A total of fifty-eight manuscripts were digitized in the past week. Continuing recent trends Barb.lat contributed the most, a full thirty manuscripts. Twelve came from Ott.lat, five from Comb, and three each from S.Maria.Magg, Vat.gr, and Vat.lat. One lone manuscript came from each of Vat.ar and Vat.ebr to complete the week.

To the right is f.1r from Ott.lat.1528, a copy of Cicero's Philippics from the 15th C, January 16, 1462 according to the colophon on f.178v. The Philippics are a series of fourteen orations agains Mark Antony composed by Cicero around 44-43 BCE, condemning him after the assassination of Caesar. This manuscript was decorated by, or in the style of, an artist knowns as the Master of Ippolita Sforza, a 15th C illuminator associated with the court of Milan.

At the bottom is a stripe from the inside back cover of S.Maria.Magg.16, the last volume of a four-part 15th C Graduale. Although the parchment is missing, ink transfer on the oaken board shows that this had been previously covered with two bifolia of a 14th C Missal. These particular leaves had the calendar from April, June, July, and September, and the snippet presented here has the KL decoration and start of April and September. The way the months are organized indicates that the binding of the original manuscript had a 3, or more, bifolio gathering, with June and July facing at the center of the quire, and April/September one bifolio farther out.