This collection of 102 manuscripts, of which 1 are digitized, was formed by Abbe Étienne Pagès in the early 19th Century. Shortly before his death in 1841 the collection was sold at a substantial discount to the Marists in Lyon in order that it might stay intact, he had some 50 nephews who might wish to convert their inheritance into cash. It was transfered to the Marist residence in Rome in 1902 to support students at the Roman universities.

The page to the right is f.12r (the first page in this oddly foliated manuscript) of Pages.1, a copy of Porphyry's Isagogue

Sources

Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (2011). Guida ai fondi manoscritti, numismatici, a stampa della Biblioteca vaticana. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. pp. 455-457