Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 49 of 2023

A total of fifty-four manuscripts were digitized this week, the first full week of December for 2023. Like last week, there was influx of 17th C manuscripts from the Barb.lat collection, totaling nineteen volumes. Following on that was the continued work on Pal.gr, with the fifteen volumes added this week bringing the total to 356 of the 398 codices in the collection. From the smaller collections, Ott.lat added seven, Barb.gr five, Reg.gr and Vat.lat added three each, and two came from P.I.O, both from the slavi subsection.

To the right is f.112r from Vat.lat.10651, a 13th C copy of the Celestial Hierarchy of Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite.

At the bottom is part of the edge decorations from f.1r of P.I.O.slav.44. This is the second volume of a 4-volume Psalter from the 18th C.

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Barb.gr.45, Aristophanes Plays: Acharnians, Assemblywomen, Knights (15th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σκουταριώτης


Barb.gr.273, Claudius Ptolomy, Nicomachus Gerasenus, Theon of Alexandria, Theon of Smyrna Harmonica, Arithmetica Introductio, Commentarium magnum in Ptolemaei canones, De utilitate mathematicae (16th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Laurentius Cyathus. Scholia with all texts


Barb.gr.306, Methodius De iis qui abnegarunt (16th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Γεώργιος Βασιλικός


Barb.gr.551, Gregorius Agrigentius, Theodoretus of Cyrene, Michael Psellus, Nilus Ancyranus, etc Theological Miscellany (1575-1625)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἀντώνιος Ἐπισκοπόπουλος (ff.17r-75r). Consists of three sections bound together



Barb.lat.713 (Upgraded to HQ), Vita Sanctorum CCLXVII (14th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Andreas interpr[etur] d[e]-corus u[e]l respon-dens u[e]l

Barb.lat.1087, Apologeticae Demonstrationes de semper credita semperque adorata in utresque Testamento Beata et Immaculata Deiparae Conceptione (18th C)
Incipit: (p.1) Ad incognitum prædicti liberculi auctorem. Amice, nullum Titulum, et Nomen tibi tribuo

Barb.lat.1117 (Upgraded to HQ), D. Mauritio Brebun Tractatus Epilogeticus de Conceptione beatissimae Virginis Mariae in quo compendiose & dilucide declarantur fundamenta praecipua pro et contra Conceptionem (1619)
Incipit: (f.Ir) Sanctissimo Domino Nostro Pavlo .V. Pontifico Optimo Maximo huius etatis delicicati. Beatissime Pater sub augustissimo tuo nomine in lucem

Barb.lat.1121, Juan de Torquemada Tractatus de Aqua Benedicta (17th C)
Incipit: Tractatus de Aqua Benedicta editus Per Reuere[n]diss[ima] Patrem, et dominu[m] d[omi]num Joannem de Turrecremata Cardinalem

Barb.lat.1123, Nicolai Riccardi Lectiones aliquot theologicae, sive suorum opusculorum fragmenta (17th C)
Incipit: Commentarius ad articulum .10. p[rime] quæst[ionis]

Barb.lat.1150, P. Simmeri De magno matrimonii sacramento (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) De Magno Matrimonii Sacramento. Matrimonii Sacramentu[m] ess[e] Signum Co-niunctionis

Barb.lat.1174, Bartholomei Guidicioni Humana murmura adversus Deum et Kristum eius, Ad lectorem excusatio (16th C)
Incipit: Humana murmura Aduersu[] deum et christum eius

Barb.lat.1186, Pauli Bombini Vota de dispensatione matrimoniali pro Duce Lotharingiae (17th C)
Incipit: An certum sit dispensatum esse a Conciliis

Barb.lat.1187, Acta Sacra Congregationis Ceremonialis Anni 1627 sub Urbano viii (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Acta Sac[rae] Cong[regationis] Ceremonialis anni 1627 sub Urbano Octauo. Anno 1627 mense Aprilis

Barb.lat.1214, Congregationes celebratae coram Clemente octavo Pontifice maximo in causa de Divinae gratiae auxiliis (17th C)
Incipit: Primum omnium dubium datum a S[ancitssimo] Clem-ente Viii pro Congregationibus celebrandis

Barb.lat.1215, Somnium de magnae britanniae cum sacrosancta ecclesia romana reconciliatione (17th C)
Incipit: Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo & habitauero in extremis maris

Barb.lat.1224, Vincentius Riccardus Euchologium Graecorum, etc (17th C)
Incipit: Euchologium Græcoru[m], quod Coaceruatione quanda[m] sonat Orationu[m]

Barb.lat.1226, Dominici Veneti De potestate Papae et termino eius per conceodancias theologiae ac iuris Canonici (15th C)
Incipit: De potestate pape & terminio eius per concordancias theolo-gie, ac huius canonici

Barb.lat.1229, De foro competenti in causis moderationis inhibitionis (17th C)
Incipit: De foro competenti in causis moderationis Inhibit[ionis]

Barb.lat.1231, Ad quatuor libros Institutionum Imperialium (17th C)
Incipit: Ad quatuor lib[ros] Institut[ionum] Imperialium Co[m]mentaria. Ad Dei et Deiparae

Commentary on Justinian's Code


Barb.lat.1232, Nicholas Richetto Institutionum Civiliu Libri Primi Commentaria, Ad Rubricam Digestorum de acquirenda possessione dicendorum methodus (1633)
Incipit: (p.1) Ad Primum Institutionum Ciuilium Commentaria.

Barb.lat.1234, Michaelis Lonigi Notae quaedam autographae Juris (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Rescripti Present[atione]. Impetrans debet presentare rescriptu[m] iudici

Barb.lat.1238, (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) An clerici Coniugati nonsolu[m] in criminalibus etiam ciuiliter inten-tatis gaudeant foro Ecclesiastico sed etiam in mere ciuilibus

Barb.lat.1242, Tractatus de officio et auctoritate Episcopi, item Instructio visitantibus Ecclesias et pia loca (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Episcopus gracum nomen est

Ott.lat.533, Antoninus of Florence Confessions
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit confessionale fratris Antonii d[e] flore[n]tia ordinis predicator[um].

Ott.lat.555, Aliqua de omissis circa finem officii novi addenda et corrigenda

Ott.lat.595, Giulio Antonio Santorio Acta Sacri Concistorii sub diversis summis pontificibus. (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Die 19. Januarii feria 4[a] 1575. Fuit Consistorium secretum, in quo

Ott.lat.599, Nicolas Treveth Expositio super Psalterium
Incipit: Ep[isto]la p[ro]he-mial. Reuerendo patri fr[atr]is iohi[s] de brisoll[us]

Ott.lat.600, Cyprian of Carthage Epistles
Incipit: Ad mones donate karissime

Ott.lat.605, Andrea Bacchallar Adnotationes in collationes interpretationem Joannis Damasceni
Incipit: (p.1) Collationes. Locorum Beati Joannis Damasceni, quæ Faber

Ott.lat.606, Dubia quaedam posita in Schismate Petri de Luna antipapae
Incipit: (f.2r) Primu[m] dubiu[m] utru[m] p[a]p[e] benedictus sit p[a]p[em]

P.I.O.slav.44, Psalter (18th C)

Volume 2 of 4


P.I.O.slav.50, Hymnal (19th C)

Has musical notation


Pal.gr.186, Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica (1424-1459)

Pal.gr.187, Isocrates Orations (1442-1494)

See Biblissima, Codices Palatini Entry, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σκουταριώτης


Pal.gr.190, Hesiod, Theocritus, Pindar Works and Days, Idyllia, Olympia (1442-1494)

See Biblissima, Codices Palatini Entry, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σκουταριώτης


Pal.gr.191, Phalaris Epistles (1451-1500)

See Biblissima, Codices Palatini Entry, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Πλουσιαδηνός


Pal.gr.193 (Upgraded to HQ), Demosthenes Orations with Scholia (1351-1400)

See Biblissima, Codices Palatini Entry, Pinakes Entry, bottom 1/4 of most pages missing, extreme water damage to many pages


Pal.gr.194 (Upgraded to HQ), Lexicon (Greek/Latin) (1442-1494)

See Biblissima, Codices Palatini Entry, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σκουταριώτης


Pal.gr.195, Cyril of Alexandria, Aesop Lexicon, Fables (1431 )

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Codices Palatini Entry, Pinakes Entry, scribes: Ἰωάννης Σκουταριώτης (rubrication on ff.77r-79r, 80r), Μιχαήλ (ff.1r-74r)


Pal.gr.196, Manuel Chrysoloras Erotemata grammaticalia (16th C)

Pal.gr.197, Grammar Text (15th C)

Pal.gr.198, Manuel Chrysoloras Erotemata grammaticalia (c. 1450-1473)

Pal.gr.199 (Upgraded to HQ), Galen, et al Scientia > Medica (13th-14th C)

Pal.gr.200 (Upgraded to HQ), Euthymius Zigabenus, Nicolaus Mathonae, Photius Theological Miscellany (12th C)

Pal.gr.201, Euthymius Hagiorita (tr), ps-John of Damascus Vita Barlaam et Josaph (13th C)

Pal.gr.202, Johannes Zonaras Epitome Historiarum (16th C)

Pal.gr.203 (Upgraded to HQ), Aristeas Epistolographus, Theodoretius Cyrrhensis, et al Epistula ad Philocratem, Caetna in Genesis, Catena in Exodus (1075-1100)

Codices Palatini Entry, Sammelhandschrift; 11. Jh., See Pinakes Entry,


Reg.gr.162, Michael Psellus, Theodorus Abucara, et al Opiniones de Anima, De Nominibus Dei, etc (16th C)

Reg.gr.169, Euclid Introductio harmonica, etc (15th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἄγγελος Βεργίκιος


Reg.gr.181, Johannes Actuarii De methodo medendi, etc (1364)

Vat.lat.10585, Henry Stevenson, Jr. Schedae et notitiae desumptae a manuscriptis libris (19th C)
Incipit: Studii critici sui codici archeologici di varie biblioteche

Vat.lat.10591, Caroli Fea Schedae Epigraphicae (19th C)

Part of a 2 volume set with Vat.lat.10591


Vat.lat.10651, ps-Dionysius the Areopagita Hirerarchia caelestis (tr) (13th C)
Incipit: Liber ierarchiar[um] magni ario-pagite dyon[isius]. Magn[us] ariopagita dyonisius