• Miniature in colours and gold, of Alessandro Contarini holding a banner with a fleur-de-lys before Ursula (crowned, with the arrow of her martyrdom and martyr's palms) with her virgins and ship in the background, within an ornate frame with the Contarini family arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from ?Pasquale Cicogna to Alessandro Contarini as podestà of Bergamo

1779, d. 1845), diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/6 (f. 20v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of a Venetian nobleman, probably named Teodoro, kneeling in prayer, being presented to the Virgin and Child by Theodore dressed in armour and holding a banner with the cross of George, within a gold border with the winged lion of Mark and an erased coat of arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) to a Venetian nobleman, probably named Teodoro, as capitano

his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/9 (f. 24v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission to Teodoro as capitano Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of a Venetian nobleman being presented by a female personification of Justice, who holds a staff with a scroll inscribed 'Pax et Iustitia', to Christ who is flanked by putti, within a border of gold scroll-work frame set with trompe l'oeil cameos, the four Evangelists and their symbols and an unidentified coat of arms (vert a bend azure argent)., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale).

his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/15 (f. 32v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission to a Venetian nobleman Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• White vine initial 'S'(enium) at the beginning of the text., De compendiosa doctrina

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. White vine initial Nonius Marcellus Venice Italy, N. (Milan, Venice or Padua?)

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(esterno) [Hesternam] with interlace and a bird's head, at the beginning of Augustine's Tractatus 25 on the Gospel of John., Tractatus in Evangelium Ioannis, imperfect, lacking tracts 18 and 19 and substituting Sermo 125 (ff. 66-70)

Notes with dates 1318 and 1335 (ff. 1, 1v).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (listed in his inventory: see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7896: his sale, 2 March 1789, lot

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uales) with interlace and an animal's head, and a snake? forming the tail of the letter, at the beginning of Augustine's Tractatus 103 on the Gospel of John., Sermon 7 in natale sanctae Mariae, imperfect

Notes with dates 1318 and 1335 (ff. 1, 1v).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (listed in his inventory: see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7896: his sale, 2 March 1789, lot

• Coloured initials., Service book, fragment

14th-century hand (f. 126).Marginal notes and ~maniculae~ added by 14th- and 15th-century Italian hands.Andrew Hay (d. 1754?), dealer: owned at Venice in 1722 (see Wright 1972). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of

• Miniature of Ranerio Foscarini, kneeling in prayer, being presented by a female personification of Justice to the Resurrected Christ, within a gold scroll-work border with the Foscarini family arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Alvise I Mocenigo to Raniero Foscarini as podestà and capitano of Rovigo

1779, d. 1845), diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/8 (f. 23v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of female personifications of Justice flanked by Abundance and Faith, within a border with female personifications of four Virtues: (clockwise from top left) Hope, Prudence (holding a mirror), Temperance (pouring water from a pitcher into another containing wine) and Fortitude (holding a column)., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Alvise I Mocenigo to Bartolomeo Magno as provveditore of cividale del Friuli

May 1855, lot 2258*/? (f. 31v); 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 Bartolomeo Magno Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Ireland., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Ireland Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Britain (~Tille~, Scotland, and England)., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Britain Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of the Iberian Peninsula., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Iberian Peninsula Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of France., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of France Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Germany., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Germany Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Germany., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Germany Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of the Italian Peninsula, with islands and part of the Balkans., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Italian Peninsula Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Corsica., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Corsica Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Sicily., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Sicily Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of the north and west coasts of the Black Sea., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Black Sea Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of the region east of the Caspian Sea., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Caspian Sea Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)