Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 35 of 2023

A total of forty-one manuscripts were digitized this week, marking the end of August of 2023. In what is becoming a pattern, Ott.lat contributed the most, with nineteen, followed by Barb.gr with five and Barb.lat with four, joined this week by Vat.lat. P.I.O also contributed four, with three from the slav subsection. Two each came from Vat.gr and Vat.ar, and a lone volume from Borg.ar completed the week

To the right is part of the canon tables from f.4v of Barb.gr.520, a late 12th C Greek Gospel book from Otranto. In this page we see Eusebian canons eight and nine, comparing Luke to Mark and Luke to John. The Eusebian Canons are a way of dividing the four gospels into sections, 232-355 depending on the gospel. The tables at the front summarize these and indicate concurrences between the various gospels. Even as early as the third century, Christians had noticed the large overlap between the Synoptic Gospels, and the smaller, but still notable, overlap between those three and John. Otranto, where this was produced, is at the very tip of the heel of the boot of Italy, and was under Byzantine control, excepting a brief period in the eighth century, until its capture by Robert Guiscard at the tail end of the 11th C. Although this manuscript was made some 50 years after that conquest, there was still sizable Byzantine influence in the region

At the bottom is a part of f.1r from Ott.lat.1562, a beautiful humanist manuscript of Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Although finding three-sides of twisted vine work on the first page of a humanist manuscript is not unusual, the usual colors scheme of white-vine with green and pink highlights is here replaced with a dramatic, and more unusual pink and green vine pattern over a black ground with tiny gold tridots and gold borders.

Barb.gr.292, Polychronion, ecclesiae Cretensis

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,

Barb.gr.470, Bible: Gospels and Acts (16th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, described as "in vulgar Greek"

Barb.gr.489, Bible: Ecclesiastes (17th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,

Barb.gr.496 (Upgraded to HQ), Alexander Lycopolitanus, Hippolytus of Rome, Didymus of Alexandria, Anastasius Sinaita Theological Miscellany (17th C)

See Pinakes Entry,

Barb.gr.520, Bible: Gospels (1150-1200)

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, includes Canon tables and marginal epigrams. From Otranto

Barb.lat.955, Henricus Borbonius Sit absoluendus et ad Regnum dispensandus (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) An Henrius Borbonius sit absol-uendus et ad Regnum dispensandus. Relapsa in halcesium penitenti potest

Barb.lat.956, Thomas de Vio Caietanus Responsiones, de redditione debiti uxoris ad virum adulterum, de tempore paschalis celebritatis, de conceptione B.M.V., etc. (16th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Responsio fratris Thome deuio Caretani Mag[ist]ri Generalis ordinis predicatorum ad Questione[m]

Barb.lat.958, Sententiae per Dominum Dominum nostrum Pium V damnatae Cal. Octobris 1567 (16th C)

Incipit: Summo Pontifici Pio V. Beatissime pater. Iam annus est quod nobis exhibita sunt littera

Barb.lat.4332, Leonardo da Vinci Del moto et misura dell'acqua (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Libro Primo Della sfera dell'aqua Capitolo primo. Deffinitioni de nomi, et uocaboli qui usitati nella materia dell'aqua

Borg.ar.61, Quran (17th C)

Ott.lat.395, St. Jerome De fine et religione Christiana Libellius

Incipit: (f.2r) Hieronymvs De fide et conuersa-tione Christiana. Dauid gloriosus in psalmo sie dicit

Ott.lat.414, Expositio in epistolas Pauli

Incipit: Paulus seruus ch[risti] uo[catus] ap[osto]l[u]s seg[regatus] in euan[gelium] d[e]i

Ott.lat.419, Tractatus de lapsu et reformatione calendarii Romani

Incipit: (f.2r) Ad r[everendissimum] in Chr[ist]o proem[ium] & d[omi]n[u]m Cardi[n]alem de pellene Archiep[isco]p[u]m Senonen[sis]. Una dieru[n] R[everendissime] d[omi]ne cum essem apud venerabile[m]

Ott.lat.446, Facinus de Ast In II, III Sententiarum (14th-15th C)

Incipit: Qvia in p[re]oribus d[i]c[u]m e[st]

Ott.lat.499, Missale (1662)

Incipit: (p.1) Præparatio ad missam pontifica-lem. Antiphona Ne reminisea-ris Domine delicta nostra vel parentum nostrorum

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 776[quadrata neumes throughout, two columns]

Ott.lat.502, Pontificale (15th C)

Incipit: Incipiunt capitula sede partis libri pontificalis.

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 779[ from Narni, quadrata neumes]

Ott.lat.525, Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi carmine conscripta

Incipit: Incipit passio d[omi]ni n[ost]ri iesu christi. Tvnc iesus isti[us]

Ott.lat.1161, Ovid Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris (1467)

Incipit: Principio q[uod] amare uelis rep[er]ire labora

See Biblissima, scribe: Guido Galeas de Pretis

Ott.lat.1271, Octavia de Strada Illustrium Virorum Symbola

Incipit: (f.IIIr) Invictissimo et Potentissi-mo principi et Domino Domino Rodvlpho II. Romanorum Imperatori semper Augusto ,Germaniæ, Hungariæ, Bohemiæ, Dalmatiæ, Crouatiæ, ac Selauoniæ est Regi

Ott.lat.1272, Octavia de Strada Symbola Illustrium Virorum, Book III

Incipit: (f.Ir) Petrus Moruilerius Gallus, presbyter Cardinalis .S. Susanæ

Ott.lat.1450 (Upgraded to HQ), Livy Ab Urbe Condita (15th C)

Incipit: (f.IIIv) Titilivii P-atavini Histor-iographi Desecv-ndo bello pvnico in hoc codice libri decem co-ntinentvr

See Biblissima, scribe: Antonio di Mario

Ott.lat.1555, Hugh of Florence, et al Ecclesiasticae Historie, etc

Incipit: (f.1r) Precepta pythagore. Extrudenda sunt omnib[us] modis languor a corpore

Charter as a flyleaf, ff.1r-4v include a bit of Seneca and a list of popes

Ott.lat.1562, Suetonius Vitae Caesarum (15th C)

Incipit: (f.2r) Svetonii tranqvilli de Dv-odecim Caesaribvs liber foeliciter incipit. Divi caesaris vita foeliter incipit

See Biblissima,

Ott.lat.1778 (Upgraded to HQ), Pietro della Vigna Epistles (14th C)

Ott.lat.1834 (Upgraded to HQ), Miscellany of Oratory (15th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Baldasaris Rasmi oratio de celeberimis Francisci ffortie li-gurimi ducis laudibus ticinensem apud achademiam

Formerly Reg.lat.1876. Full contents from Iter Italicum

f. 1-26v. Baldasar Rasinus, oration on Franc. Sfortia held at Pavia. Blank pages. 38-43v. Ruglerius Comes, oration (Pavia, 1461). 43v-47. Franc. Philelphus, oration held in Mantua. 48-52. Joh. de Rabestein, oration to Pius II. 52-54v. Anon. oration held in Pavia for Petr. de Nymbis (1463). 54v-63v. Lancelotus Decius, oration (Pavia, 1462). 63v-67. Anon. oration on Leonellus Estensis, inc. Si ullo tempore datum est. 67-68v. Anon. (Guarinus), oration to the same (1433), inc. Hodierno die mi rex. 68v-69. Anon., letter and poem to the same, inc. Non desino Leonelle princeps. 69-72. Oration, inc. Si ullum unquam tempus. 72-81. Pius II, oration held in Mantua. 81-81v. Christ. Maurus, Doge of Venice, letter to Franc. Sfortia. 82. Baltazar (Rasinus), oration held by Galeatius Sfortia in Venice. 82v-84. Catho (Saccus), oration to King Rene. Blank pages. 85. Anon. wedding speech, inc. Qui morem hunc restituere. 85v-86. Short speech by Aeschines, inc. Reminiscor Athenienses. 86-90v. Oration held for Genoa to Franc. Sfortia, inc. Diuturnum dux potentissime. 90v-103v. Anon. oration on Jo. Galeatius Vicecomes, inc. Etsi peccatum michi. 103v-104v. Gasparinus Barzizza, oration to Alexander V. 104v-106v. Id., oration to Fernandus of Aragon. 106-110. Id., other orations. 110-113v. Jo. Jac. Canis, oration. Blank pages. 114-116. Jo. Aloysius Tuscanus, poem to Pius II. 118v-127v. Oratio ambasiatoris regis Francorum, inc. Maximum et amplissimum onus. 127v-129v. Jo. Joffridus, oration held in Mantua (1459). 130-133v. Anon. oration, inc. Sacrosancte Romane sedis auctoritas. 133v-135v. Pius II, bull. 136-139v (other hand). Matheolus Perusinus, oration to Frederick III (1468).

Ott.lat.2001, Virgil, Ovis Bucolica, Georgics, Aeneid, Heroides (15th C)

Incipit: Melibens. [T]itire, tu patule recu-bans sub tegmine fagi.

See Biblissima,

Ott.lat.2009, Quintus Curtinus Rufus Historia Alexandri Magni (15th C)

Incipit: Quinti Curtii ruffi Historiarum Alexandri Macedonis regis liber vi. incipit. Inter haec alexander ad conducendu[m]

See Biblissima,

Ott.lat.2031, Cicero Tusculanae Disputationes (15th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) q[uod] utilitate inspecta huius

See Biblissima, f.1 is torn

Ott.lat.2920, Book of Hours, Use of Rome (15th C)

Incipit: (f.13r) Incipit officum bea-te marie uirginis se0cundum consueturi-ne romane curie ad matutinum V.

See Iter liturgicum italicum from Tuscany (?). Ff. 1r-12v is a Calendar

P.I.O.8

See Biblissima,

P.I.O.slav.1, Bible: Gospels (16th C)

P.I.O.slav.5, Synaxarium for March-April (1501-1525)

P.I.O.slav.8, Canons and Prayers to Saints (17th C)

Vat.ar.222, Quran (16th-17th C)

Volume 30 of 30

Vat.ar.232, Quran (16th C)

With a Arabic/Turkish preface, Sura 6

Vat.gr.1340 (Upgraded to HQ), Aristotle Rhetoric (11th C)

See Pinakes Entry,

Vat.gr.1460, Psalms, 1-129 (16th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Πέτροσ Δεβαρής. Includes musical notation

Vat.lat.10555 (Upgraded to HQ), Henry Stevenson, Jr. Schedae ad coemeteria Urbis pertinentes (19th C)

Incipit: Lavro-Lavinivm

Vat.lat.10567 (Upgraded to HQ), Henry Stevenson, Jr. Schedae pertinentes ad coemeteria monumenta inscriptiones regionis Ostiensis et Portuensis, nec non ad cias Corueliam, Vitelliam et Aureliam (19th C)

Incipit: Ostia e Via Ostiense

Vat.lat.10569, Henry Stevenson, Jr. Schedae ad monumenta et historiam Velitrarum pertinentes (19th C)

Incipit: Archivio della Cattedrale di Velletri

Vat.lat.10574, Henry Stevenson, Jr. Schedae ad antiquitates et inscriptiones Italiae inferioris nec non Siciliae pertinentes (c. 1887)

Incipit: Catacombe di Sorrento.