No more snide commentary on digitization speed, the Vatican brought one hundred and three manuscripts online this week, the first time they have crossed the hundred mark since fall of 2023. The bulk of the volumes are closely split between Vat.lat, with thirty-six, Barb.lat with thirty-two, and Ott.lat with thirty-one. All the rest of the manuscripts were singletons, one each from Chigiani, Urb.lat, Vat.ar, and Vat.et

To the right is the title page, f.3r, from Barb.lat.1655. This is a 17th C manuscript, done in the style of a 15th C Humanist text, giving the statutes of the Hospital of Thomas of Canterbury and the Holy Trinity, which was formed from the 14th C combination of an English and a Scottish establishment in Rome. The text at top is done in silver leaf, which has oxidized over the years.

At the bottom is part of the edge decoration from f.124r of Barb.lat.402. This is a 13th C (probably) bible of the type often called Parisian Pocket Bibles. This one is nicer than many, with some interesting illuminated initials to start the books.