• Decorated initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of the prologue of the statutes of Venice., 'Promissio Serenissimi Principis Domini Laurentii Prioli, Inclyti Ducis Venetiarum', the statutes of Venice, with the undertaking of the Doge, Lorenzo Priuli, to observe the same

Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Decorated initial Joannes de Vitalibus Joannes de Vitalibus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration and decorated initial., Grammatica Isagoge Graece, Books 1-4, with Latin annotations

Rusotas's presence in the Veneto region from 1465 onwards (Venice and Vicenza) and the watermarks's origins suggest that the manuscript was produced in Northeastern Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century.Watermarks of scales, similar to Gerhard Piccard, ~Wasserzeichen

• White vine initial 'M'(oysen) at the beginning of the text., Chronici canones (index Chronicon, Chronicle), ending with Veneti's alphabetical index of names (ff. 75-82)

edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 4803 (Venice, 1493) and 4804 (Syracuse, 1495; Venice, 1491-92, 1494).Original pagination in red ink.Piece of paper bound after f. [86] inscribed the title of

• Decorated initial 'H'(uc) and roundel defined by a ribbon bearing the inscription 'EXITUS ACTA PROBAT', enclosing an hourglass., Chronici canones (index Chronicon, Chronicle), ending with Veneti's alphabetical index of names (ff. 75-82)

edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 4803 (Venice, 1493) and 4804 (Syracuse, 1495; Venice, 1491-92, 1494).Original pagination in red ink.Piece of paper bound after f. [86] inscribed the title of

• Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border., Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes, soups, sauces, pastry, etc.), with index at the end of the volume (ff. 1-23v, 105-107); Libro de manescalchia de tutte le febre ed ogni altre infirmitate che se generano in li caualli, composto per uno dicto Messer Joanne Facio per ordinatione de Re Carlo Magno Imperatore, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 25-104v)

Museum from H. Tross, Paris, 8 July 1865 (note inside upper cover), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Decorated initial and border Venice Italy, N. (Venice)

• null, Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year

circle, respectively).Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Nikolaos Malaxos Nikolaos Malaxos Collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice) or Eastern Mediterranean (Crete)

• null, Noctes Atticae

Noctes Atticae Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735, d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7943', f. 1, upper left corner, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7943; his sale,

• null, Noctes Atticae

Noctes Atticae Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735, d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7943', f. 1, upper left corner, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7943; his sale,

• Full-page frontispiece with the lion of Venice holding a book inscribed 'Pax tibi Marce Evangelista meus' above the heraldic device of Molino., Commission from the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino

(f. 2). Text in gold (f. 2). Commission from the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino Made in 1635 as a commission by the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino appointing him Proveditore of Cattaro for

• White vine initial 'M'(odus) in yellow on a blue ground., Various texts including Augistine's De musica (ff. 1-121)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. White vine initial Giovanni Aretino (colophons on ff. 121v, 127v) Giovanni Aretino Various authors including Augustine Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with decoration extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

£10,000 (a fraction 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 Pseudo-Cicero Venice Italy, N. E. (?Venice)

• Detail of white vine initial 'M'(eretrix) at the beginning of 'Eunuchus'., Comoediae (index comedies)

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 Terence (index Publius Terentius Afer) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• White vine initial 'I'(n) in gold and colours., Comoediae (index comedies)

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 Terence (index Publius Terentius Afer) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Coloured drawing with Venice entiteld 'Die vorneme stat Venedig', at the beginning of an account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

Coloured drawing with Venice entiteld 'Die vorneme stat Venedig', at the beginning of an account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt. ff. 151v-155v added texts in different contemporary hands. f. 156 is a thick piece

• Detail of white vine initial 'M'(eretrix) at the beginning of 'Eunuchus'., Comoediae (index comedies)

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 Terence (index Publius Terentius Afer) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of a white vine initial 'E'(t si) with decoration extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction 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. Detail Pseudo-Cicero Venice Italy, N. E. (?Venice)

• Detail of a white vine initial 'S'(uperio) and circular diagram of rainfall., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 7464 (Udine and Venice, 1461; Rome, 1464), and 7465 (Florence, 1464; Venice, 1460-67, 1470-71, 1472; Venice and Ferrara, 1471-76). White vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 5,

• Detail of a white vine initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of book 5 of Augustine's De musica., Various texts including Augistine's De musica (ff. 1-121)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. White vine initial Giovanni Aretino (colophons on ff. 121v, 127v) Giovanni Aretino Various authors including Augustine Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Decorated initial 'E'(t si nego) and full border with flowers, cornucopias, candelabras, dragon heads and a defaced coat of arms, at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century, possibly in Venice. Large initial in gold on a blue panel with foliate decoration, combined with a full border with flowers, cornucopias,

• White vine initial 'Q'(uamuis) at the beginning of Juvenal's Satire 3., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae), imperfect

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 Juvenal (index Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Venice Italy, ?N. E. (?Venice)