Vatican Manuscripts: Shelfmark One

A listing of manuscripts with shelfmark "1" across all fonds.

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

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.E.1, Fransiscan Missal (13th C)
Incipit: Ianua[ri]us h[abea]t dies...

See Iter Liturgicum Italicum, notated music, also see MMMO


Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.F.1, Lectionary (1276-1300)
Incipit: [E]cce sacerdos magn[us]

See Iter Liturgicum Italicum, from St. Peter's, Rome


Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.G.1, Pietro Mallio Historia basilicae antiquae sancti Petri apostoli in Vaticano (1576-1625)
Incipit: Praefatio Petri mal-lii in opusculum historae sacrae

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.H.1, Giacomo Grimaldi Catalogus archipresbyterorum sanctissimae Basilicae Vaticanae (1620)
Incipit: Catalogus O[mn]ium Archipresbyeroru[m] Sacrosanctae Vaticanae Basilicae Principis Apostolor[um]

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.I.1, Varie memorie e scritture appartenenti alla Basilica, Capitolo e Clero di San Pietro in Vaticano, Book 2 (1676-1725)
Incipit: Varie Memorie, e Scritture appartenenti alla Basilica, Capitolo, e Clero di S. Pietro in Vaticano.

Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.K.1, Index omnium scripturarum Archivii Sacrosanctae Basilicae Principis Apostolorum (1599)
Incipit: Clemente VIII P.M. Euangelista Palotto Cardi-nale Cusentino Archib[resbite]ro

Written by Giacomo Grimaldi, see colophon f.378v


Barb.gr.1, ps-Ptolomy Κλαυδιου Πτολεμαιου βιβλιον ὁ καρπός (17th C)

Barb.lat.1, Virgil Aeneid (16th C)
Incipit: (f.4r) P. Vir. Maronis Æneldo's Liber Sextus. Sic fatur lacrimans classiq[ue]

f.1r contains a fragment of calendar and other work


Barb.or.1, Bible (1227)

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


Bonc.E.1, Petrarch, Boccaccio Collection of Letters
Incipit: Raccolta di diverse Lettere

Bonc.L.1 (Low Quality)

Bonc.O.1, Missal (17th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Dominica Prima Adventus. Ad te levavi animam meam

Part of a 12 part Missale for Roman use, Bonc.O.1-12


Borg.arm.1, Horologion, Missal, Calendar (16th C)

See Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis)., Tisserant, E. (1927). Codices armeni Bybliothecae vaticanae Borgiani. Romae: Typis polyglottis vaticanis. pp. 1-2


Borg.ebr.1, Yehudah Leon Mosconi יוסיפון Introduction to Josippon (1451-1500)

Scribe: Ephraim b. Joab b. Moses da Modena, done for Mordecai b. Benjamin the physician. Ff. 76-77 are not by him


Incipit: (f.1r) Copia di un'autro papiro egizio apparteneuk al fondo del museo Bergiauo


Borg.ind.1, Dictionarium hoc linguae Vulgaris Malabaricae
Incipit: (p.1) Auel Ab propositio.


Borg.mess.1, Codex Yoalli Ehēcatl

Formerly known as the Codex Borgia as it was owned by Stefano Borgia before being donated


Borg.siam.1, Acts of faith, hope, charity and sorrow (1772)
Incipit: Dôt dûài Khûam Xua. Khà phà chàu xua

f.1 is a transliteration of f.2


Borg.tonch.1, History of Vietnam (1822/1824)

Dedicated to Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Joachim, Anna, St. Ignatius and Francis Xavier. Written in Portugal in 1822, an annex extends the history to 1824


Borgh.1, Lectionary (12th C)
Incipit: In vigilia nat[a]l domini Seqventia s[an]c[t]i evangelia s[e]c[un]d[u]m mathevm. In illo t[em]p[o]re

See Bannister, H. M. Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina ID# 297, 876, 921. Musical notation.



Capp.Sist.1 (Upgraded to HQ), Graduale (1634)
Incipit: Feria quinta in coena. Domini ad Matutinu[m]

Signed and dated in colophon on f.46r, scribe: Leopardus Antonotius


Capp.Sist.Diari.1 (Low Quality)

Cappon.1, Johannis Bertholdi de Serravalle, Dante Commentary and Translation of Dante, incl. Comedy (15th C)
Incipit: Incipit Comentu[m] sup[er] toto libro Dantis aldigherii de

Carte.Stefani.1 (Low Quality)

Chig.P.VI.1 (Low Quality)

Chig.Q.IV.1, Mario Savioni Arietti, Canti, et Madrigali (17th C)
Incipit: (f.2r) Nell al Maria Sauioni. Luci belle io mori-ro

Comb.D.1, Five Columns of Mystery, Miracle of Gabra Manfas Qeddus (20th C)

Comb.B.1, Rituale for the Dead (1872-1889)

Comb.E.1, Lectionary (19th-20th C)

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

Ott.gr.1, Hagiographica > Vitae Sanctorum (1001 - 1200 )

Ott.lat.1, Basil of Caesarea de Virginitatio (15th C)
Incipit: (f.3r) [D]omino Venerabili atq[ue] omni caritatis officio suscipiendo p[at]ri Gabrieli Ambrosius.

See Biblissima, in Greek


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

Pages.1 (Low Quality), Porphyry, Boethius(tr) Isagoge (9th C)
Incipit: Leidrat lic[et] indignus tam en Ep[iscopu]s istum librum tradidi ad altare s[an]c[t]i stephani.

Pal.gr.1, Saints lives for September (1034-1070)

See Biblissima, See Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, made in Constantinople, Pinakes Entry, , Codices Palatini Entry, Menologium metaphrasticum mensis Septembris; Konstantinopel; ca. 1054/55 bis 1070


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.


Pap.Vat.gr.1, Two complaints of Ptolemy, son of Claukias, to king Ptolomy Philometor

Pap.Vat.lat.1, Privilege of Pope Leo IV (849)

Includes original lead bulla


Reg.gr.Pio.II.1, Catenas: Job, Song of Songs, Sirach, Esther, Tobit, Judith (11th 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

Ross.1, Rufinus Aquileiensis Prefatio in Regulam S. Basilii
Incipit: p[ro]log[us] rufini pres-biteri i[n] regu-lam beati basilii ep[iscop]i. Satis libent[er] k[arissi]me f[rate]r

S.Maria.Magg.1 (Upgraded to HQ), Passionale (13th C)
Incipit: (f.1v) Pridie kal[ends] xce[m]b[eris] Natal[is] S[an]c[t]i Andree ap[osto]li. Andreas qui interp[re]tatur

First volume of two


Sire.A.1, Bull of the Immaculate Conception (1865)
Incipit: Tradvsijivngh diula Bull Incumpriundiuble diu Faite da Fraire Bunaviuntiu diula Gardia

In the guardiuolo dialect of Calabria, by P. Bunaviunitura diula Gardia


Sire.C.1, Bull of the Immaculate Conception (1861)

Covers several languages of the western Pacific. Decoration of the title page by the nuns of the Visitation de Reims, other decoration by the Sisters of St. Joseph de Cluny.


Sire.D.1, Bulla Ineffabilis: Wolof, Sérère, Benga, Pongoué, and Bantu (c. 1849-1860)
Incipit: (f.1r) Traduction de la Bulle Ineffabilis en Langue Wolof du Senegal

Sire.E.1, Bull of the Immaculate Conception (1865)

In ancient African languages. Title page decorated by Emma Lecointe, nun of Sacre Coeur


Sire.H.1, Translation into Romanche, Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception (1863)
Incipit: (f.1r) A Sa Sainteté Pie IX. Hommage de la Suisse catholique

Work by Franz Nicolaus Florentini, bishop of Coire. decoration by Countess Anatole de Sainte Aldegonde


Sire.L.1, Translation into 14 Languages of Indochina of the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception (c. 1866)
Incipit: (f.1r) Translation of the Bull Ineffabilis Made at Cuttack; The 16th January in the year of our Lord 1866

Includes Oriya, Urdu, Konkani, Malayalam, Tamil, Khmer, etc


Sire.N.1, Bull of the Immaculate Conception (1865)

In Provinçal dialects


Sire.O.1, Translation into Castillian, Doctrine of Immaculate Conception
Incipit: (f.1r) Letras apostolicas de nuestro santisi-mo padre Pio por la divina providencia

Work by Cardinal Cirilo Alameda y Brea, archbishop of Toledo. Decoration by P. Julian Viñas, bound by Gruel


Sire.Q.1, Pope Pius IX A Definicao Dogmatica da Immaculada Conceiçao da Virgem Maede Deus (c. 1866)
Incipit: Lettras apostolicas do Nosso Santissimo Padre Pela Divina Providencia Papa Pio IX S.D.B.R.S.

in Portuguese


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

Volterra Bible


Urb.gr.1, Septuagint, Kings 1-4 (12th C)

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

Vat.ar.1, Pentatuch (1329)

Pentateuchus, e recensione, quam vocant syro-hexaplarem in sermonem arabicum versus ad al-Ḥāriṯ ibn Sinān ibn Sinbāṭ, ut e clausulis ad calcem librorum Mosi additis liquet.


Vat.arm.1, Bible (1625)

Vat.ebr.1, Torah Scroll (12th-13th C)
Incipit: בראש׳ ברא אלהימ את השמימ

"Oriental" hebrew square script


Vat.estr.or.1, 大方廣佛華嚴經. 存卷第五十六. (Da fang guang fo hua yan jing) (1346)

Vat.et.1 (Upgraded to HQ), Evagelia IV, Horologion, Preces Cotidianae (16th C)

Includes a calendar starting on f.212r


Vat.gr.1, Plato, Lucianus Dialogues, includes Leges, Epinomis de iusto
Incipit: Πλατωνος νομων

Vat.iber.1, Gospels

Old Georgian


Vat.ind.1, The Book of Exodus in Malay (c. 1709)

In Jawi, see Igunma, J. (n.d.). "The beautiful art of Tai palm leaf manuscripts". Retrieved June 19, 2020, from https://www.academia.edu/33094822/The_beautiful_art_of_Tai_palm_leaf_manuscripts. p. 54



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