Vatican Manuscripts from the Vat.estr.or Fond

There are currently 141 digitized of a total of approximately 171. As this collection is one of the rare ones that is in active development, with 7 volumes purchased in 2019 alone, the current total is unknown. The fond contains mostly Chinese manuscripts, but also ones from Japan, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Tibet.

Sources

Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (2011). Guida ai fondi manoscritti, numismatici, a stampa della Biblioteca vaticana. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. pp. 579-582

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.estr.or.2, Chinese-Latin Lexicon (1726)

Incipit: (f.3r) Dictio-narii La-tina Breuis Explicatio

Vat.estr.or.5.pt.A, Chinese-Latin-Italian Lexicon

Vat.estr.or.5.pt.B, Carlo Orazi Latin-Italian-Chinese Dictionary (1736)

Vat.estr.or.6, Chinese/Portuguese Dictionary (c. 1695)

Vat.estr.or.7, Basilio Brollo Chinese Characters, with Pronounciation (17th-18th C)

Vat.estr.or.15 (Low Quality)

Vat.estr.or.16, Rhyming Chinese Dictionary (1689)

Vat.estr.or.21 (Low Quality)

Vat.estr.or.22, Chinese-Italian Dictionary (17th-18th C)

Vat.estr.or.23, Chinese-Italian Dictionary (17th-18th C)

Covers the sounds "Ça雜" through "Xun 舜".

Vat.estr.or.25 (Low Quality)

Vat.estr.or.30 (Upgraded to HQ), Jean François Foucquet 薄[i.e., 傅]先生辨析儒理. (Fu xian sheng bian xi ru li.) (18th C)

Vat.estr.or.41.pt.A, Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, 大般若波羅蜜多經 (Da bore boluomiduo jing) (9th-12th C)

Includes several other fragmentary Sutras. f.2r dedication to Pope Pius XI dated 1933

Vat.estr.or.42.pt.1

Vat.estr.or.42.pt.2

Vat.estr.or.56 (Low Quality)

Vat.estr.or.57, 島原実録 (Shimabara jitsuroku) (1787)

Vat.estr.or.61, Album of Chinese Drawings (17th-19th C(?))

Plants, insects and animals, in color

Vat.estr.or.64.pt.1

Vat.estr.or.64.pt.2

Vat.estr.or.65, 諭中外大小民人等斥邪綸音.綸音, Imperial Edict of the Daoguang Emperor (c. 1839)

Vat.estr.or.83, 至宝摘集 (Shihō tekishū)

Vat.estr.or.92 (Upgraded to HQ)

Vat.estr.or.93, Several Plays: 阿漕 (Akogi), 敦盛 (Atsumori), 玉葛 (Tamakazura), 卒都婆小町 (Sotoba Komachi), 景清 (Kagekiyo) (1696)

Perhaps connected to Vat.estr.or.94

Vat.estr.or.94, Several Plays: 龍田, 敦もり (Tatsuta), 夕顔 (Yūgao), 隅田川 (Sumidagawa), 善知鳥 (Utō) (1695)

Perhaps connected to Vat.estr.or.93

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Vat.estr.or.148, 児雷也豪傑物語 (Jiraiya gōketsu monogatari)

Printed

Vat.estr.or.149

Vat.estr.or.150, 病家須知 (Byōka suchi)

Printed

Vat.estr.or.151, 大日本国郡輿地全図 (Dainihon kokugun yochi zenzu)

Printed map

Vat.estr.or.152, 甲斐国全図 (Kai-no kuni zenzu)

Printed map

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Vat.estr.or.171

Tibetan, in dbu med script. Acquired in 2019

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Vat.estr.or.177.pt.1, 大槻玄沢 (Ōtsuki Gentaku) 環海異聞 (Kankai ibun), Book 1 (c. 1807)

A report on time spent in Russia by a Japanese castaway

Vat.estr.or.177.pt.2, 大槻玄沢 (Ōtsuki Gentaku) 環海異聞 (Kankai ibun), Book 16 (c. 1807)

A report on time spent in Russia by a Japanese castaway