Western Medieval Manuscripts : Index of the Greek manuscripts in the Vatican Library

Lorenzo Porzio

Western Medieval Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'>The manuscript is a copy, written by the Dutch philologist and historian Theodore Rycke (1640-1690; latinized Theodorus Ryckius), of the alphabetical index of authors and works of the Greek manuscripts of the Vatican Library. The index is based on the "Grande Inventario" of the <i>Vaticani Graeci</i> 1-1486 by Leone Allacci (ca. 1586-1669), drawn up between 1614 and 1630 (tom. 1-2 now Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatt. gr. 2668-2669 olim Sala Cons. MSS <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://digi.vatlib.it/view/INV_Sala.cons.mss.321.rosso'>321</a>-<a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://digi.vatlib.it/view/INV_Sala.cons.mss.322.rosso'>322</a> rosso; tom. 3 Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 2664 olim Sala Cons. MSS <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://digi.vatlib.it/view/INV_Sala.cons.mss.323.rosso'>323 rosso</a>). Between 1667 and 1669, Lorenzo Porzio (1604-1676; <i>scriptor Graecus</i> in the Vatican Library from 1654 to 1676), wrote the alphabetical index in three volumes, now collected in Vat. gr. 2665 (olim Sala Cons. MSS 42 (1-3) rosso: <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://digi.vatlib.it/view/INV_Sala.cons.mss.42(1).rosso'>tom. 1</a>, <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://digi.vatlib.it/view/INV_Sala.cons.mss.42(2).rosso'>tom. 2</a>, <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://digi.vatlib.it/view/INV_Sala.cons.mss.42(3).rosso'>tom. 3</a>). Rycke's copy appears in an abridged form and the classmarks and folios of the manuscripts have not been noted consistently.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dr Matteo Di Franco</p>