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Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 3 of 2026

A total of thirty-three manuscripts were digitized this past week. They came entirely from the Ott.lat, with twenty-five, and Barb.lat, with the remaining eight manuscripts.

To the right is a page from Ott.lat.1410, a copy of the works of Virgil with glosses by Servius. This is f.49r, which contains the start of the Aeneid, starting "Arma virumq[ue] cano, T[ro]i[a]e q[ui] p[ri]mus ab horis". It has glosses all around the main text as well as interlinear definitions.

At the bottom is a border decoration from f.1r of Ott.lat.928. This is a 15th C copy of the "Epistle to Rabbi Isaac" by Samuel Israeli of Morocco, a purported Jewish convert to Christianity.

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Barb.lat.2279, Iconologia, seu tractatus imaginis Christi Saluatoris nostri ab eodem mirabiliter impressae ante tempus suae passionis... (1625)
Incipit: (f.2r) Principi Pastorum Pont. Maximo Sanctissimoq[ue] D.N. Vrbano Papæ VIII Assiduam foelicitatem. Egenæ mulieri (Pater sanctissime)

Barb.lat.2289, Vitae Sancti Bernadi Parmensis Episcopi S.R.E. Tituli Sancti Chrysogoni Presbiteri Cardinalis (17th C)
Incipit: In Nomine Domini Amen.

Barb.lat.2295, Infulae Remenses, Appendix ad Christi Jesu Regale Sacerdotium (17th C)
Incipit: (p.3) Eminentissimo Principi Antonio Barberino Cardinali Archiepiscopo Duci Remensi. Auctuarium dolem sequi et genium principalis

Barb.lat.2298, Tolentana Beatificationis Fratris Francisci a Puero Jesu laici Ordinis Carmelitarum Discalcatorum (17th C)
Incipit: Toletana Beatificat[ionis]. Beat[issime] P[ate]r. Homine totius ordinis

Barb.lat.2309, Vita Confessoris Alexiis Almae (17th C)
Incipit: Vita Sanctissimi Confessoris Alexii Almæ Vrbi apud Devm Oratoris coelitus dati ex quodam libro satis antiquo

Barb.lat.2313, Testamentum Vincentii Berardi (17th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Testamentum Ad[] Ill[ustrissimis] D. Vincentii Berardi. In Dei No[m]i[n]e A[me]n Anno D[omi]ni Millesimo, Sexcentissimo

Barb.lat.2314, Erasmus Irenicus Bibliotheca Gallo-Suecica (17th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Lectori. Quisquis hæc legis si ciuis es meus id est Germanus

Barb.lat.2325, Martino Polono Chronica de summis pontificibus et imperatoribus. (15th C)
Incipit: Cronica de su[m]mis pontificib[us] Et imp[er]atorib[us] ex diu[er]sis gestis ip[s]or[um] p[er]

Ott.lat.839, Raymund Llull Liber in sex distinctiones distributus, quarum quinque ed Angelos...
Incipit: Deus qui es actus pur[ue] altissim[us] et exell[e]n-tissimus sup[er] om[n]es actus intelligiblis et amablis

Ott.lat.928, Samuel Maroccanus Epistola Rabbi Samuelis Judaei ad Rabbi Isaac Judaeum de prophetiis Veteris Testamenti, secundum translationem eorum quibus lex judaica destruitur, christianaque religio approbatur (tr) (c. 1470)
Incipit: Translatio Samoelis E-brei ad Rabisaach ma-gestrvm sin-agoge he-breorvm. Reverendissi-mo in christo patri Fratri Vgoni gene-rali priori

See NBM. Scribe: Iacopo Macario. Colophon on f.44r


Ott.lat.1410 (Upgraded to HQ), Virgil, Servius (gloss), et al Bucolica with gloss, Georgica with gloss, Epitaph of Virgil, Aeneid with gloss (c. 1175-1225)
Incipit: Argumentum. Tyarus agresti m[odo] letus carmine ruris

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.1452, Baptiste Candelario De Vetusta Northmanniae Nuncupatione (1528)
Incipit: (f.2r) De vetusta Northmanne Vrbisq[ue] Rothomagen[sis]

Dated on f.2r


Ott.lat.1508, Paolo Bagellardo, Bernardo Torni, Dominicus Christophorus De aegritudinibus, De absinthio, Modus observandus in consultis aegrorum

Ott.lat.1561, Vitruvius De architectura (15th C)
Incipit: [C]um diuina mens tua et numen IMP[erator] C[a]es[ar]

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.1611, St. Anthony of Florence Tractatus de censuris (1437)
Incipit: P[ro]logus de exco[n]ne maiori. Incipit prologus intractatu de ce[n]-suris eccliasticis

Dated in colophon on f.118r. Scribe: Johannes de Monte Cinere


Ott.lat.1621, Virgil Aeneid (15th C)
Incipit: Primvs Habet Libicam veniant ut troes in urbe[m]

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.1630, Bartholomaeus Anglicus De proprietatibus rerum
Incipit: De p[ro]p[ri]etatib[us] itaq[ue] & natis rer[um] tam

Ott.lat.2011 (Upgraded to HQ), Carmina plusa cuiusdam poeme Latini Perusini (15th C)
Incipit: Ad Lectorem. Qvisquis amas tragicæ lachrymas & syrmata

Ott.lat.2029 (Upgraded to HQ), Pliny, Martial De morte Martialis, Epigram (15th C)
Incipit: Avdio martialem decessisse et moles-te fero

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.2032, Cicero De finibus (15th C)
Incipit: M. T. Ciceronis de finibus bonor[um] & malor[um] liber primus feliciter incipit. Non eram nescivs Brute

See Biblissima. Ex libris for Francesco Maturanzio de Pérouse, was then donated to San Pietro in Perugia


Ott.lat.2035 (Upgraded to HQ), Cicero, ps-Cicero Epistles: Ad Brutum, Ad Quintum fratrem, Epistula ad Octavianum, Epistulae ad Atticum (15th C)
Incipit: Cicero Bruto Sal[u]t[em]. L. Clodius tr[ibunus] pl[ebis] designatus ualde me diligit uelut

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.2044, Johannes Boccacius, Livy Vita Livii, Ab Urbe Condita (15th C)
Incipit: Titus liuius inter ceteros cuiuscu[m]q[ue]

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.2046, Quintilianus Institutio oratoria (15th C)
Incipit: Marcus fabuis Quintilianus trifoni salutem. Et flagitanti quotidiano conuitio

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.2047, Quintillian, Apulieus, Macrobius, et al Declamationes Majores, Apologia, Metamorphoses, Florida, Saturnalia, etc (1350-1400)
Incipit: Incipit liber Quintiliani de-clamationum Exclamatio fo[rm]a quam Cetus in lumine cubiculi i[n]cepit

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.2053, Quintus Curtius Rufus Historiae Alexandri Magni (15th C)
Incipit: Qvinti Cvrtii Rvffi de Gestis Ale-xandri Magni Regis Macedo-nvm liber primvs incipit fel-iciter. Alexander uesanus iuuenis

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.2059, Columella Opera: De re rustica, De arboribus (15th C)
Incipit: L. Juni moderati Columellae re rustica liber primus Incipit felicit[er]. Precepta que

See Biblissima,


Ott.lat.2060 (Upgraded to HQ), Averroes, Abramo de Balmes (tr) Quaesita Naturalia (16th C)
Incipit: Incipiu[n]t quesita naturalia Auerroys Interpetre Abramo de Balmes. Quesitu[m] primu[m]

Ott.lat.2064, Lorenzo Valla De elegantia Linguae Latinae, Libros VI (15th C)
Incipit: Cvm Sepe mecvm nostrorvm maiorum res gestas alioru[m]q[ue] vel

Ott.lat.2073, Ricobaldi Ferrarese De historia Romana (14th C)
Incipit: Liber pomeriu[m] Eccl[es]ie Raue[n]tiatis Incipit. Instancie tue uenerande pater Michael

Ott.lat.2076, Questiones Philosophicae (15th C)
Incipit: Scientia huius libri sit distincta

Ott.lat.2078, Defensorium Pacis (15th C)
Incipit: (f.3v) Omni quippe regno desid[er]abilis debet e[ss]e

Table of contents on ff.2r-3r


Ott.lat.2079, De forma terrae, De figuratione corporum coelestium, De ordine motus stellarum
Incipit: Liber de forma terræ et de figuratio[n]e corpor[um] celestiu[m] nec no[n] de ordine motus stellar[um]

Ott.lat.2081, De diversitate nominum ad Philosophiam spectantium (15th C)