• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Detail Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, Philippics

in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni, 16th century: ownership inscription with

• null, Philippics

in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni, 16th century: ownership inscription with

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the

• Detail of illuminated initial., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

3766, from Venice, 1471. Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail 'Petrus Leo Ortinus' Petrus Leo Ortinus Frontinus Venice Italy,

• Initial with reserved designs,, Scala paradisi, etc.

Scala paradisi, etc. Colophon 'Finito libro sit laus et gloria christo Anno domini M^o^.cccc^o^.xl^o^. mense augusti' (f. 87).S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, c. 1440: inscribed 'Johannes climaciis numero 190', and 'Iste liber est congregationis unitatis alias nuncupate sancte Justine [de Padua]

• Detail of decorated initial., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1).

• Detail of heraldry., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1).

• Miniature of Mark with his lion crowning a female personification of Venice within a border of scroll-work and garlands of fruit and flowers., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Alvise I Mocenigo to Marco Corner (index Cornaro)

May 1855, lot 2258*/3 (f. 15v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Alvise I Mocenigo to Marco Corner Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Full-page miniature in colours and gold, of Peace and Justice kissing within a painted ornamental frame with the winged lion of Mark and the arms of the Priuli family of Venice., Leaf from a Ducal Commission (index commissione dogale) to a Priuli

frame with the winged lion of Mark and the arms of the Priuli family of Venice. Italian cutting.The present cutting is bound in an album with Add. 18196, ff. 2-89. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order

• Miniature of Tommaso Giustinian kneeling before Anthony Abbot beneath the inscription "Cha /ri / tas', within a gold scroll-work border with the winged lion of Mark and the arms of the Giustinian family of Venice., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Marino Grimani to Tommaso Giustinian as capitano of Jadrae (Zara)

sale 31 May 1855, lot 2248 (f. 30v); purchased for £1 9s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Marino Grimani to Tommaso Giustinian Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'I'(eronimus) with Jerome and the lion and foliate borders including a lion and an ink drawing of a man and a stag., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Decorated and flourished initials., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Historiated initial with Jerome, the lion, and scholars, with foliate borders including angels, heraldic arms and small scenes with the Nativity, God the father with Christ, and the Resurrection., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Flourished initial 'B'(eatissimo)., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Historiated initial and foliate borders., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Historiated initial., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Historiated initial., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Historiated initial., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd