There were a total of thirty-three manuscripts digitized this week, which has probably been the pattern for the last month or so, taking into consideration the issues noted last week. The largest fond this week is Vat.lat, with twelve, followed by Ott.lat with seven, and Barb.lat with six. One of the less common collections, Capp.Sist, contributes five, all from the later volumes in the fond. Two more of the 17th C part books from Chigiani were digitized this, and a single Greek volume from P.I.O rounds out the week
Glossed bibles, where small sections of the Vulgate text are surrounded by the glossa ordinaria commentary for that text in a complex page layout, are not uncommon manuscripts. Many of the pandect Bibles of the 13th and later centuries have illuminated initials to start the various books. It is less common, however, to find those with elaborate decorative programs. To the right is f.2r from Ott.lat.115, just such a illuminated and glossed Bible. This page has the start of Genesis, with an enormous initial "I" splitting the text in half.
At the bottom is a bit of the border from f.2r of Capp.sist.632. This is a 19th C manuscript catalogue describing the first 269 volumes of the Cappella Sistina library, now shelved with the very manuscripts it describes. Although this segment of border is well enough executed, the rest of the manuscript is ... very 19th C in style