Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 47 of 2025

Only thirteen manuscripts were digitized in the past week. Despite the small numbers, the recent pattern of distributions was maintained: Barb.lat led with five, Comb and Ott.lat added four each.

To the right is f.1r from Ott.lat.1999, a late 15th C copy of poetry by Giannantonio de’ Pandoni, called "Il Porcellio". I believe it is argued in - Autografi dei letterati italiani. Il Quattrocento, I, that this is in the author's own hand

At the bottom is part of the border decoration from f.1r of Barb.lat.1912, another 17th C volume of poetry dedicated to Francisco Barberino

Barb.lat.1833, Dominici Frescobaldi Carmina ad beatitudinem Urbani VIII. (17th C)

Incipit: (f.IIIr) Beatissimo Pontifici Vrbano viii Dominicus Frescobaldus F. Vrbanvm vrbis et orbis Moderatorem Poesis

Barb.lat.1912, Marcus Batatta Carmina (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1v) Luce repercussum, quam sacro in uertice Phoebus

Barb.lat.2168, Francisco Barberino Epistles (17th C)

Incipit: Postquam placrire Sanctissimo D[omi]no auricute et

Barb.lat.2229, (17th C)

Incipit: Enchiridion facut-tatum Legationis Auenionensis. Primo igitur concissum est Legato Auenionen[sis] facultas dispensandi cum quibus

Barb.lat.2703, Ducatus Parmae et Placentiae Plurimumq[ue] Castororum investiturae ex bullis et brevibus, Pauli III. Book III (17th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) Svm Bvllarvm Pavli Tertii. 42. Horatius Farnesius inuistitur de Terra Caursii et Villa Sancti Nazarii Placentiæ

Comb.E.19, Icon of Christ the Redeemer (19th-20th C)

Comb.G.13, Justification of Faith, Way of Heaven (19th-20th C)

Comb.G.15, Justification of Faith, Way of Heaven (20th C)

Comb.G.18, Justification of Faith, Way of Heaven, Story of the Passion (20th C)

Ott.lat.1816, Gonsalvus de Vallebona, Franciscus Rubeus de Marchia Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics, etc (14th C)

Incipit: Incipiu[n]t q[uestio]nes metha[physice] p[er] mag[ist]r[o]

See post by Pieter Beullens

Ott.lat.1905, Hieronymus Picus De intentione et remissione formarum (15th C)

Incipit: (f.1r) R[everentissimo] In chr[ist]o p[at]ri ac D[omi]no D. Antonio Contareno P[at]riarche venet[io] meritissimo ac digniss[imo] P[res]b[ite]r hieronym[us] Picus In Ecc[lesia] diui Marci

Ott.lat.1927, Joannes de Dondis De fabricatione et usu Horologiorum (1364)

Incipit: (f.1r) [C]elestium syderum varios multiplicesq[ue]

Date in the text of f.55r

Ott.lat.1999, Giannantonio Pandoni (15th C)

Incipit: De prælio apud troiam Apuliæ urbem confecto a Divo Ferdinando rege siciliæ in gallorum ducem Ioan. a se uictum et regno fugatum