Vatican Manuscripts: Bibles

All manuscripts titled as biblical

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.A.1, Bible (1101-1125)
Incipit: intaber naculo suo. Quodium uidisset mam pater chanaan

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.C.92, Bible (Prophets) (1076-1100)
Incipit: flagella eius usq[ue] ad ga-zer p[er]uenerunt.

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.C.95, Bible (early books OT) (12th C)
Incipit: In nomine d[ei] su[m]mi. Incipit Liber Genesis. In principio creauit deus

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.C.101, Jerome Bible and Commentary (12th C)
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]logus uel argumentum s[an]c[t]i Ie-ronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad romanos

Two codices originally, the Bible text is probably German and the commentary Italian


Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.C.135, Bible (Kings 1-4) (11th C)
Incipit: In no[min]ie p[atri] F[iliu] S[piritu Sanctu]. Incip[it] p[ro]logus in Lib[ro] regem . Viginti et duas esse


Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.D.146, Bible (New Testament) (1101-1125)
Incipit: [A]pocalipsis ioh[ann]i tot babet sacramen-ta

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.F.11.pt.B, Bible fragment, Book of Numbers (8th C)

Uncial in 2 columns


Barb.gr.287, Bible: Gospels (13th C)


Barb.gr.375, Bible: Octateuch

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, damaged


Barb.gr.445, Bible: Gospels (1123 )

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry. Begins with a 10th C fragment of a sermon of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople


Barb.gr.448 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Gospels (1125-1175)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, probably from Rossano or Messina


Barb.gr.470, Bible: Gospels and Acts (16th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, described as "in vulgar Greek"


Barb.gr.482 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Gospels, Liturgical prologue (c. 1121, 15th-16th C)

Barb.gr.489, Bible: Ecclesiastes (17th C)

Barb.gr.503, Bible: Pauline Epistles (1324 )

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, Scribe: Ἰωάννης Πεπαγωμένος


Barb.gr.520, Bible: Gospels (1150-1200)

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, Pinakes Entry, includes Canon tables and marginal epigrams. From Otranto


Barb.gr.541 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Gospels (1291-1292)

Barb.gr.574, Bible: Pauline Epistles with Scholia (12th C)

Barb.lat.368, Bible: OT and NT, Index of Hebrew Names (14th C)

Barb.lat.391, Vulgate Bible: Psalms 76-100 (17th C)
Incipit: Psalmvs LXXVI Argvmentv[m]. De mutatione iræ Dei in misericordiam

following the edition of Sixtus V


Barb.lat.402 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: OT and NT, Index of Hebrew Names (14th C)
Incipit: Frater Ambrosius tua m[ihi] munuscula

Barb.lat.413, Bible: Genesis-Apocalypse, Intrepretation of Hebrew Names (14th C)
Incipit: Incip[it] p[ro]log[us] s[an]c[t]i

Barb.lat.415, St. Jerome, ps-Bede, Gregory the Great, at a. Bible, Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum, Moralia in Job, etc (1301-1350)
Incipit: Incip[it] p[ro]log[us] lib[er] Genes[ei]um. Frater ambrosius

See Biblissima,


Barb.lat.424, Bible (14th C)
Incipit: Incipit p[re]fatio s[an]cti ieronimi. Desideri mei d[e]sid[er]itas accepi

Barb.lat.524, Bible (13th C)
Incipit: Liber Ge-nerati-atio[n]is

See Iter liturgicum italicum, from Tuscany


Barb.lat.545, Bible: Gospels and Epistles (glossed) (13th C)
Incipit: d[omi]n[us i[e]h[u]s ch[ristus] .i. u[er]bu[m] d[e]i ad fa-brica mundi

Barb.lat.587, Jerome, Isidore of Seville Bible, with preface, Etymologies (11th C)
Incipit: Incip[it] preph[a]t[io] S[an]c[t]i Ieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad pav-linvm

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 415 (margins of ff. 155v-157r, 11th-12th C), from Rome, possibly S. Cecilia's in Trastevere


Barb.lat.588 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible (11th C)
Incipit: Prologus Totius Libri. Omnipotentis opus q[uo]d cominet iste libellis

Barb.lat.613, Bible of Niccolò d'Este (1430-1434)
Incipit: Ci commence la bible hystoriaus ou les hystoires estolastes. Cest li prohemes de celui qui mist cest luire de latin en francois.

Barb.lat.622, Bible: Genesis-Kings (15th C)
Incipit: Frater Ambrosius tua m[ihi]

Barb.lat.623, Bible: Chronicles - Maccabees II (15th C)
Incipit: Adam seth e-uos chainam malalchel iared enoch

Barb.lat.624, Bible: Psalms-Apocalypse (15th C)
Incipit: Prologus. Incipit liber psalmor[um] dauid in quo agit[us] de chr[ist]i diui[ni]tate & hu[m]anitate

Barb.or.1, Bible (1227)

Known as " Barberini Triglot", contains Samaritan text, Hebrew text in Samaritan letters, and Arabic text


Barb.or.161, Bible (1295-7)

Part of a 4-volume Hebrew Bible(Barb.or.161-164),


Barb.or.162, Bible (1295-7)

Part of a 4-volume Hebrew Bible(Barb.or.161-164),


Barb.or.163, Bible (1295-7)

Part of a 4-volume Hebrew Bible(Barb.or.161-164), this one contains Ruth, Psalms, Canticles, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Job, Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah, Chronicles.


Barb.or.164, Bible (1295-7)
Incipit: וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵי֙ שְׁפֹ֣ט הַשֹּׁפְטִ֔ים וַיְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ

Part of a 4-volume Hebrew Bible(Barb.or.161-164),


Borg.arm.24, Bible(OT and NT), OT Lectionary, Abbreviated History, Liturgy for the Mass, Liturgical Songs (1652)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis. pp. 29-31


Borg.arm.27, Bible (Prophets) (17th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis. p. 35


Borg.copt.109.cass.V.fasc.12 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Joshua, Chapt 24:29-end

Borg.copt.109.cass.XXIII.fasc.97, Bible: Psalms, John

See Biblissima, fragments


Borg.ind.7, Bible, Gospels and Acts (1714)

in Tamil, the rest of the NT is in Borg.ind.8


Borg.ind.47-48, Bible - Gospel of Matthew (c. 1775)

Cappon.177, Several liturgical works and Bible (New Testament) in Italian (1301-1350)
Incipit: Qui apresso isciriueremo i dodici articoli della sede

Comb.A.3, Bible: Apocalypse (17th C)

Neofiti.1, Bible with Targum (1501-1517)

Ott.lat.9, Bible: Pauline Epistles
Incipit: Paulus seruus chr[ist]i i[e]hu uocat[us] ap[osto]l[u]s segregat[us] in eua[n]g[e]liu[m] d[e]i

Ott.lat.12, Bible: Pentateuch (11th C)
Incipit: (f.4v) In pri[]. Crea-vit d[eu]s celum et terram.

Some pages are palimpsest. See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 259[ff. 57r, 58r, 101r, 102r, 137r 11th C Italian neumes in undertext]. ff.1r-4r is chapter table


Ott.lat.34, Bible: Pauline Epistles (glossed)
Incipit: Pavlvs Pavlus Servvs chr[ist]i i[e]hv[s]

Ott.lat.43, Bible: Acts and Epistles
Incipit: Incipit liber act[uum] apos-toloru[m] cet[er]ar[um]que ep[ista]lar[um]

Ott.lat.55, Bible: Epistles, Lamentations and Jeremiah (glossed)
Incipit: Iacob[us] cognominatus iust[us] fili[us] marie sorori[us] matris d[omi]ni

Ott.lat.58, Bible: Gospels
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]logus s[an]c[t]i jeroni-mi p[res]bite]ri sup[er] quattuor e-uangelia. Beatissimo pape damasio

Ott.lat.77, Bible
Incipit: Frater Ambrosius tua michi

Ott.lat.115, Bible: Pentateuch (glossed)
Incipit: Cum omnes diuinos libros legimus

Ott.lat.134, Bible: Gospels

Ott.lat.160, Bible: Pauline Epistles (12th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit ep[isto]la ad romanos. Romanis inpartes italis

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 1062[f.114v, 15th C],


Ott.lat.218, Bible: Luke and John (glossed)
Incipit: Lucas syrus natione & anchiochenus

Scribe Leonardus Calendinus (colophon on f.IIIr)


Ott.lat.222 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Genesis-Apocalypse, Glossary of Biblical Names (13th C)
Incipit: Frater ambrosius m[ihi] tua

Ott.lat.246, Bible: Revelation (glossed)
Incipit: (f.1r) Apocalipsis do-mini n[ost]ri ih[es]u chr[ist]i qua[m] dedit illi deus

See Iter liturgicum italicum, describes 12th C Beneventan endleaves from a Homilarium


Ott.lat.292, Bible: Gospel of John, glossed
Incipit: (f.IIr) [n]ota q[uo]d qui ante octaua[m] die[m] fine circu[m]cisione moriebantur p[er]ibant

Ott.lat.322 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Gospels, Acts, and Epistles, glossed
Incipit: (f.1r) Matthei Euangelia. Liber generationis Jesu Christi filii Dauid filii abraam

Ott.lat.329, Bible, Life of St. Benedict (1191-1200)
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]ph[et]o s[an]c[t]i iero[n]imi p[res]b[iter]i ad pau-linu[m]

See Iter liturgicum italicum includes calendar and capitulary at the end


Ott.lat.338 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Pentateuch
Incipit: [I]n principio creauit Deus cælum et te[r]ra[m]

Marginal glosses include hebrew and greek;


Ott.lat.367, Bible: New Testament (c. 1400)
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit p[ro]logus. Matheus ex iudea

Ott.lat.413, Bible: Ruth-Esdras. Glossed
Incipit: [I]n diebus uni[us] Ivdicis quando uidices preerant, facta est fames interra

Ott.lat.417, Bible: Epistolæ canonicæ et Apocalypsi (c. 1200)
Incipit: Ep[isto]la s[an]c[t]ui Ia-cobi. [I]acobus dei et domini nostri ihesus

Ott.lat.434, Bible: Epistles
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit ep[isto]la ad romanes.

Ott.lat.469, Bible

Includes preface and index of names


Ott.lat.529, Bible: New Testament, Calendar (Ambrosian) (12th-13th C)
Incipit: Incipit lib[er] s[ecund]a[m] mathei Euang[e]liste. Liber g[e]n[er]ationis

Ott.lat.625, Bible: Genesis-Ecclesiasticus
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit prologus s[an]c[t]i ieronimi p[re]sb[ite]ri ad paulin[um] de studio sc[ri]pt[or]ar[um]. Frater ambrosius tua michi

ff.IIr-IIIr is a table of contents in arabic numerals


Ott.lat.665, Bible
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit ep[istu]la s[an]c[t]i iero-lmini p[re]sbit ad

Ott.lat.670, Bible: Proverbs-Apocalypse

initial folios extremely darkened and rubbed


Ott.lat.684, Bible
Incipit: Incipit ep[istu]la s[an]c[t]i iheronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinum p[res]b[ite]r[u]m de om[n]ibus diuine ystorie libris. Testus. Frater ambrosius

Ott.lat.760 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Kings 1-4 (15th C)
Incipit: Exodus. Incipit liber hellesmoth que[m] nos exodi ti-cimus. Capitulum primum. [H]ec svnt nomina filiorum israel

Ott.lat.879, Bible: Epistle to the Romans
Incipit: Cap. 1 Epistole ad Romanos. Paulus seruus Iesu Christi ad Apostolici muneris functionem uocatus a Deo,

Ott.lat.1763 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Prophets (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit prologus in ysaiam prophetam. [N]emo cu[m] prophetas uersibus uiderit

P.I.O.slav.1, Bible: Gospels (16th C)

Pal.gr.20, Bible: Gospel of Luke (13th C)

See Biblissima, , Pinakes Entry, , Codices Palatini Entry, Evangelium Lucae; 13. Jh.


Pal.gr.38, Hippolytus of Rome, et al. Chronicon, Bible: Acts, Epistles (12th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry , Codices Palatini Entry, Sammelhandschrift; 13.-14. Jh.


Pal.gr.171 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: New Testament (1442-1453)

See Biblissima, Codices Palatini Entry, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σκουταριώτης


Pal.gr.227, Bible: Gospels (1275-1325)

Pal.gr.229, Bible: Gospels (1301-1325)

Pal.gr.337, Bible: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (1101-1150)

Pal.lat.1, Bible, OT and NT (c. 1400)

Workshop of King Wenceslas IV, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; liber Psalmorum et Testamentum novum; Prag; Hofwerkstätten König Wenzels IV.; um 1400 bis 1. Jahrzehnt 15. Jh.


Pal.lat.2, Bible, OT (800-850)

From Lorsch, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia; Vetus Testamentum (Genesis-Liber II Paralipomenon cum prologis Hieronymi et capitulis)Lorsch; 1. Hälfte 9. Jh., , See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 34[, Folio: Ir, Century: 11, Source: tedesco, Provinance: Lorsch (OSB), Notation: Neumi accenti]


Pal.lat.3, Bible, OT (beginning) (1080-1090)

Italian, Joint with Pal.lat.4 and Pal.lat.5, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus (Pars prior)Mittelitalien; 11. Jh. (2. Hälfte bzw. 1080/1090), , See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 92[, Folio: sparsim, Century: 13, Source: tedesco, Provinance: Lorsch (OSB), Notation: Neumi accenti],See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 176[, Folio: 141v, Century: 11, Provinance: Saint-Magloire, Notation: Alfabetica (Latina)]


Pal.lat.4, Bible, OT (end) (1080-1090)

Italian, Joint with Pal.lat.3 and Pal.lat.5, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus (Pars altera)Mittelitalien; 11. Jh. (2. Hälfte bzw. 1080/1090), , See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 93[, Folio: sparsim, Century: 13, Source: tedesco, Provinance: Lorsch (OSB), Notation: Neumi accenti]


Pal.lat.5, Bible, NT and Psalms (1080-1090)

Italian, Joint with Pal.lat.3 and Pal.lat.4, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum novum et liber Psalmorum; Mittelitalien; 11. Jh. (2. Hälfte bzw. 1080/1090), , See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 94[, Folio: sparsim, Century: 13, Source: tedesco, Provinance: Lorsch (OSB), Notation: Neumi accenti]


Pal.lat.6, Bible, OT (through Job) (1400-1450)

French?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; usque ad librum Iob; Frankreich (?); 15. Jh. (1. Hälfte)


Pal.lat.7, Bible, OT (end) (1400-1450)

French?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus (pars altera) et novus; Frankreich (?); 15. Jh. (1. Hälfte)


Pal.lat.8, Bible (1419)

Southern Germany, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus et Testamentum novus; Süddeutschland (?); 1419


Pal.lat.9, Bible, OT + Psalms (1345)

Riga?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus et Psalterium; Riga (?); 1345


Pal.lat.10, Bible, OT (15th C)

Italy or South France, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; Italien oder Südfrankreich (?); 15. Jh.


Pal.lat.11, Bible (1345(?))

Riga?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus et novus; Riga (?); 14. Jh. (um 1345?)


Pal.lat.12, Bible (15th C)

Italy or South France, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus et Testamentum novus; Italien oder Südfrankreich (?); 15. Jh.


Pal.lat.13, Bible, OT + Psalms + NT (1400-1459)

Sienna?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; liber Psalmorum et Testamentum novum; Italien (Siena?); 15. Jh. (1. Hälfte?); vor 1459


Pal.lat.14, Bible, 8-tuch, Additions musicales (800-850)

See MMMO for 11th C music ff.171v and 178v, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia; Octateuchus; Italien (?) und Lorsch; 1. Hälfte 9. Jh., See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 35[, Folio: 171v, 178v, Century: 11, Source: tedesco, Provinance: Lorsch (OSB), Notation: Neumi accenti],See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 95[, Folio: 178v, 179rv, Century: 13, Source: tedesco, Notation: Neumi accenti]


Pal.lat.15, Bible, OT + Psalms + NT (1250-1300)

Paris, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; liber Psalmorum et Testamentum novum; Paris; 2. Hälfte 13. Jh.


Pal.lat.16, Bible, OT (through Ruth) (15th C)

French?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus usque ad librum Rut; Frankreich (?); 15. Jh.


Pal.lat.17, Bible, OT (1200-1250)

Italian?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia sacra: Testamentum vetus; Italien (?); 13. Jh. (1. Hälfte)


Pal.lat.18, Bible, OT + Psalms + NT (c. 1250)

French, Paris?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; liber Psalmorum et Testamentum novum; Frankreich (Paris?); 13. Jh. (um 1250?)


Pal.lat.19, Bible, OT + Psalms + NT (1250-1300)

French?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; liber Psalmorum et Testamentum novum; Frankreich (?); 13. Jh. (2. Hälfte?)


Pal.lat.20, Bible, OT + Psalms + NT (1376-1425)

French?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; liber Psalmorum et Testamentum novum; Mitteleuropa (Frankreich?); 14. und 15. Jh.


Pal.lat.21, Bible, OT + Psalms + NT (1350-1400)

French, Patis?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus; liber Psalmorum et Testamentum novum; Frankreich (Paris?) (?); 14. Jh. Ende (?)


Pal.lat.22, Bible, OT + NT (1276-1325)

Italy?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus et Testamentum novum; Italien (?); 13. Jh. Ende / 14. Jh. Anfang (?)


Pal.lat.23, Bible (1276-1300)

Paris?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia sacra; Paris (?); Nordfrankreich (?); Drittes Viertel 13. Jh.


Pal.lat.24, Bible, Wisdom books (7th C)

Italian, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia; Libri sapientiales et didactici; Italien; 7. Jh., See Pinakes Entry,


Pal.lat.25, Bible, OT (minor prophets) + NT (Epistles, Evangelary, Apocalypse) (1300-1376)

Silesia?, Codices Palatini Entry, Biblia: Testamentum vetus (12 Prophetas minores) et novum (Epistola Pauli; Evangelia et Apocalypsis)(?); vielleicht Schlesien; 14. Jh. (erste Hälfte bzw. Mitte?)


Pal.lat.61, Bible, Book of Numbers, Glossed (13th C)

Codices Palatini Entry. French, (Paris?)


Pal.lat.62, Bible, Four books of Kings (13th C)

Codices Palatini Entry. France, Paris(?)


Pal.lat.63, Bible, Chronicles and the Prayer of Manasah (13th C)

Codices Palatini Entry, France, Paris(?)


Pal.lat.66, Bible(Vetus Testamentum: Psalterium et Cantica cum Glossa ordinaria) (12th-13th C)

Codices Palatini Entry, made in Italy?


Reg.gr.76, Bible: Epistles of Paul (1451-1500)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribes: (ff.1-39) Γεώργιος Ἑρμώνυμος, (f. 40) Ἀντώνιος Διζομαῖος


Reg.gr.189, Bible: Gospels (12th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.20 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Pentateuch (14th C)

Reg.lat.1, Bible, Gen-Ps (13th c)
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]logus s[an]c[t]i iero[nim]i p[res]b[ite]ri

Reg.lat.2, Bible, Prov-Apoc (13th C)

Reg.lat.3, Bible, NT (1266-1300)

From a Parisian exemplar


Reg.lat.4, Bible, Gospels (866-900)

With Lectionary marks


Reg.lat.5, Bible, Pauline Epistles, glossed (11th C)

Reg.lat.6, Bible, Gospel of John and Song of Songs. Glossed (13th C)

Reg.lat.7, Bible, OT (missing Tobias) (9th C)

See MMMO, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 253[, Folio: 140v, Century: 12, Source: francese ed inglese, Provinance: Saint-Denis Paris?, Notation: Diastematica],See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 185[, Folio: 140r, Century: 12, Provinance: Saint-Denis Paris, Notation: Alfabetica (Latina)]


Reg.lat.9, Bible, Epistles (8th C)

Reg.lat.10, Bible, Gospels (11th C)

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 893[Title: Passiones, Folio: sparsim, Century: 10, Provinance: Schweiz, Notation: segni musicali]. Includes canon tables and lection notes


Reg.lat.11, Bible, Psalterium Duplum, Cantica, Hymni. (751-800)

CLA# 1.101, Script: Capital and Uncial Written in France in the same scriptorium as Vatic. Reg. Lat. 257, probably somewhat later and with less care and skill. Two scripts are used—uncial for the preface and for the text of the Hebrew Psalter, square capital for the Gallican Psalter so arranged that in the Psalter the verso pages show the square capital and the recto pages the uncial.... Known as the Psalter of Eberhard and Gisela, it is mentioned in their will of c. 863


Reg.lat.14, Bible, Gospels (10th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Beatissimo pape damaso hieronimvs Novvm opus me facere cogis ex ueteri ut p[ri] exemplaria scripturaru[m] toto orbe disp[er]sa

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 78[Title: Evangelarium, Folio: 189v, Century: 12, Source: tedesco, Notation: Neumi accenti],See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 938[Title: Passiones, Folio: sparsim, Century: 10, Provinance: Germania, Notation: segni musicali],See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 939[Title: Passiones, Folio: sparsim, Century: 11, Provinance: Germania, Notation: segni musicali]


Reg.lat.16, Bible, NT (1266-1300)

From a Parisian exemplar


Reg.lat.17, Bible, Acts and Epistles (11th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Incipit prologus nudam quidem videtur sonare histhoria et letantes ecclesiae infanti-am texere sedsinove-rimus scriptore[m] eoru[m]

See MMMO, See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 946[ Title: Passiones, Folio: I, Century: 11, Provinance: Francia, Chur, Lovanio, Notation: segni musicali],See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 506[, Folio: 155r, Century: 12x, Source: francese ed inglese, Notation: linea o rigo]


Reg.lat.18, Bible, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, glossed (13th C)
Incipit: Ieronim[us] Jungat ep[isto]la q[uo]s iungit sac[er]dotium

Reg.lat.19, Bible, Psalms, in Catalan (1433-1466)

See JONAS


Reg.lat.20, Bible, Epistles, glossed (1175-1200)

Reg.lat.21, Bible, Apocalypse and Song of Songs, glossed (1075-1125)

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 308, 12th/13th C Aquitanian notation on scrap/pen test of f.37v


Reg.lat.22, Bible
Incipit: Incip[it] p[ro]log[us].... Frater ambrosi[us] tua m[ihi]

rubric is warn


Reg.lat.23, Bible, Ecclesiastes, G of Matthew, G of John, Epistles, glossed (12th C)

Reg.lat.24, Bible, NT with lections, Bohemian gloss (c. 1440)

Reg.lat.25, Bible Moralisée (1375-1400)

See JONAS


Reg.lat.26, Bible, partial, in French (1275-1325)

See JONAS


Reg.lat.33, Bible, Psalms and Song of Songs, glossed (12th C)

Reg.lat.37 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible, in Spanish (1575-1625)
Incipit: El Sancto euangelio de Iesu Christo segun .S. Matheo. El linage de Iesu Christo segun las promessas de Dios

Reg.lat.41, Bible: Pauline Epistles (12th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Argumentum in epistolis beati pauli apostoli... Epistolæ pauli ad romanos causa hæc est

Reg.lat.51, Bible, Epistles, glossed
Incipit: Iacobus d[e]i ac d[omi]ni n[ost]ri ie[sus] chr[ist]i seruus dudoeci[m] t[ri]bub[us]

Reg.lat.82, Bible, Song of Songs, glossed (12th-13th C)

Reg.lat.87, Bible, Old Testament (1401-1425)

in Bohemian


Reg.lat.155, John Somer, et al. Astronomical Tables, Metrical Bible, Gen-Num (1376-1400)
Incipit: Ad honore[m] d[e]i et u[ir]ginis gl[or]iose necno[n] s[an]c[t]or[mu] confessor[um]

Reg.lat.1934, Bible, Interpretation of Hebrew Names
Incipit: I[n]cip[it] ep[isto]la s[an]c[t]i J[er]onimi ad paulinu[m] de om[n]ib[us] Frater ambrosius tua michi

Ross.127, Bible
Incipit: Frater ambrosius m[ihi] tua munusela

Starts with the letter of Jerome "Frater Ambroisus"


Ross.128, Bible
Incipit: Incip[it] ep[isto]la s[an]c[t]i Jer[onim]i p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinu[m] ep[iscopu]m

Ross.129, Bible
Incipit: Frater ambrosius michi tua

Ross.130, Bible
Incipit: Frater ambrosius michi tua

Ross.154, Bible
Incipit: Frater ambrosius in tua munuscula p[er]serens

Ross.183, Bible
Incipit: Inci-p[it] p[ro]log[us] s[an]c[t]i iero[n]i-mi p[res]b[ite]ri sup[er] biblioteca[rius]. Frat[er] ambrosius m[ihi] tua

Ross.315, Bible
Incipit: Incip[it] ep[istu]la s[an]c[t]i J[er]onimu[m] p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinu[m] p[res]b[ite]r[iu]m

Starts with "Frater Ambrosius" preface


Ross.316, Bible
Incipit: Incipit prologus s[an]c[t]i Je-ronimi presbiteri.

Ross.317, Bible
Incipit: (f.4r) exp[ri]ma t[ri]a & iiii[or] scelera damasci. gaze & tyri

Ross.318, Bible
Incipit: Incipit ... s[an]c[t]i ... p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinu[m] de

Starts with the preface letter "Frater Ambrosius"


Ross.319, Bible
Incipit: Incip[it] ep[isto]la s[an]c[t]i J[er]o[nim]i p[res]b[ite]ri ad pau-linu[m] deomnumb[us]

Begins with the prolog "Frater Ambrosius"


Ross.320, Bible
Incipit: Incipit p[ro]logus s[an]c[t]i jero[nim]i p[res]b[ite]ri in libro

Begins with the letter "Frater Ambrosius"


Ross.321, Bible
Incipit: (f.4r) Pentathecus. ca 7. Genesis, 50 ca.

Owned/used by Charles Boreomeo (as per note on f.2r), ff.4r-5v is TOC, text begins with Frater ambrosius letter on f.6r, ends on f.429r and then Index of Biblical Names


Ross.342, Bible
Incipit: Incipit ep[istu]la s[an]c[t]i iero[nim]i p[res]b[ite]ri ad pau-linu[m]

Ross.403, Bible
Incipit: Incipiu[n]t

Ross.497, Bible Epitome with Concordance (13th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Abies. Pona[m] i[n] deserto abi

Begins with 4-column index, ff.2r-58v


Ross.617, Bible (1101-1125)
Incipit: Incipit prephatio S[an]c[t]i Ieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad pavlinv[m] p[res]b[ite]r[u]m de om[n]ibvs divine Historie Libris

Made in Rome. Starts with Epistle 53 "Frater Ambrosius", ends in Cor. 9


S.Maria.Magg.4, Bible: Proverbs-Hebrews (12th C)
Incipit: Incip[it] p[re]ph[ati]o libri salmonis

A fragment of an "Atlantic Bible"


S.Maria.Magg.117, Bible: Pauline Epistles with gloss (13th C)
Incipit: requirenda sunt prius ut eor[um]

Incomplete decorative program


Urb.ebr.1 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible (13th C)
Incipit: Beginning of B'resheet

Volterra Bible



Urb.lat.1, Bible of Federico da Montefeltro (1477)
Incipit: Hieronymi Pres-byteri sancti-ssimi ac beati-ssimi doctoris prefatio ad pav-linvm nolanvm

Urb.lat.589, Bible: Genesis-Proverbs (1276-1325)
Incipit: (f.1r) Frater ambrosius tua michi

Includes Jerome's prefaces. Prayer of Manasseh in a different hand is ff.Iv-IVr


Urb.lat.597, Bible with Breviary (13th-14th C)

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (1974). Saint Thomas and Saint Bonaventure in the Vatican Library: Exhibit on their seventh centenary (1274-1974) : catalogue. --. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Consists of two different manuscripts, the Bible and the Breviary, bound together


Vat.arm.1, Bible (1625)

Vat.arm.10, Bible, Acts and Epistles (1301)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis. pp. 238-240


Vat.ebr.10, Bible: Prophets and Writings (1301-1330)

See Biblissima, Ashkenazic script, includes vowels and Masorah


Vat.et.23 (Low Quality), Bible: Acts of the Apostles (15th C)

Vat.gr.747, Bible, Octateuch w/ Commentary (1051-1100)

Vat.gr.1161, Bible: Gospels (c. 1530-1560)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Iohannes Honorius (Official scribe of the BAV 1535-1563)


Vat.gr.2025 (Upgraded to HQ), Euthymius Hagiorita (tr) Vita Barlaam et Joasaph, Bible: Susanna, Daniel, Bel and the Dragon (12th C)

Vat.gr.2106, Bible (Codex Basiliano-Vaticanus (8th C)

f.1r has title "Leviticus" (in Greek). This has sigla N or V in critical edition aparatus of the Bible , See Pinakes Entry,


Vat.lat.1, Bible (1454)
Incipit: Incipit ep[isto]la s[an]c[t]i Jeron[min]i p[re]sb[ite]ri ad paulinu[m] p[re]sb[ite]rm de

Vat.lat.28, Bible (13th-14th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (1974). Saint Thomas and Saint Bonaventure in the Vatican Library: Exhibit on their seventh centenary (1274-1974) : catalogue. --. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.


Vat.lat.31, Bible (14th C)

See Iter liturgicum italicum, See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (1974). Saint Thomas and Saint Bonaventure in the Vatican Library: Exhibit on their seventh centenary (1274-1974) : catalogue. --. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.


Vat.lat.117, Bible, Gospels, with Glossa Ordinaria (13th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (1974). Saint Thomas and Saint Bonaventure in the Vatican Library: Exhibit on their seventh centenary (1274-1974) : catalogue. --. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.


Vat.lat.331, Bible (13th C)

Also fragments of the Digests of Justinian, see Manuscripta JuridicaSee JONAS


Vat.lat.3513, Bible with Prolog (13th C)
Incipit: Incipit ep[isto]la s[an]c[t]i ieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinu[m] de o[m]ib[us] diui-ne histo-rie libris. Frater ambrosi[us] michi

Vat.lat.4195, Bible (13th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) fu[er]is, reputabitur tibi i[n] pecc[atu]m. Si no[lu]e[r]is pol-liceri

Connected stylistically to the Conradin Bible, Walters W. 152. f.1r is too washed out to read. Bible begins in the middle of Deuteronomy


Vat.lat.4196, Bible, Leviticus, glossed
Incipit: (f.2r) [V]ocavit aut[em] mo-ysen et locutu[m] est ei d[omi]n[u]s de tabernaculo

Vat.lat.4197, Bible, Numbers, glossed (13th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Origenes. Diuinis nu[mer]is n[on] o[mne]s digiu su[n]t

11th C musical notation on flyleaves. same source as Vat.lat.4201, , See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 171


Vat.lat.4198, Bible, with Glossa Ordinaria (Book of Numbers-Deuteronomy) (13th C)
Incipit: [D]iuinis num[er]is no[n] om[ne]s digni su[n]t

Vat.lat.4202, Bible, Prophets, glossed (13th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Incip[it] p[ro]log[us] b[e]ati ieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri i[n] osee p[ro]ph[et]a

Vat.lat.4206, Bible, Mark, with Glossa Ordinaria
Incipit: Marcus euang[e]lista d[e]i electus et petri in baptismate

Vat.lat.4207, Bible with Glossa Ordinaria
Incipit: Nullu[m] eni[m] sac[ri]fitiu[m] bonni op[er]is sic deo

Bible starts on f.5r


Vat.lat.4209, Bible, Epistle to the Romans, Glossed
Incipit: (f.1v) [R]omani sunt in parte[s] italie. Hi p[re]uentist[ur] afal-sis ap[osto]l[ic]is & sub no[m]i[n]e

Vat.lat.4211, Bible (Epistles with preface), with Glossa Ordinaria
Incipit: Ordo est apud grefos qui integre lapiunt, et fide[m] rectam sectant[ur]

Vat.lat.4212, Bible with Glossa Ordinaria, Later Epistles - Revelation
Incipit: Iacob[us] dei et d[omi]ni n[ost]ri ih[es]u [xpi] seriu[s] duodecim tribu-bus

Vat.lat.4217 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible (12th C)
Incipit: Incipit epistola S[an]c[t]i Heronimi P[res]b[ite]ri ad Paulinu[m] p[res]b[ite]r[u]m de om[n]ibvs divine

See Iter liturgicum italicum. So called "Atlantic Bible", probably made around Rome


Vat.lat.4218, Bible (12th C)
Incipit: hominu[m] sed s[e]c[un]d[u]m uoluntate[m] suam cui uoluerit d[omi]n[u]s miserebitur

Vat.lat.4240 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible
Incipit: [F]rater ambrosi[um] ep[isto]la

Vat.lat.4339, Bible (Kings 1-2) (11th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) .. .ad hieroboam ... uiduc tus est in assiriorum regnum iuda

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 138, French neumes on f.2


Vat.lat.4341, Bible, Mark, with Gloss
Incipit: Incipit P[ro]log[us] in eu[an]g[eli] S[ancti] Marcv[m]. Mar-cvs euang[e]lista

Vat.lat.4343, Bible, OT
Incipit: [F]rater Ambrosius m[ihi] tua

Incomplete, space left for decorations but unfilled. Book ends after Maccabees, with incipit for Prologue to Matthew, but the text stops


Vat.lat.5729, Bible (1015-1020)

Known as the Ripoli Bible, made in Spain. See Iter liturgicum italicum


Vat.lat.6026, Bible (14th C)
Incipit: Incipit ep[isto]la s[an]c[t]i Jeronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinum p[re]sbiterum

Begins with Jerome's letter "Fratrer Ambrosius...", Ends with Remigius of Autun's Interpretations of Hebrew Names in 2 columns


Vat.lat.7195, Bible: John (glossed)
Incipit: (f.IIr) Tre cose contiene questo Codice, delle quali la prima, è alcune

Vat.lat.7634.pt.1, Bible (14th C)
Incipit: [F]rat[er] ambr[osius] m[ihi] tua munusc[u]la p[re]ferens

Volume 1 contains prefaces, Gen-Ecc(inc)


Vat.lat.7634.pt.2, Bible (14th C)
Incipit: quis eg[re]diatur ad regunum. Et ali[us] nat[us] in regno mopia

starts f.194r


Vat.lat.7644, Bible, Pentatuch
Incipit: In p[ri]ncipio c[re]auit d[eu]s celu[m] & t[er]ra[m].

Vat.lat.7649, Bible, New Testament, Commentary
Incipit: Lucas syrus natione et anto ocensis arte medicus discipulus

Vat.lat.7664, Bible: Genesis-Revelation (14th C)
Incipit: Frat[er] ambrosi[us] tua m[ihi]

Vat.lat.7687, Bible: Genesis-Apocalypse (14th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) Incipit ep[isto]la S[an]c[t]i Jeronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinum de o[mn]ib[us] diuine hy-storie libris. Frater Ambrosius t[ua] m[ihi]

Vat.lat.7796, Bible with Glossa Ordinaria, 12 minor prophets (13th C)
Incipit: Non idem ordo est .xii. p[ro]phatu[m] ap[ud] hebreos q[ui]

part of a complete glossed bible, Vat.lat.7793-7801


Vat.lat.7800, Bible, glossed (13th C)
Incipit: eremias p[ro]h[i]a cui hic p[ro]logus sc[ri]bitur s[er]mone quidem apud hebreos

Begins in the book of Jeremiah, part of a complete glossed bible, Vat.lat.7793-7801


Vat.lat.7801, Bible, with Glossa Ordinaria (13th C)

part of a complete glossed bible, Vat.lat.7793-7801


Vat.lat.7812, Bible, begins at 2-Kings (13th C)
Incipit: ciat rex uerbum ancille sue. Et audiuit rex, ut liberaret ancilla[m] sua[m]

Vat.lat.7813, Bible, Maccabees-Revelation
Incipit: -timus in cunctis urbibus p[ro]po-natur, ut liceat iudeis uti legib[us]

Vat.lat.8131, Bible with prologue, Index of Biblical Names
Incipit: Incip[it] ep[istu]la s[ancti] Jeronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad paulinum p[res]b[ity]r[u]m in o[mn]ib[us] diuine hystorie libris. F[rater] ambrosius uia michi

Vat.lat.8485, Ignatius Rossi Comparison between Vulgate and the Cava Bible (19th C)

Vat.lat.8557, Bible, Old Testement (1101-1150)
Incipit: (f.2v) Incipit P[ro]log[us] S[an]c[t]i Hie-ronimi presbiteri Deside-rii mei deside0ratas accepi episcop-o-las qvi quoda presagio

Genesis through Sirach, Vat.lat.8558 contains part 2. Perhaps from Stavelot-Malmedy


Vat.lat.8558, Bible (minor prophets and wisdom) (1076-1125)
Incipit: dicit d[omi]n[u]s [ex]ercituum. Magna etis glo-ria domus istius nouissime plus quam pri-ma

Vat.lat.8699, Bible, Epistles, with gloss
Incipit: [P]rin-cipia rerum inquirenda sunt prius

Vat.lat.8708, Trilingual Bible: Exodus
Incipit: Liber Exodi. In Caput I. Καί ταΰτα τά

Biblical text in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, on pale blue paper


Vat.lat.8709, Trilingual Bible: Leviticus
Incipit: Liber Levitici, Caput I

Biblical text in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, on pale blue paper


Vat.lat.8710, Trilingual Bible: Numbers and Deuteronomy

Hebrew, Greek and Latin


Vat.lat.9350, Bible (13th C)
Incipit: moriet[ur] [id est] adult[ur] & adult[er]a & auferes malum de isr[ae]l. Si puellam uirginem

Begins in Deuteronomy XXII, ends in I Peter IV


Vat.lat.9511, Bible: Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs (1550)

Printed in Lyon, with manuscript annotations


Vat.lat.9512, Bible, Gospels (c. 1550)

Volume 3 of a Bible printed in Lyon


Vat.lat.9516, Isidoro Clario Brixiano Bible: Updated Vulgate (1542)
Incipit: (p.1) Liber Genesis Hebraice Beresith, In principio creauit Deus cœlum & terram

printed with copious manuscript annotations


Vat.lat.9568, Bible, Matthew - Apocalypse (19th C)
Incipit: Novum Testamentum ex vetustissimo Codice Greco Vaticano Il Bibliorum

Pinakes Entry, printed with annotations


Vat.lat.9661, Bible, Exodus, Glossed (12th C)
Incipit: H[aec] nomi-na fili-orum israel q[ui] ingressi sunt

From Assisi


Vat.lat.9663, Bible, Minor Prophets, Glossed (12th C)
Incipit: Non ide[m] ordo est duodecim p[ro]phar[um] apud hebreos & ap[u]d nos vnde s[e]c[un]d[u]m id quod

Vat.lat.9998, Bible: Twelve Minor Prophets and Maccabees (14th C)
Incipit: consumet electos eius, & co[m]edet capita eor[um]

Vat.lat.10066, Bible: Epistles (13th-14th C)
Incipit: (f.1r) & de illo auidat

Vat.lat.10220, Bible (14th C)
Incipit: Frater ambrosius tu[us] michi

Vat.lat.10271, Bible: OT and NT (14th C)
Incipit: Fra-ter ambrosius tua michi

Vat.lat.10374, Bible with Glossa Ordinaria: Jeremiah, Lamentations (1201-1225)
Incipit: -undum in agrum. nec detector[um] altuudi[n]e descend[um] sed iilud audiend[um]

Vat.lat.10404, Bible (11th C)
Incipit: Incip[it] ep[istu]la S[an]c[t]i Ieron[imi] p[res]b[eti]ri ad pavlnv[m] p[res]b[ite]r[u]m de om[n]ib[us] diuinis historiæ libris

See Iter liturgicum italicum, from S. Maria in Vincis. One of the Atlantic Bibles


Vat.lat.10510, Bible (12th C)
Incipit: captivantes om[n]em i[n]tell[e]ctu[m] ad olediendu[m] chr[ist]o

See Iter liturgicum italicum, part of a 2-volume set with Vat.lat.10511


Vat.lat.10511 (Upgraded to HQ), Bible: Genesis-Maccabees (11th C)
Incipit: Incipit Epistola S[an]c[t]i Ieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri ad Pavlinvm Ep[iscopu]m

See Iter liturgicum italicum from Bovino, part of a 2-volume set with Vat.lat.10510


Vat.lat.10921, Bible: OT+Gospels+Epistles, Arbor historie biblice (13th C)
Incipit: Incipit ep[isto]la b[eat]i J[er]onimi ad paulina[m] de o[mn]ibus lib[ri]s sacre sc[ri]pture. Frater amb[ro]sius m[ihi] tua

Vat.lat.11978, Bible: Kings IV, Chronicles I+II, Judith, Esther, Esdras I+II, Maccabees I+II (12th C)
Incipit: Incipit p[rolog[us] s[ancti] hieronimi p[res]b[ite]ri In libro REGVM. Uiginti & dua[s] litteras esse

Made in Vico Equense, in Beneventan script.