts, Epistles (12th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry , Codices Palatini Entry, Sammelhandschrift; 13.-14. Jh.

Pal.gr.39, John Chrysostom, Dionysius the Areopagite, Hierotheus, Polycrates of Ephesus, Gregory of Nazianzus Works, De coelesti hierarchia, De ecclesiastica hierarchia, De diuinis nominibus, Elementa Theologica, Hymni Erotici, etc (1201 - 1400 )

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,, Codices Palatini Entry, Sammelhandschrift; 13.-14. Jh.

Pal.gr.41, Palladius of Galatia Historia Lausiaca (10th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,, Codices Palatini Entry, Sammelhandschrift; 10. Jh./11. Jh.

Pal.gr.42, Euripides Plays (glossed): Hecuba, Orestes, Phoenissae (14th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,, Codices Palatini Entry, Euripides; Tragoediae I-III; cum argumentis; 14. Jh.

Reg.gr.6, Nicetas of Naupaktus, et al. Commentary on the Gospels and Acts, Pauline Epistles and Psalm 95 (14th C)

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Χορτασμένος

Reg.gr.19, Gregory of Nazianzus Sermons (11th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.22 (Upgraded to HQ), Anastasius Sinaita, Johannes Rhaithenus, John Climacus In Sextum Psalmum, Letter to John Climacus, Scala Paradisi, etc (1337 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.25, Simeon the New Theologian Works (11th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.27, Gregory of Nazianzus Works (10th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.29 (Upgraded to HQ), Biblica > Epistulae Pauli (901 - 1000 )

See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.30, ps-Dionysius the Areopagite De coelesti hierarchia, De ecclesiastica hierarchia, De diuinis nominibus, De Mystica theologia, epistles, etc (11th C)

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.32, Basil of Caesarea Sermons (11th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.34, John of Damascus Vita Barlaam et Ioasaph (12th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.35.pt.1 (Upgraded to HQ), Euthymios Zigabenos Panoplia dogmatica ad Alexium Comnenum (14th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes

Reg.gr.40 (Upgraded to HQ), Catena on Psalms (13th C)

Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.41, Daniel Raithenus, John Climacus Vita Johannis Climaci, Scala Paradisi (1092)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, scribe: Νικήτας Λίβης

Reg.gr.43 (Upgraded to HQ), ps-Gregentius, et al. Disputatio cum Herbano Iudaeo, etc (1501-1550)

Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.44, Theological Miscellany (16th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.lat.1575 (Upgraded to HQ), Amalarius of Trier, St. Jerome, Symmachus, ps-Alexander the Great, Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Augustine, et al. Institutio canonicorum Aquisgranensis, Epitaphium Paulae , Epistulae, Collatio Alexandri Magni et Dindimi, etc (1101-1300)

Incipit: Amalarii. Incipit prefatio in regula canonicor[um]. Cum in nomine s[an]c[t]e & indiuidue t[ri]ni-tatis

See Biblissima,

Reg.lat.1579, ps-Origen, Jerome (tr) Origenis Lamantatio (tr) (15th C)

Incipit: Planctus Seu Lamentatio Origenis e Græco in Latinum Translat[us]. In afflictione et dolore

Reg.lat.2102 (Upgraded to HQ), Practica mirabilis

Incipit: Incipit prattica mirabbi-lis quam

Reg.lat.2111, Libro di tutta Pentrata et Uscita della R[ev] Cam[erin]a Ap[otsolica] di un anno si certa come incerta dimostrata (c. 1670-1690)

Vat.ar.1393, Tahir b. Ahmad Hulasat al-fatawi (1683)

dated Muharram 15, 1094 AH (Jan 14, 1683)