Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 18 of 2023

This week the Vatican was back up to speed, with a total of seventy manuscripts digitized. Latin-script manuscripts predominate this week, with nineteen coming from Vat.lat, seventeen from Ott.lat and 16 from Barb.lat. Other languages follow, with six from Vat.ar, five from Reg.gr, and four from Pal.gr. The week closes out with two from Ross and a rare addition, a single volume from Borg.ill. There are only 23 volumes in the entire Borgiani Illirici collection, representing manuscripts from the Balkans and other Slavic countries. This weeks addition is a Missale in the Ruthenian(Russian) Rite, presented in parallel columns with a Latin translation.

Below is f.9r of Ott.lat.354, printed copy of "Lives of the Holy Fathers" from the early 16th C, at 1501, it's as early as you can get. This deluxe edition has hand-colored printed initials throughout and large printed miniatures to start each of the Vitae. The image here represents the demonic torment of St. Anthony Abbot, depicted again in the initial "C" receiving a more pleasant supernatural message.

At the bottom is a piece of the elaborate white-vine work surrounding f.1r of Vat.lat.7676, a 15th C copy of the Elegies of Albius Tibullus. His poetry is also found in a manuscript dated to 1426, Ott.lat.1202, but sadly this copy is only available as microfilm at the moment.

Barb.lat.312, Theodoricus de Cervia Practica cyrurgiae

Incipit: Incipit prohemium .I. Tractaturi de uulnerib[us] & cy-rurgie

ff.1r-1v is TOC

Barb.lat.785, Alousii Lippomani Catena on Psalms 34, 35, and 37 (16th C)

Incipit: Interpretatio in psalmum inge-simum quartum. Titulus Dauidi uel Huic Dauidi siue In finem psalmus ipsi

Barb.lat.806, Hieronymi Seripandi Farrago eorum, quae in Concilio Tridenti et Bononiae tractata sunt sunb Paulo III P. M. (16th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Sentencia de Justificatione dicta in congregatione Generali die XIII iulii M. D. XLVI. Doctrina de Justificatione clara esse debet

Barb.lat.809, Horatii Justiniani Prefatio ad Urbanum VIII super actis Concilii Florentini (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Sanctitss[imo] ac beat[issimo] patri et domino nostro vrbano VIII pontifici maximo. Honorarius Iustinianus sempiternam fœlicitatem

Barb.lat.815.pt.A, Lettere de Cardinali Legati del Sacro Concilio di Trento, dalli 21 Aprile 1561 a 4 di Decembre 1563

Incipit: Fieri nel nome di Dio arrivammo in questa Citta et ci entrammo circa

Barb.lat.816.pt.2, (17th C)

Incipit: (f.265r) Ancerele il sig[nore] Card[inale] di Lorena, et i Prelati

Barb.lat.818, Lettere di M, Giovanni Stozzi (17th C)

Incipit: Lettere di M. Giuuanni Arossi Amb[rose] del Duca di Firenze e Siena al Concilio di Trento Scritte al

Barb.lat.819, Index rerum notabilium Concilii Tridentini (17th C)

Incipit: Index rerum notabilium Concilii triden. Abbas in certo casu potest assistere degrada-tioni clerici

Barb.lat.821, Angeli Massarelli Diarium Angeli Massarelli de Sancto Severino post et ante discessum ex Urbe ad Concilium Tridenti celebrandum a die 23 Februarie 1545 usque ad diem primam Februarii anni 1546 (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Post missam Papalem fuit data Crux

Barb.lat.822.pt.1, Letters and Texts from the Council of Trent (17th C)

Incipit: (f.4r) Copia d'una lettera del Ri di spagna al

Barb.lat.826, Concilium Tridentinum cum concordantibus Auctoritatibus, Sessio Secunda (17th C)

Incipit: Sessio Secvnda Concilium Tridentinum concordantib[us]

Barb.lat.828, Luca Holstenio Concilium sub Bonifacio II habitum in Consistorio B. Andreae Apostoli ex Codice Vaticano (17th C)

Incipit: Post consulatum Lampadii et Orestis UU CC Sub

Barb.lat.829, Registro di tutte le lettere che li tre Cardinali legati del Concilio di Trento Scrissero al Pontefice al Cardinale Nepote et ad altri Ministri di Roma. dandogli parte di tutto quello si faceua di giorno in giorno nel Concilio (17th C)

Incipit: (f.2r) Al Reue[rentissimo] Farnesio Pa. febrii 1546. Essendo noi fuer sera

Barb.lat.831, Diario del Concilio di Trento dell'Ambasciatore Veneto (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Libro Primo. Giulio Secondo attese piu all'anni che al Ministero

Barb.lat.834, Compactata inita cum Bohemis et Moravis de communione sub utraque specie (17th C)

Incipit: Compatata incta cu[m] Bohemis et Morauis De

Barb.lat.4156 (Upgraded to HQ), Pietro Simone Agostini, Antonio Cesti, Vincenzo Albrici, Atto Melani, Paolo Lorenzani, Girolamo, Alessandro Scarlatti Ariette musicali (17th C)

Incipit: Invocate Deita

Borg.ill.14, Missale Ruthenum (18th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Sacerdos incipit missam, si-vut Chrisostomi, post Bene-dictum regnum

Ott.lat.137, Breviary

Traces of a computus table on f.1r

Ott.lat.250, Raymund de Peñafort Summa

Incipit: Incipit flos summe Raymundi Simonia int[er] crimina

Ott.lat.252

Incipit: (f.1r) Copia priuilegii plenarie approbationis & [con]fir-mationis status & ordinis fratrum & soror[um] de peniten-tia beati dominici

Ott.lat.333 (Upgraded to HQ), Formularium Officii Penitentiaria

Incipit: (f.1r) De symo[n]ia [com]missa p[er] abb[at]em &

Ott.lat.334, William Gybbe Sermons on the Gospels (15th C)

See Iter liturgicum italicum, author was the chaplain of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Ott.lat.335, Homilarium (15th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Jure Senator ama[m]s offert sua dona mag[ist]ro

See Iter liturgicum italicum

Ott.lat.338 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Pentateuch

Incipit: [I]n principio creauit Deus cælum et te[r]ra[m]

Marginal glosses include hebrew and greek;

Ott.lat.340, John the Deacon Vita Gregorii Pape (12th C)

Incipit: [S]uscipe rumuleos pastor uenerande triu[m]pho[s]

Ott.lat.345, Isidore of Seville Memorabiles Cronice: 755-1326. Etymologies

Incipit: Anno d[omi]ni .dcclv. Corpus sancti siluestri pape, de Roma est rtanslatum ad monasterium nonantule diocexis mutinenssis

The Chronicle appears to have been an endleaf, now ff.1r-v

Ott.lat.353, Augustini Panolei

Incipit: Vervm. et perpetuale sanctissima matris eccl[esi]æ Calendarium

Ott.lat.354, Vita di sancti Padri (1501)

Incipit: (f.1v) Ognibuon Christicolo atento fazo che questo opusculo studiara con ogni atten-tione

printed book with block prints, hand colored and gilt. Dated in colophon on f.246r

Ott.lat.357, Robert Holcot In Sapientiam Salomonis (14th C)

Incipit: Dominus petra mea & robur meum

Ott.lat.358, St. Augustine Enarrationum in Psalmos

Incipit: Aurelii aug[us]tin[] tonis expos[i-tionis s[upe]r ps[almo] p[ri]ma p[ars] incipit. Beatus uir

A companion to Ott.lat.220

Ott.lat.366, Michael de Bononia Tabula sententiarum orgine alphabetico

Incipit: [A]Byssus. Nota q[uod] m[ateri]a quatuor

Ott.lat.370, Pauli de Middelburgo, Paul Clavii De correctione Kalendarii, In computum ecclesiastici (16th C)

Incipit: (f.2r) Ad Sanctiss[imum] D. N. Leonem X[m] Pauli de Middelburgo Dei et Ap[osto]lica sedis gr[ati]a Epi Forosem-ponie[n]sis super correc[tione] ca-le[n]darii parabola

Ott.lat.372, Joannis Antonii Delphini Loci communes theologici et peripatetici

Incipit: Rodolpho pio Illustrissimo principi et Cardinali amplissimo F. Jo-annes Antonius Delphinus P. S. D. Prodest uehementer omnium artium

Ott.lat.373, Dialogus fratris Bal. N. Eremitici Augustini de rebus dibinis

Incipit: (f.1r) Illustri ac preclaro Duci D. D. Fabritio Columne[n]siu[m] orna[to] S. P. Dum sepenumero vittutes atq[ue]

Pal.gr.46, Johannes Zonaras Lexicon (13th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, , Codices Palatini Entry, Johannes; Damascenus; Lexicon etymologicum; e diversis scriptoribus collectum et emendatum; litterarum ordine digestum; 13. Jh.

Pal.gr.48, Dioscorides De materia medica, Books 2-8 (16th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, , Codices Palatini Entry, Dioscorides; Pedanius; De materia medica; 16. Jh.

Pal.gr.49 (Upgraded to HQ), Daniel Raithenus, John Climacus, Maximus the Confessor, Euagrius Ponticus Vita Johannis Climaci, Scala paradisi, etc (875-1000)

Codices Palatini Entry, Sammelhandschrift; 9. Jh., See Pinakes Entry,

Pal.gr.50, Polybius, Laonicus Chalcocondyles Histories, De rebus Turcicis (15th-16th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, , Codices Palatini Entry, Sammelhandschrift; 15./16. Jh.

Reg.gr.45, Sermons (16th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.50, Isaac the Syrian Sermones Ascetici (14th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.53, Siméon le Métaphraste Vita metaphrastica (18th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.55, Agathon the Archdeacon, Johannes VI of Constantinople, Andreas Cretensis Acta Synoda sextae, etc (15th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.81, Nonnus Panopolitanus Dionysiaca (1551)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, scribe: Φραγκίσκος Κλάδος

Ross.602, Cicero, ps-Cicero Epistles: Ad familiares, Ad Brutum, Ad Quintum fratrem, Ad Atticum, etc (15th C)

Incipit: Marci Tullii Ciceronis epistolarum Ad Lentulii liber primus incipit. Marcus Cicero salutem dicit

See Biblissima,

Ross.1082, Repertorium iuris (15th C)

Incipit: gentarius ss. cum aut[em] .ff. de eden

Part 2, see Ross.1081 for part 1

Vat.ar.228, Quran (16th C)

Suras 1, 6, 36, 55, 56, 67, and 78

Vat.ar.385, Quran (16th C)

Final volume of 15 volume set, contains suras 67-114

Vat.ar.482, as-Sunusi, 'Abdassalam b. Salim al-Samar al-Fayturi at0Tarabulusi, et al. Quran: Sura Yusuf, al-'Aqida as-sugra, Qasidat ash-shayh, etc (17th C)

Vat.ar.593.pt.1, Quran (15th C)

Vat.ar.593.pt.2, Quran (15th C)

Vat.ar.1401, al-Ghazali Minhaj al-'Abidin (15th C)

Vat.lat.5558, Jacques le Bossu Concio habita Nannetis anno D.ni 1591 cum Senatusconsultum Turonense, ab Harleo primo praesidente prolatum, quo bullae fe.re. Gregorii PP. XIV, quibus clericis praecipiebatur, aliique monebantur ut ab Henrico Borbonio [Henri IV] sese disiungerent.. (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Beatissime Pater. Cum anno Domini 1591 ementitus ille Senatus Turonensis

Vat.lat.6307, Guillaume Péraud Summa de virtutibus

Incipit: Presens opus h[abea]t v[or] p[ar]tes p[ri]ncipales.

Vat.lat.6440, ps-Alexander the Great, Paulus Orosius Epistula ad Aristotelem, Historiae adversus paganos (1375-1400)

Incipit: Ep[isto]la Alexandri magni macedon ad Aristotilens mag[st]ri suum de omnib[us]

See Biblissima,

Vat.lat.7530, Pratica per procedere nelle cause del Sant'Offitio (17th C)

Incipit: Pratica per procedere nelle Cause del sant'Offitio. Le Cause del Sant'officio o dono d'heresia

Vat.lat.7635, Missal, Fransiscan Use (15th C)

Incipit: Te igitur cle-mentissime pater p[er]

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 700[ 15th C square neumes throughout]. Calendar ff.4r-9v

Vat.lat.7636, St. Jerome Expositio epistolae B. Pauli Apostoli ad Galatas (c. 1446)

Incipit: Beati Hieronymi presbiteri in ep[isto]la Be-[ati] Pavli ad gallathas prolog[us] incipit

large decorative initial cut out of f.1. Signed and dated on f.112r by Laurentius Dolobella

Vat.lat.7641, Ugutio Pisanus Derivationes (1276-1325)

Incipit: (f.3r) Cum n[ost]ri p[ro]t[h]oplausti sugestiua p[re]uaricat[i]one hu[m]a-nu[m]

prefaced with 3 folios of _ Elenchus titulorum S.R.E. Cardinalium et sedum episcopalium totius orbis._ dated 1377

Vat.lat.7662, Joannis Rodriguez Tractado en favor delas donas el qual es dicho el trihumpho delas donas (1450)

Incipit: Tractado que fizo Ju[lio] Rodrigues dela Camera Camarero del Cardenal de saint Pedro En fauor delas donas el qual es

dated in colophon on f.60v

Vat.lat.7664, Bible: Genesis-Revelation (14th C)

Incipit: Frat[er] ambrosi[us] tua m[ihi]

Vat.lat.7676, Albii Tibulli Elegiae (15th C)

Incipit: Albii tibvlli eqvitis roma-ni poetae illvstris elegia-rvm liber primvs. Divitias allvs fvlvo si-bi congerat avro

See Biblissima, Illuminated by Gioacchino di Giovanni de Gigantibus

Vat.lat.8393.pt.B, Collectanea Peculiarium Actionum Ab Anno 1644 sub Innocentio X ad annus 1779 Pio sexto Pontifice Optimo Max.

Incipit: (f.1r) Die 14 Augusti Feria b. pervencia Romanu[m]

Vat.lat.9831, Georgii Scarpa Della Divinita di Gesu Cristo e del Sacro Cuore di Gesu (19th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Beatissime Pater. Quam multæ ac variæ flagitiorum pestes Dominicum Regem

Vat.lat.10057, Martin of Braga, Paulinus of Aquileia, St. Augustine, Hincmar of Reims, St. Cyprian, et al. Formula honestæ vitæ, Liber exhortationis, De cavendis vitiis, et virtutibus exercendis, De mortalitate, etc (1434)

Incipit: (f.1r) Incipiunt sermones sancti

See Biblissima,

Vat.lat.10067 (Upgraded to HQ), Guigoni Cartusiensis, Bernard of Clairvaux Epistula seu tractatus ad fratres de Monte Dei, Works, etc (15th C)

Incipit: (f.2r) Liber eccl[es]ie sancte Marie Sa[n]ctoru[m]q[ue] Zoa[n]nis et Symonis in Seina ordis premon[ti]s. Incipit p[ro]log[us] i[n] ep[isto]la b[ea]ti Bernhardi abb[a]tis

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 89[flyleaves have 13th C German notation from Kolblenz]

Vat.lat.10512, Giovanni Battista de Rossi Schede varie di Topografia antica (19th C)

part of Rossi's archives, Vat.lat.10512-10543

Vat.lat.10514, Giovanni Battista de Rossi Codex Topographicus Urbis Romae (1851)

Incipit: (f.1r) Pars Prima. Li Saeculo II ad VI aevi Christiani

part of Rossi's archives, Vat.lat.10512-10543

Vat.lat.10516, Giovanni Battista de Rossi Schede dell'epoce dei prima exploratori delle Roma sotterranea (19th C)

part of Rossi's archives, Vat.lat.10512-10543

Vat.lat.10518, Giovanni Battista de Rossi Schede epigrafiche relative a Ciriaco d'Ancona e notizie intorno ad esso (19th C)

part of Rossi's archives, Vat.lat.10512-10543

Vat.lat.11300 (Upgraded to HQ), Library Catalogue for: St. Barnabe Milan, S. Mariae Coronatate Ticinensis Pavia, S. Paul Casale Monferrato, etc (c. 1598-1603)

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