Rescue Archaeology

Pirro Ligorio (1512-1582), an Italian architect, painter and garden designer during the Renaissance, made a lasting contribution to history by recording what we might now call "rescue archaeology," the quick and dirty examination of earthed remains before they are scoured out for construction and dumped.

Copies of books 3 and 4 of his antiquarian notes, Ott.lat.3366 and Ott.lat.3367, have just come online at the Vatican Library portal. He was accused in his day of faking records, though controversy continues about whether this was fair. His records are hugely important, since much of what he recorded was later swept away. Here are images of how to armour a fist and of a palace:

This week there are a total of 18 new items:

1. Ott.lat.3366, notes by Pirro Ligorio (above)
2. Ott.lat.3367, Ligorio, book 4
3. Vat.lat.2302, Summa of Raymond of Peñafort
4. Vat.lat.2398, medical, translated from the Arabic of Razi, with this fine presentation initial:
   
5. Vat.lat.2714 (Upgraded to HQ), Orthographia of Gasparino Barzizza
6. Vat.lat.2715, massively annotated Priscian
7. Vat.lat.2754,
8. Vat.lat.2763,
9. Vat.lat.2764,
10. Vat.lat.2767,
11. Vat.lat.2787 (Upgraded to HQ), Ovid
12. Vat.lat.2790,
13. Vat.lat.2795 (Upgraded to HQ), Claudianus, 15th-century codex
14. Vat.lat.2800,
15. Vat.lat.2808,
16. Vat.lat.2809,
17. Vat.lat.2828,
18. Vat.lat.2936, Leonardo Bruni

This is Piggin's Unofficial List number 152. Thanks to @gundormr for harvesting. If you have corrections or additions, please use the comments box below. Follow me on Twitter (@JBPiggin) for news of more additions to DigiVatLib.