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Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 50 of 2025

In total twenty-three manuscripts were digitized this week. The breakdown across the collections is Ott.lat, Capp.Sist, and Comb, with eight, seven, and six contributions, respectively. The last two came from the Barb.lat collection.

To the right is f.1v from Capp.Sist.667. This is a volume towards the very end of the collection, after the well-sorted musical manuscripts and organizational documents. The volume is a miscellany, and this section is described in the catalogue with the delightful term "Stracciafoglio di amministrazione", which I translate as "administrative scratch papers", eg. pages that were written on and expected to be destroyed once their use was completed. Sadly they are not related to Stracciatella Gelato, nor the cheese, nor even the soup

At the bottom is a bit of the border from f.1r of Ott.lat.1884, a manuscript of Petrarch's De remediis utrusque fortune. This particular copy has had what was probably a lovely illuminated letter "C" cut out from the start of the text on this page, though it has been patched and a repair attempted on the text.

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Barb.lat.1915, Oration to Franciscum Barberinum (17th C)
Incipit: Al Eminentiss[imo] Cardinale Franciscu[m] Barberinu[m] Oratio. Quibus prima fronte, natura

Barb.lat.1945, J. Cohellius De Ludorum Praefectis et Ludis (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) De Ludorum Præfectis & Ludis. Ludis, et spectaculis, nedum Græci, sed latini quoque

Capp.Sist.376, Prophets Lection for Holy Saturday, Litany of the Saints (1785)
Incipit: (f.3r) Prophetia Prima. In principio creavit De-us cœlum, & terram

Scribe: Bernardino Sebastiani


Capp.Sist.403, Philippi Ceciliani Antiphons, First Alto Choir (1805)
Incipit: (f.2r) Altus. Antiph. Mandatum novu[m] do vobis

Part of a set Capp.Sist.402-409, scribe: Leonardo Testa


Capp.Sist.405, Philippi Ceciliani Antiphons, First Bass Choir (1805)
Incipit: (f.2r) Bassus Antiph. Mandatum novum do vobis

Part of a set Capp.Sist.402-409, scribe: Leonardo Testa


Capp.Sist.406, Philippi Ceciliani Antiphons, Second Cantus Choir (1805)
Incipit: (f.2r) Cantus Antiph. Mandatum novum do vobis

Part of a set Capp.Sist.402-409, scribe: Leonardo Testa


Capp.Sist.408, Philippi Ceciliani Antiphons, Second Tenor Choir (1805)
Incipit: (f.2r) Tenor Antiph. Mandatu[m] novun do vobis

Part of a set Capp.Sist.402-409, scribe: Leonardo Testa


Capp.Sist.410, Johannis Biordi, Laurentii Ratti, Francisci Foggia Motet O Salutaris Hostia, Sequence Lauda Sion Salvatorem, Hymn Verbum supernum prodiens, etc (1736)
Incipit: (f.2v) C.Po. v. voc. O Saluataris Hostia quæ cœlipan-dis

Capp.Sist.667, Administrative miscellany (c. 1750-1770)

Comb.G.20, Benda di giustificazione, Via del Cielo (19th-20th C)

Comb.G.21, Benda di giustificazione, Via del Cielo, Story of the Passion (20th C)

Comb.G.25, Benda di giustificazione, Via del Cielo, Memorial of the Passion (20th C)

Comb.G.26, Benda di giustificazione, Via del Cielo (19th C)

Comb.G.32, Benda di giustificazione, Via del Cielo, Story of the Passion (20th C)

Comb.G.34, Benda di giustificazione, Via del Cielo (19th C)

Ott.lat.1884, Petrarch De remediis utrusque fortune (15th C)
Incipit: Francisci petrarce laureati de reme-diis utrusq[ue] fortune liber p[ri]mu[s] incip[it]. Est Reuerendissimi D[omi]ni D[omi]ni fabricii Marliani Ep[iscop]i placen-cini & Comitis.

Ott.lat.1890, Virgil Works (1401-1425)
Incipit: In noua fert animus mu...

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.1924, Aristotle, Averroes, Michael Scotus (tr) Physicorum, with commentary
Incipit: (f.3r) Quoniam aute[m] scire & int[e]ll[ige]re

Ott.lat.1931, Diogenes Laertius, Ambrogio Traversari (tr) Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (15th C)
Incipit: Ambrosii monaci Florentini prefatio inia-ertivm diogenem de vita et moribvs phi-losophorvm ad magnificvm virvm cosmam medicem incipit

Scribe: Nicolaus Riccius


Ott.lat.1964, Vegetius Epitoma rei militaris (15th C)
Incipit: Flavii Vegetii illvstris epitho-marii militaris libri nvmero qvator incipiunt foeliciter. Primus liber Electionem

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.1965, Pliny the Younger Epistles (15th C)
Incipit: Gaii Plinii Secvndi Verone[n]-sis oratoris Epistvlar[um] Liber incipit Feliciter. C. Plinius secundus Secundo salutatem dicit.

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.1987, Cicero De officiis (15th C)
Incipit: M.T. C. Officior[um] Liber Primvs. Qvanq[ue] te marce fili annum iam audientem cratippum

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.1989, Cicero De oratore (15th C)
Incipit: M. T. Ciceronis ad Qvintvm frat[r]em de o-ratore liber primvs incipit feliciter. Cogitanti mihi sape numero

See Biblissima, includes marginal notes in 15th and 16th C hands