Vatican Manuscripts from the Reg.gr.Pio.II Fond

A weirdly named fond, this collection of 55 signatures was neither part of the donation of Queen Christina, nor part of the personal Piccolimi library of Pius II. These are Greek manuscripts acquired at roughly the same time as the Reginensi volumes, and stored in the same room. Today the collection has only 54 volumes, of which 44 have been digitized, the item once known as Reg.gr.Pio.II.19 was transfered back to it's original shelfmark of Pal.gr.193.

Sources

Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (2011). Guida ai fondi manoscritti, numismatici, a stampa della Biblioteca vaticana. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. pp. 509-510

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

Reg.gr.Pio.II.2, St. Athanasius, et al Letters, Vita, etc (15th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.3, Basil of Caesarea, Origen In Isaiae prophetae, Books I-XVI (15th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Κωνσταντῖνος Ῥεσινός

Reg.gr.Pio.II.4, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus Sermons and writings (975-1100)

See Pinakes, one work, "De martyribus" on ff.221r-223v is mis-attributed to Nyssa

Reg.gr.Pio.II.6, Gregory of Nazianzenus, Elias Cretensis (gloss) De moderatione in disputando, In Heronem, In consecratio Eulalii, Ad patrem, Ad cives Nazianzenos, Adversus Arianos (16th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.7, Anthology from Gregory of Nazianzenus (15th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.9, John Chrysostom, John of Damascus Epistles, Dialectica (15th C)

See Pinakes, scribe: Κωνσταντῖνος Ῥεσινός

Reg.gr.Pio.II.11, Anastasii Sinaitae Interrogationes et responsiones de diversis capitibus a diversis propositae (15th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.12, Anastasius of Sinai In Hexameron (1533-1566)

See Pinakes, Scribes: Ἰωάννης Χωνιάτης (major text), Νικόλαος Χωνιάτης (titles)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.13, Andronici Comneni Disceptatio inter Judaeos et Christianos (15th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.14, Proclus, Plato Diadochi Platonici in Platonis Parmenidem, Book VII (15th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.15 (Upgraded to HQ), Lectionary (13th C)

Pinakes Entry, partialy palimpsest over Etymologicum Gudianum

Reg.gr.Pio.II.16 (Upgraded to HQ), Archimedes, Eutocius Ascalonis Geometric works, commentary (1550-1600)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.17, Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra Tetrastico (15th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.18.pt.1, Catena in Prophetam: Jeremiah, Baruch and Jeremiah threnos (16th C)

ff.1-256

Reg.gr.Pio.II.18.pt.2, Catena in Prophetam: Ezechiel, Habakuk, Isaiah, Daniel (16th C)

ff.257-528

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

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.Pio.II.21, Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea, Asterius Amasenus, Basil of Seleucia, et al Sermons and Hagiography (11th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Κωνσταντῖνος

Reg.gr.Pio.II.22, Menalogium for November (11th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.23, John Chrysostom, Ephraem, Leontius of Jerusalem, Athanasius of Alexandria, et al Sermons (11th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.24 (Upgraded to HQ), Gregory the Great Dialogi de vita et miraculis Patrum (1071)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἀθανάσιος (ff.36v-315r). Signed and dated in colophon

Reg.gr.Pio.II.25 (Low Quality)

aaPinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.Pio.II.26, Didymus Alexandrinus, Oregin, Gregory of Nazianzenus, et al Catena on Psalms (16th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἰωάννης Σαγκταμαύρας

Reg.gr.Pio.II.27, Isidori Pelusiotae Epistles (15th C)

Pinakes Entry, Scribe: Guglielmo Sirleto cardinal

Reg.gr.Pio.II.28 (Upgraded to HQ), Menologium for January- (12th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.Pio.II.30 (Low Quality)

aaPinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.Pio.II.31 (Upgraded to HQ), Triodium et Pentecostarium (11th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.Pio.II.32, Euchologia (14th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Ἀθανάσιος (ff.36v-315r) signed and dated in colophon

Reg.gr.Pio.II.33, Evangeliarum secundum Dominicas (11th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.34, Euchologium (1542)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.35

Palimpsest, see Pinakes, Biblissima

Reg.gr.Pio.II.37 (Upgraded to HQ)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.38, Quintus Epicus, Paul Silentarius, ps-Herodotus, Dio Chrysostom, Homer, Antipater Sidonius Vita Homeri, Illiad, De Homero, epigrams (15th-16th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.41, Demosthenis Orations (15th C)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Θωμᾶς Βιτζιμάνος

Reg.gr.Pio.II.42, Phalaridis, Pythagoris, et al Letters (16th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.43, Epictetus Dissertationum (15th-16th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.45, Constantinus Manasses Compendium chronicum (14th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.48 (Upgraded to HQ), Ephrem the Greek, John of Damascus In vanam vitam, et de paenitentia, Sermo in patres defunctos, De his qui in fide dormierunt (11th C)

See Biblissima, Pinakes Entry,

Reg.gr.Pio.II.49, Theodoretus of Cyrene, Cyril of Alexandria, Maximus the Confessor, et al Catena on the Octateuch (15th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.51, Horologium Use of the Order of St. Basil (17th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.52, John Chrysostom Index of Greek Manuscripts in the Library of Grottaferrata (1575)

Pinakes Entry, scribe: Lucas Felix

Reg.gr.Pio.II.53, Nicephorus Blemmydes Geographiae synopsis (16th C)

Reg.gr.Pio.II.54, Manuel Moschopulus, Georgius Choeroboscus Erotemata grammatica, Schedographia, De figuris poeticis, De Solecismo, Erotemata excerpta (1351-1400)

See Pinakes. Scribe: Ῥωμανὸς ἁμαρτωλὸς ἀναγνώστης χαρτοφύλαξ

Reg.gr.Pio.II.55, Gospel Book (11th C)

Pinakes Entry, includes Canon tables, etc