Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borgh. lat. 2

Settlement
Città del Vaticano
Repository
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Shelfmark
Borgh. lat. 2
Creator of the description
Matthias M. Tischler
Initial encoding
Víctor Portella
Revisions
2025-05-18 (Victor Portella i Pahissa): Created entry.
Dating
End of the 12th c.
Place of origin / provenance
Septimania
Successive provenance(s)
Online catalogues
Scans
Quote as
Matthias M. Tischler, 'Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borgh. lat. 2', Carolingian Catalonia Database, <https://ciceronianus.github.io/carolingian.cat/html/pages/manuscripts/citta_del_vaticano-biblioteca_apostolica_vaticana_borgh_lat_2.html> [generated on 30 August 2026].

1r-69v, Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel - Diadema monachorum

Link to digitization: here.
The manuscript is mentioned in the catalogues of the papal libraries under Urban V from 1369 (no 765) and Benedict XIII from 1411 (no 148) and was finally brought from Avignon to Rome in the year 1566: FAUCON 1886, p. 160 no 763; EHRLE 1890, p. 346 no 765; MAIER 1952, p. 2–4, here p. 2 (“Saec. XII ex.”); ROCHAIS 1953, p. 252 sq. n. 3, here p. 253 (“XIe s.”); MAIER 1963, p. 126 no 148; MAIER 1964, p. 18 no 13 and p. 26 no 45; GRÉGOIRE 1984, p. 14 no 115 (“s. XII”) and p. 15–20 (edition of ch. 8, 12, 20 and 56; manuscript C); CICCARELLI 1989, p. 341 The manuscript is not mentioned by RÄDLE 1974; WITTERS 1975. Digitization: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Borgh.2.

69v-103v, Anastasius Bibliothecarius - Vita S. Iohannis Elemosinarii [BHL 4388-4389]

Link to digitization: here.
The manuscript is mentioned in the catalogues of the papal libraries under Urban V from 1369 (no 765) and Benedict XIII from 1411 (no 148) and was finally brought from Avignon to Rome in the year 1566: FAUCON 1886, p. 160 no 763; EHRLE 1890, p. 346 no 765; PONCELET 1910, p. 441 (“saec. XII extr. … Fol. 71v–103v”); PERELS/LAEHR 1928, p. 396 (“s. XIIex.”; manuscript W); MAIER 1952, p. 2–4, here p. 2 sq. (“Saec. XII ex.”); MAIER 1963, p. 126 no 148; MAIER 1964, p. 18 no 13 and p. 26 no 45; CICCARELLI 1989, p. 341; VALTORTA 2006, p. 37 sq., here p. 38. The manuscript is not mentioned by TOGNELLA 1996–1997; CHIESA e. a. 2005, p. 88 sq.; LAPÔTRE 1885, p. 329; PERELS 1920, p. 194 sq. n. 5; LAEHR 1928, p. 417 sq. mention no manuscripts. Digitization: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Borgh.2.