Rome and Vatican City

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

  • Palatina Search - "The database virtually reunites the holdings of the former Bibliotheca Palatina. The indexing data of the Palatina manuscripts kept in Heidelberg and in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana as well as the bibliographic data of the approx. 13,000 printed works of the Bibliotheca Palatina (Stampati Palatini), which are also located in Rome today, are available for the search.
    Searchable are contexts of origin, codicological or palaeographical facts, signatures, previous owners, authors, works, initials (only for manuscripts) as well as the subject indexing of the texts using the standardized vocabulary of the Common Authority File (GND). Digital copies of the manuscripts - where already available - are linked directly.
    The database is still under construction and is being added to on an ongoing basis." (as of 04/2024) (BSZ-BW)
  • WALZ, Dorothea: The historical and philosophical manuscripts of the Codices Palatini Latini in the Vatican Library (Cod. Pal. Lat. 921 - 1078). Wiesbaden 1999 (Heidelberg University Library)
  • METZGER, Wolfgang: The humanistic, trivium and Reformation manuscripts of the Codices Palatini Latini in the Vatican Library (Cod. Pal. Lat. 1461 - 1914). Wiesbaden 2002 (Heidelberg University Library)
  • SCHUBA, Ludwig: The medical manuscripts of the Codices Palatini Latini in the Vatican Library. Wiesbaden 1981 (UB Heidelberg-Digilit)
  • STEIGER, Uli; HUTHWELKER, Thorsten; ZIMMERMANN, Karin: The French manuscripts of the Codices Palatini Latini in the Vatican Library (Pal. lat. 1957-1973, 1983-1984, 1988-1992, 1995). (Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library. Vol. 14) heiBOOKS 2025 (OA)
  • STEVENSON, Enrico; ROSSI, Giovanni Battista de: Codices palatini latini Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti praeside I.B. cardinali Pitra. Praeit Commentatio I.B. de Rossi de origine historia indicibus scrinii et bibliothecae Sedis apostolicae. Rome 1886 (UB Heidelberg), digital copies
  • VATTASSO, Marcus; FRANCHI De CAVLIERI, Pius. Codices Vaticani Latini. Tom. 1: Codices 1-678. Rome 1902 (InternetArchive)
  • KUTTNER, Stephan; ELZE, Reinhard; edited by Gero DOLEZALEK and Martin BERTRAM: Vatican Library: Manuscripts of Canon and Roman Law. Vol. 3 (Vat. lat. 3137-4990, 5002-7074, 7106-11527) (University of Leipzig)
  • HUTHWELKER, Thorsten; METZGER, Wolfgang; WINTERER, Christoph: Die juristischen Handschriften der Codices Palatini Latini in der Vatikanischen Bibliothek (Cod. Pal. lat. 621-813). heiBOOKS 2024 (Kataloge der Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Band 13) (UB Heidelberg)
  • VATTASSO, Marco: I codici Petrarcheschi della Biblioteca Vaticana; seguono cinque appendici con testi inediti, poco conosciuti o mal pubblicati e due tavole doppie in fototipia. Rome 1908 (InternetArchive)
  • FRANCHI DE CAVALIERI, Pio: Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae. Bruxelles 1899 (DLI-Trier)
  • RICHLER, Benjamin (ed.), BEIT-ARIE, Malachi, PASTERNAK, Nurit (ed.): Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library Catalogue Compiled by the Staff of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem. Città del Vaticano 2008 (Judaica Librarianship, OA)

Biblioteca di Baldassare Boncompagni (Historical Collection)

  • NARDUCCI, Enrico: Catalogo die manoscritti ora posseduti a D. Baldassare Boncompagni. Roma 2nd ed. 1892 (InternetArchives).

Biblioteca Rossiana (historical collection, today in the BAV)

  • OBERHAMMER, Josef: Inventarium [der Manschriften der Bibliotheca Rossiana]. 6 vols. and register bd. Vienna: [handwritten 1902-1904]. 
    As black and white microfilms online (DIGIVATLIB) - cf. Archvialia 
    - Cod. 1-58 
    - Cod. 59-200 
    - Cod. 201-310
    - Cod. 311-451 
    - Cod. 452-619 
    - Cod. 620-720 
    - Cod. 721-847 
    - Cod. 848-1004 
    - Cod. 1005-1195 
    - probably no longer contains manuscript descriptions (cf. Cerman 2019 on the scope of the collection).
  • VORST, C. van de: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften der Bibliotheca Rossiana, in: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 23 (1906), 492-507 (DigiZeitschriften).
  • GOLLOB, Eduard: Medizinische griechische Handschriften des Jesuitenkollegiums in Wien (XIII Lainz), in: Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Vol. 158,5. Vienna 1908 (InternetArchives).
  • GOLLOB, Eduard: Die Bibliothek des Jesuitenkollegiums in Wien XIII. (Lainz) und ihre Handschriften, in: Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Philosophical-Historical Class. 161,7. Vienna 1909 (klosterbibliotheken.at)
  • TIETZE, Hans: Die illumierten Handschriften der Rossiana in Wien-Lainz. Leipzig 1911 (Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der illuminierten Handschriften in Oesterreich. Vol. 5) (InternetArchives).

Anton Ruland Collection

  • SCHERG,Theodor Josef: Die Rulandsche Handschriftensammlung in der vatikanischen Bibliothek zu Rom, in:Archiv des Historischen Vereins für Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg 49 (1907), pp. 159-199 (InternetArchive)

Libraries (except BAV)

  • MUNOZ, Antonio: I codici greci miniati delle minori biblioteche di Roma. Florence 1905 (InternetArchives).

Bibliotheca Lancisiana

Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina

  • NARDUCCI, Enrico: Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum praeter orientales qui in Bibliotheca Alexandrina Romae adservantur. Rom 1877 (Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum praeter Graecos et Orientales in Bibliothecis publicis Romae adservantur 1) (Bodleian).