A total of forty-one manuscripts were digitized this week. Although still contributing, the Vat.turc was not the primary fond this week, with only seven manuscripts. The largest collection this week was Vat.lat, with nineteen, and trailing close behind Vat.turc was Barb.lat with six. The small contributors were Ott.lat with three, Borg.ar and Vat.ar with two each, and Chig and Capp.Sist with a single manuscript per.
The early 16th C manuscript Vat.lat.10377 contains a collection of songs by Evangelista Maddaleni Capodiferro. I do not. however, believe that any of these lyrics or the dedicatory letters at the end of the volume, have anything to do with the delightful bas-de-page bird on p.161, seen to the right
The bottom image is from f.1r of Barb.lat.621, a 15th C copy of the letters of St. Jerome. For whatever reason green parrots are a common motif in white vine borders, and this sample follows the trend.