Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 5 of 2024

A total of fifty-three manuscripts were digitized in the last week. The majority, thirty-four, came from the Vat.lat fond, most from the range of 10000-11000, but also a number from the 6000s. Also contributing were Barb.lat with ten and Ott.lat with six. The remaining manuscripts came in small numbers, two from Barb.gr and on from Patetta.

To the right is f.23r from Vat.lat.3767, a fifteenth century Book of Hours once owned by Pope Gregory XIII. He acquired the book in 1572 and donated it to the library on Nov. 5, 1578. This page contains the start of Matins, the first Hour, in the Hours of the Virgin. The text, which begins "Domine labia mea apies" (Oh Lord open my lips), is dwarfed by the main miniature of the Annunciation, and the three smaller miniatures. These smaller ones depict important events in the life of the BVM: the meeting of Anne and Joachim at the Golden Gate at the bottom, the Presentation of the Virgin at the right, and Mary weaving the veil for the temple at the top.

At the bottom is part of the border of f.19r of Patetta.38. This is a part of a 15th C Italian Breviary, perhaps of Carthusian use (Iter Liturgicum Italicum has no glossary for their abbreviations, and I'm not quite sure of my interpretation of CRT).

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Barb.gr.400, Germanus, Philotheus Coccinus Hom. de Cruce Christi, De imaginibus, In S. Theodorum tironem (1545)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Νικόλαος Λιχίνας ὁ Μονεμβασιώτης


Barb.gr.412, Gospels (11th-12th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, fragmentary, contains Luck 9.33-24.3 and John 1.23-21.25


Barb.lat.937, Quaestiones Quotlibeticae Huis Tempori accomodatae Disputandae in Antiqua sorbona parisiensi (1625)
Incipit: (f.1v) Decima tertia decembris Mane. I. An Ill[ustrimus]

Barb.lat.1082, Thomas Aquinas Qvæstiones et commentaria in primam partem, Enchiridion de locis theologicis (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) prolixitatis, et confusioni

Barb.lat.1240, De arbore Consanguinitatis (17th C)
Incipit: De arbore consanguinitatis quedam notabilita. Pro euidentia p. præmitio q[uo]d arbor ideo

Barb.lat.1268, Juvenalis Ternibilis De excellentia Cardinalium ad Paulum Cardinal de Cesis Dialogus (16th C)
Incipit: (f.Ir) R[everentissi]mo d[omi]no d[omi]no Car[dinali] de Cesis dignissimo ac Princi-pi Ill[ustrissimo] & sereniss[imo] Post

Barb.lat.1272, Michaelis Longini Praxis Sedis vacantis et Conclavis, eruta ex caeremonialibus, et ex libris de creatione Romani Pontificis (17th C)
Incipit: Praxis sedis Vacantis

Autograph copy


Barb.lat.1273, Juris Civilis (17th C)
Incipit: De Successione Cognaeorio. et de hoc late diximus

Barb.lat.1290, Spadae Tractatus de Juris S. Consultae et alia super statu Ecclesiastico (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Index. Appellationes a Baronibus et Domicellis Status

Barb.lat.1296, Cardinalium Collegii Constitutiones (17th C)
Incipit: Sacri S.R.E. Episcoporum Præesbyteror[um] et Diaconor[um] Cardinalium Collegii Constitutiones. Sedentes Leone X Pont. Maximo cum Sacru[m]

Barb.lat.1321, Aldrovando De Jurisdictione Cardinalium Legatorum in causis primar instantiae, seu de potestate erga Clericos (18th C)
Incipit: Gio. Battista Freillini, a cui S. Em[erentissima] diede perricornio[ne] Suidi 4 Li 29 Feb. 1733. Il scrittore dell'Archivio Segreto Vaticano

Barb.lat.1328, Pauli Bombini De Aurelianensium Ducis et Mariae a Lotharingia matrimonio dissertatio Juridica (17th C)
Incipit: De Aurelianensium Ducis & Mariæ a Lotharingia Matrimonio Dissertatio Iuridica Serenissimus Gason Borbonius

Ott.lat.654, Francisci Philelphi Epistles (1490)

Ott.lat.659, Felicis a Monsalto Tractatus de Concilium Provinciali (17th C)
Incipit: Ill[ustrissime] et R[everentissime] D[omi]ne. Sapientes, nostriq[ue] maiores grandem aliquam materiam

Ott.lat.671, Breviary (15th C)
Incipit: (f.9r) De specialib[us] antipho[n]is laudu[m] que

See Iter liturgicum italicum, from San Benedetto in Polirone. Ff.3r-8v is calendar


Ott.lat.701, Sententiarum formulae
Incipit: Cyrillus i[n] prouerb suis. oportet semp[er] addiscere, et in extremis

Ott.lat.702 (Upgraded to HQ), Officium in festo uisitationis BVM cui praecedis Bulla Sixti IV
Incipit: [S]ixtus ep[iscop]us Seruus Seruor[um] dei Venera-bilibus fratribus

Ott.lat.712, Abraham Ibn Ezra Hebraei Commentarius in Psalmos
Incipit: (f.1r) Dixit Abraha[m] filius Meir Abbn hezre hispanis

Patetta.38, Breviary (15th C)
Incipit: et ad vitam eternam in

Vat.lat.3767, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (1490-1500)

See JONAS,


Vat.lat.6064, Antiquissimae Scripturae. Quae in arborum cortice exaratae In Vaticana Bibliotheca (1617)
Incipit: (f.1r) Cum originalibus scripturis a quibus exempla ista sumpta suerunt qui longinqua uetustate

Vat.lat.6258, Varro, Sallust, ps-Sallust Vita Sallustii, The Catiline Conspiricy, The Jugurthine War, Invectiva in Ciceronem (15th C)
Incipit: O salustius ro cuius egre-gius habitus genere

See Biblissima,


Vat.lat.6303, Iannotii Manetti Narratio ad Angelum Accisiolum in consecratione Basilicae Florentinae (15th C)
Incipit: Iannotii manotti oratio Ad claris-simu[m] equestris ordinis uiru[m]

Vat.lat.6569, Statuta a Clericis Regularibus Theatinis in Capitulo Romae habito an 1547 (1547)
Incipit: Jesus Maria Cap. P[rimum]. In capitulo Rome habito Idibus Maii Anno .M.D.xlvii. Patres qui in eo affuerunt inter alia conne-nerunt in capita infrascripta. Vt habitus fratrum nostrorum

Vat.lat.6759, Aristotle De Natura et Origine Animae (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit liber de ...

The rubric has been partially erased


Vat.lat.6864, Venticinque discorsi Politici sopra la seconda guerra Cartaginese narrata da Tito Livio, di Aldo Manuzio (18th C)
Incipit: Discorso Primo. Degli e necessario manterere per

Vat.lat.6958 (Upgraded to HQ), De Obsidione Iadrensi, Presbyteri Diocleatis Regnum Slavorum, etc (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Joannes Luiues Lectori. Cum in opere De Reg.

Vat.lat.6980, St. Benedict Rule (14th C)
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]log[us] reg[u]le patris eximii beatissi-mi Benedicti abbatis. Abscvlta O fili p[re]cepta magistri

Vat.lat.6989, Francisci Peniae Commentaria autographa in libros Aristotelis de natura (16th C)
Incipit: Commentaria in libros Aristotelis de natura aut de reru[m] principiis. prefatio. Quam preclaru[m]

Vat.lat.10014, Giovanni Mariae Mazzuchelli, Antonii Gandolfi Letter to Giovanni Antonio Barotti and P. Castum Innocentem Ansaldi, Catalog Numismatum, Epistle (1754-1758)

Vat.lat.10677, Forma institutionis canonicorum (9th-10th C)
Incipit: In no[m]i[n]e D[e]i Su[m]mi Incip[it] prologvs. Cum anno nunc

Vat.lat.10687 (Upgraded to HQ), Marsilii Patavini, et al Descriptio urbis Romae eiusque excellentiae, tractatus de translatione imperii, Testimonia de D. N. Iesu Christo, Series regnorum, regum et imperatorum (15th C)
Incipit: Descriptio Vrbis Rome Eius q[uod] Excellentie. Roma altissimis firmata muris

Vat.lat.10690 (Upgraded to HQ), Hugo Falcandi Epistola ad Petrum Panormitane Ecclesie thesaurarium de calamitate Sicilie, Liber de regno Sicilie (13th C)
Incipit: Disponebam petre K[arissi]me p[ost] hyemis asp[er]itatem

Vat.lat.10694, Jacobi Grimaldi Nomina Archipresbyterorum (1620)
Incipit: (f.3r) Nomina Archipresbyterorum sacrosanctae vaticanae Basilicae ex sacro cardinalium Collegio a Benedicto Nono

Vat.lat.10702 (Upgraded to HQ), Guiseppe Cugnoni, Cardinal Sala Letter to Card. Francesco Eherle, Works (c. 1905, 19th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Proemio. Ex dixit qui Sedebat in Throno ecce nova facio omnia

Vat.lat.10709, Diversorum ministrorum regis Hispan. epistulae ad Caleatium Marescotti nuntium apost. (1672-1675)
Incipit: (f.1r) Copia d[e] biglietto scritto all Card[inale] Marecotti

Vat.lat.10729, Index generalis Monumentorum omnium quae in Opere Continentur pro rei ac Temporum ratione disposita
Incipit: (p.III) Series I. Testimonia singulorum Patrum atque Scriptorum

Vat.lat.10734 (Upgraded to HQ), Raymund Llull Libre de Contemplacio en Deu (15th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Obra feta per lo Reuerent mestre Ramond Lull d[e] la Ciutat de Mallor apellada contemplador

Vat.lat.10738, Documenta spectantia ad successionem Caroli II regis Hispan. praesertim in regno Neapolitano (c. 1700-1713)
Incipit: (f.1r) Listanza, che si propone in nome delli Sud-diti del Regno di Napoli

Vat.lat.10750 (Upgraded to HQ), Giornale della Legazione di M. Carlo Mezzabarba, Patriarcha d'Alessandria (18th C)
Incipit: Giornale della Legazione di M. Carlo Mezzabarba Patriarcha d'Alexandria

Vat.lat.10753, Paulus F. Kehr Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae optimarum littorarum per tot saecula Sospitatrici et luci, hospitio et receptacule hominum doctorum undique peregrinantium liberalissimo (1901)
Incipit: (f.1r) Diploma Othonis Imperatoris anni 10001, per quod fuit confirmatum dominium

Vat.lat.10755, Documenta varia ad haeresim lutheranam spectantia (1525-1575)
Incipit: (f.1r) Genealogia Papæ. Liber dissolutionis Antichristi filii Diaboli

Vat.lat.10763, Giovanni Sulpizio da Veroli Grammar Works (15th C)
Incipit: M. Sulpitiu[s] Verulanu[s] prologus

Formerly covered with 2 leaves of Beneventan text, now Vat.lat.13501


Vat.lat.10764, Ceremoniale (1701-1725)
Incipit: Situazione della Sedia per li Sig[nori] Cardinali osseruata nelle uisite

Vat.lat.10767, Miscellany (18th C)
Incipit: L'Vomo Sauio. Non contate mai per quadagno quello, che piu

Vat.lat.10778, Gradual (14th C)
Incipit: hoc all[eluy]a d[icitu]r si vigi-lia nat[av]itatis d[omi]ni

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 742[ Quadrata notation throughout], from Veroli, OFM


Vat.lat.10779, Graduale (14th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Domin[us] secus ma-re galilee vidit

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 743[ square neumes throughout], from Veroli.


Vat.lat.10782, Comoedia italico idiomate quinque actibus (16th C)
Incipit: Prologo il Dio Momo. Quest'ecchi queste lingue quest

Vat.lat.10784, Origine et antichita alla Illustre Famiglia de Caposucchi di Roma (1608)
Incipit: (f.7r) Auctores, qui pernactant de Familia Illustri et antiqua de Caposucchis Rom. Joannes petrus serimiarius ciuis Rom.

Vat.lat.10793, Bartolomeo Chioccarello Index sive Svmmarium scriptvrarvm archivii regie jurisdictionis quod ex omnibus regni archiviis, et unde cunque collectorum
Incipit: Archiuium Scripturarum Segie Jurisdictionis Hos libros continet his situlii

Vat.lat.10795, Carte di S. Savino, Book II. 1524-1611
Incipit: (f.2r) In Nomine d[omi]ni Ame[n] Anno ab incarnatione eiusde[m]

Vat.lat.10797, Carte delle famiglia du Claponi I, 1359-1494
Incipit: (f.1r) 1359 31 Marzo. In nomina d[omi]ni ame[n] Anno ab Incar[nationi]s eiusdem millesimo

Vat.lat.10810, Conclave doppo la Morte del Pontifice Urbano VIII in cui fu electo al Pontificato il Card. Gio. Batta Panfilio col nome d. Innocenzo x (c. 1644)
Incipit: (f.2r) Ho dubitato un pezzo se m' imp[r]egnas-si