Another somewhat quiet week with a total of thirty-six manuscripts digitized. Unexpectedly Ott.lat contributed the largest fraction with twelve, followed by Barb.lat with ten and Capp.Sist.Diari with eight. Wrapping up the week were three from Vat.lat, two from Comb, and a single volume from Barb.gr

To the right is f.74v from Barb.lat.524, which is a 13th C manuscript containing the New Testament, a Psalter and various prayers. The non-Testamental text is probably either a later addition or, more likely, added in from other sources. Each of the books in the Biblical section starts with an inhabited capitol letter, and since the Third Epistle of John is so short (only 15 verses), it and Jude start on the same page.

At the bottom is the scribal note at the very end of Ott.lat.1312, which is on f.18v for this short containing a letter from Reniero Fioravante to the Doge, Leonardo Loredan. Although he It is unknown today, a later ownership note on the front flyleaf identifies him as a famous jurist from the time of the League of Cambrai, and his arms are identified on a printed Antiphonal, now in the Archivio Storico Patriarcato of Venice (see Armstrong, Benedetto Bordon and the Illumination of Venetian Choir Books around 1500: Patronage, Production, Competition). It is not uncommon to see a short "thanksgiving" message from the scribe at the end of a work, celebrating the successful completion of the task. This one is brief, and in the same lovely purple ink that was used in the rubric on f.1r.