Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 6 of 2024

This week the Vatican was back up to speed with seventy manuscripts digitized. As with last week, the largest contributor, with thirty-one was Vat.lat, followed by Barb.lat with eighteen and Ott.lat with nine. Smaller contributions came from Barb.gr with four and a lone manuscript of 17th C music from Chigiani. The final fond represented this week is a confusing one, seven individual objects were added to the Barb.or repository, but they represent a single conceptual object, Barb.or.152. It consists of the original binding and notes (pt.7) for a collection of the same Latin text, translated into several Asian languages.

To the right is f.4v from Vat.lat.10769, a late 13th C Graduale from a Dominican Convent in Zurich dedicated to St. Verena. This page has the start of the Mass for the first Sunday in Advent, the introit chant "Ad te Levavi". At some point in the life of this manuscript, the decorated initial "A" was protected by a thin piece of gauze affixed into the manuscript. It has been peeled back for this image, although the full digitized facsimile has another image with it in place.

At the bottom is a fragment of the printed border from f.105r of Vat.lat.10825. This contains some texts from the Fifth Lateran Council, summoned by Julius II, but continued after his death by Pope Leo X. This part is session nine, which has to do with peace between Christian rulers.

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Barb.gr.351, Menaeum for March

Barb.gr.407 (Upgraded to HQ), Philippus Monotropus Dioptra

Barb.gr.409, Cosmas Hymnographus In Hypapanten (1485)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, scribe: Βλάσιος


Barb.gr.460, Cosmos Hymnographus In Hypapanten, Opera

Barb.lat.940, Utrum Henricus Borgonius a Domino Papa sit absolunodus, et ad Regnum dispensan (17th C)
Incipit: Vtrum Henricus Borgonius a D[omi]no Papa sit absolunodus, et ad Regnu[m] dispensan

Barb.lat.1159, Bartholomae Guidiccione Index Auctorum et Tractatum, qui in Sexdecim Tomos Continentur (16th C)
Incipit: Tom. I. De ueritate ac excell. legalis scuntie

Barb.lat.1260, Discursus Super Dispensatione Matrimoniali (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Eminent[issime] & R[everentissime] D[omi]ne. Vt præsens materia recte intelligatur primo a Definitione incipiam.

Barb.lat.1267, Antonii Laelii Censura contra Francisci Salgradi tractatem de Supplicatione ad Sanctissimum a litteris et Bullis Apostolicis... (17th C)
Incipit: Tractatus de supplicatione ad S[anctissimum] a l[itte]ris, et Bullis Ap[osti]licis nequam et importune impetratis in perniciem Reip. Regni et Regis Et De earum retentione Interim in Senatu

Barb.lat.1279, Augustini Vigianii De ecclesiastica immunitate disputationes sex (17th C)
Incipit: (f.Ir) Ill[ustrissimo[ Ac R[everendissimo[ D. D. Hieronymo Bernerio S. R. E. Cardinali Ampliss[imo] Episcopo Albanensi Religionis Seruorum B. M. V. Protectori Munificentis[simo]

Barb.lat.1286, Francisco Salgado de Somoza Tractatus De Regia Protectione Vi oppressorum appellantium a Causiset Judicibus Ecclesiasticis (1627)
Incipit: (f.1r) Expunctio Generalis tituli totius tractatus . Argumentum huius tractatus et omnino

Barb.lat.1298, Mantuana Feudorum (17th C)
Incipit: Mantuana Feudorum. Dvo sunt præcipue quæ in controuersiam cadunt

Barb.lat.1301, Informationes Juris (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Ferrarien Confinium. Beat[issime] Pater. Pro & lucidatione

Barb.lat.1303, Britinoriensis et Sarsinatensis Feudi (17th C)
Incipit: Britinorien, et Sarsinaten feudi. Bonifacius Nonus Kal. Februarii anni 1400 in nonnullis Ciuitatibus

Barb.lat.1307, (17th C)
Incipit: Carolvs Gonzaga Mantvae Dvx Ser[vissimus] instat suppliciter apud Dn N. Vrbanvm VIII Pont. Max. Vt ducere valeat in matrimonium Mariam Gonzagam eius Nurum

Barb.lat.1308, (17th C)
Incipit: Carolvs Gonzaga Mantvae Dvx Ser[vissimus] instat suppliciter apud Dn N. Vrbanvm VIII Pont. Max. Vt ducere valeat in matrimonium Mariam Gonzagam eius Nurum

Barb.lat.1315, Francisci Ciarpii Index Votorum et argumenti singulorum Votorum (17th C)
Incipit: Sanctissimo ac Beatissimo Patri Vrbano Octavo Pont. Max. Franciscus Ciarpius humiliss[imo] seruus felicitatem. Cvm ab ineunte ætate Beat[issime] P[ate]r sacrorum Canonum

Barb.lat.1325, (17th C)
Incipit: Si Haereticvs Pirata capiatur ab aliquo Principe damne-turque ad triremes si postea euincatur a sa[n]-cto Officio

Barb.lat.1367 (Upgraded to HQ), Francisco Peña, Pope Clement IV Introductio, sive Praxis Inquisitorum, Concilium Domini Guidonis Fulcodii de quibusdam dubitationibus in negotio Inquisitionis, De tempore gratiae, quod ab Haersi ad Catholicam fidem reduntibus interdum concedi solet (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Index capitum, quæ in primo Instructio-nis et Praxis Inquisitorum libro con-tinentur

Barb.lat.1371, Pauli Aemilii Veralli Decisionum Juris collectio (17th C)

Barb.lat.1395, Consilia varia et Decisiones Rotae (15th C)
Incipit: Consilium Sexagesimum octavum

Barb.lat.1402, Baldo de Ubaldo, et al Consilia, Consilium, etc (1376-1425)
Incipit: In chr[ist]i no[m]i[n]e am[en]. lippus h[ab]uit tres filios

Barb.lat.4223, Marcantonio Pasqualini Stracciafoglio. Perdimento di tempo per fuggir l'ozio. (17th C)
Incipit: Lassa, qual per le uene foco mi

Incipit: Beatissime Pater. Post fælicium pedum oscula. Sanctatis vestrae humanissimas litteras septima

Incipit: Beatissime Pater. Post felicium pedum oscula. Sanctatis

Incipit: Beatissime Pater. Post felicium pedum oscula. Benedictionis Apostolicæ litteras Sanctitatis uestræ

Incipit: Beatissime Pater. Post fælicium pedum oscula. In medio ærumnarum nostratum



Barb.or.152.pt.7, Christiani Arimenses in Japonia Litterae Scriptae (c. 1620)

This was the original binding with notes. The texts that were originally in this album are now Barb.org.152.pt.1-6


Chig.Q.IV.4, Esercizi e canti diversi a più voci. (17th C)

Ott.lat.655, De officiis antiquis et modernis Romae Curae
Incipit: (f.2r) Pænitentiariæ officum non multis annis antea Cardinalibus demandatum

Ott.lat.661, Emmanuelis Hebraei Tractatus de Anima
Incipit: (f.1v) R[everentissimo] D[omi]no zachariæ Delphine ep[iscop]o Lessen[sis] pa-tricio veneto, nec non

Ott.lat.676, Breviary, Fransiscan Use (1451-1500)
Incipit: [I]n nomi[n]e d[omi]ni n[ost]ri i[e]hu ch[risti] Incipit psalteriu[m] s[ecundu]m or-dine[m] s[an]c[t]e romane ecclesie & [con]suetudi[n]em fr[atru]m mi[n]or[um]

See Iter liturgicum italicum, ff.Iv-VIIr is a calendar


Ott.lat.682, Acta quedam Camerae Apostolice
Incipit: Veneto .d. Antonellum de Albano

Ott.lat.685, Expositio in Salutationem Angelicam
Incipit: [A]ve maria g[ra]tia plen[a] d[omi]n[u]s tecu[m]

Ott.lat.688, Liber cui Tituli: Liber Provinciarus et Region diversarum

Ott.lat.692, Epistola Rabbi Samuel ad Rabbi Isaac de Lege
Incipit: Incipit epistola qua[m] misit Rabbi Samuel isr[ae]lita

Ott.lat.706, Friderici Nauseae De reconciliandis in Religione christiana di sensionibus Consultatio
Incipit: (f.4r) Argumentum Consultatio[n]is. Quum hac tenus adeo mihil quod

Ott.lat.720, Joannem de Turrecremata Examinationes quorundam articulorum Super revelationibus sancta Brigitta
Incipit: [V]enerabilibus p[at]ribus et re-ligiosis viris fratrib[us]

Vat.lat.6832, Terence Comedies: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphoe, Hecyra, Phormio, etc (15th C)
Incipit: Epitaphium Terentii Affri. Natus in excelsis tectis cartaginis alte

See Biblissima,


Vat.lat.6953, Index concessionum factarum a Romanis Pontificibus (17th C)
Incipit: Abbas. Abbati S[anc]ti Martini d[omin]o conssiratione facta

Vat.lat.10676, Priscian, ps-Priscian, Donatus Institutiones Grammaticae, De accentibus, Ars major (12th-13th C)
Incipit: Alfa, beta, ga[m]ma, delta, esipsin, zeta, eta, theta, iota

See Biblissima,


Vat.lat.10705, Pauli Renier Oratoris Veneti apud Josephum II Imper. Epistulae ad Aloisium Mocenigo ducem Venetiarum (1767)
Incipit: Nella scorsa Settimana giunsero

Book 2 of 2, part 1 in Vat.lat.10704


Vat.lat.10728, Antonii Fracantiani Tractatus proportionalitatum (1501-1525)
Incipit: Tractat[us] proportionalitatu[m] D[omi]ni antonii frac[a]ntiani

Vat.lat.10732, Collectio documentorum de Maronitis, Melkitis, Armenie et Fratribus Ord. Min. Patribus Terrae Sanctae nuncupatis ann. 1712-1755 (18th C)
Incipit: Indice del presente Tomo contenente

Vat.lat.10733, Documenta in causa de finibus inter Tudertum et Ameriam (1462-1469)
Incipit: In nomi[n]e d[omi]ni am[en]. Hec su[n]t exemplam

Vat.lat.10735, Ristretto della Censura formata dal revisore delli libri ebraici Gio Antonio Costanzi (18th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Dal Revisore de Libri Ebraici deputato in Roma

Vat.lat.10737, Documenta spectantia ad causam vertentem Romae de libro Francisci Fenelon archiepisc. Cameracen. cui ttulus Explication des maximes des saints (1697-1699)
Incipit: (f.2r) Coppie de la lettre de la main

Vat.lat.10740, Horatio Gervasio Venusini Vita, morte, miracoli, et canonizatione di S. Diego (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Primo. Mentre quest' aspro et tempessoso mare

Vat.lat.10747, Registrum instrumentorum ad Laurentium et Augustinum Augustini Chisii filios spectantium (c. 1524-1525)
Incipit: In no[m]i[n]e d[omi]ni Amen. ??

Vat.lat.10751, Dominici Calabresi, et al De Beati Nicolao a Furca Palenae, ord Eremit. S. Hieronymi (18th C)
Incipit: Breue Raccolto della Vita del Beato Nicolo di Forca-Palena

Vat.lat.10765, Francisci Mariae Raccamadori Historia della Sollevatione de Fermani, e morte di Monsignor Uberto Maria Visconti Vice Governatore di Fermo (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Historia Della Solleuatione de Fermani

Vat.lat.10769, Graduale (14th C)
Incipit: Patre[m] om[n]ipotentem factorem celi et terre

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 734[ square notation throughout] From Dominican convent St. Verena in Zürich.


Vat.lat.10777, Graduale (1375-1400)
Incipit: culca uit me homo tota di ebe-llanstribu-la

See Iter liturgicum italicum, Fransiscan., See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 741[ Title: Graduale, Folio: passim, Century: 14x, Provinance: OP, OFM, Notation: quadrata]


Vat.lat.10780, Antiphonarium (15th C)
Incipit: -le est regnus celor[um] homini

See Iter liturgicum italicum, part of a 2 volume set with Vat.lat.10781, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 744[ Title: Antiphonarium, Folio: passim, Century: 15, Notation: quadrata]


Vat.lat.10781, Antiphonarium, Sanctorum (15th C)
Incipit: tyrem quem uocauit

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 745[square neumes throughout], from St. Erasmo in Veroli


Vat.lat.10783, Bartholomaei Carrara Opuscula de Clericis Regularibus alias Theatinis (1761-1772)
Incipit: (f.3r) Nomi e cognomi de padri e fratelli... ??

Vat.lat.10785 (Upgraded to HQ), Hieronymi Aliotti De felici statu monachorum (15th C)
Incipit: Hieronymi Monachi Arretini tunc temporis adolesce[n]tuli ad Gabrielem Monachum

Vat.lat.10788, Statuti e Capitoli della Ven. Archiconfraternita della Sanctissima Vergine Maria del Soccorso, S Giuliano, Missioni di Roma suo Distretto (18th C)
Incipit: Proemio. Fondazione dell'Archicon fraternita della Madonna S[anctis]sma del Soccorso

Vat.lat.10792, Richardi de Pofis Summa dictaminis secundum stilum Romanae Curiae (1275-1325)
Incipit: Nouiciorum studia ianuam sibi

Vat.lat.10801, Pelagius Commentarii in epist. ad Romanos VII, VIII (15th C)
Incipit: Sequitur [breuetus] receptor[um] exp

Two fragments, one of each piece


Vat.lat.10802, Documents from the Monastery of Nonantula (1101-1125)
Incipit: Die m[ensi] febr[uari] anno felicissimi regni n[ost]ri .vi. Per indic[tione] viiii .Fel. ann[o] d[omi]nice incarnationis .dcclvi.

Vat.lat.10806, Miscellany (15th-17th C)
Incipit: Poeta quos haleo

Fragments of sixteen different books


Vat.lat.10813, Camerae Apostolicae computa varia: 1537-8, 1554-5, 1557-8 (c. 1537-1558)
Incipit: 1537 Conto de spese fatte in ancona per ... ??

Vat.lat.10817, Nomenclator litterarius et historicus (17th C)
Incipit: Abbas Abraham

Vat.lat.10818, Miscellany (1675-1725)
Incipit: Oratione fatta dall'Em[erentissimo] Reu[erentissimo] Sig[nore] Cardinal Cantelmi al Popolo della Citta di Napoli iui Arciuescouo

Vat.lat.10825, Thomas de Vio Caietani, Giles of Viterbo, Pope Julius II, et al Miscellany (15th-16th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Reuerendissimo in chr[ist]o patri & d[omi]no d[omi]no N[ostr]i S.R.E. tituli S. Priscæ

Some parts are printed


Vat.lat.10829 (Upgraded to HQ), Varia de immunitate ecclesiastica, praesertim in ducatu Mediolani e in regno Neapolis (17th C)
Incipit: Riflessioni Sopra l'Immvnita ecclesiastica e Bolla Gregoriana del Sig D. Nicolas d' Antonio Agente

Vat.lat.10836, Antonii de Butrio Super quarto Decretalium commentaria (1422)
Incipit: (f.1r) Esponsalibus et matrimoniis

Vat.lat.10837, Miscellany (17th C)
Incipit: (f.3r) Instruttione Di Monsignor Agucchia fatta a Monsignor Sacchetti Nuncio Ordinario di Nostro Sig[nore] alla Maesta Del Re Cattolico