• Historiated initial 'S'(alve) of a priest and attendant before an altar, combined with a full border with penwork decoration in brown ink, flowers and a scroll at the beginning of a Mass dedicated to the Virgin., 'Missa de beata maria virgine' (Mass of the Virgin)

the 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. Mass Venice Italy, N. E. (?Venice)

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with the head of a ?bird, wreath enclosing unidentified arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St Bernardino (f. 93v)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. White vine initial Bitinus, son of Bertolus (colophon on f. 76) Bitinus Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero 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?)

• A large miniature of Giovanni Maria Contarini with the apostle Mark, a title piece, and a full border with a pair of medallions of Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, and, in the lower margin, the Contarini arms., Commissione of the doge Francesco Donato to Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali)

Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali) Francesco Donato, doge of Venice: inscribed, 'Data in nostro ducali palatio die xv Maij indictionum viiij. M.D.L.I.' (with the signature and sign of a

• Front cover of binding., Commissione of the doge Francesco Donato to Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali)

Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali) Francesco Donato, doge of Venice: inscribed, 'Data in nostro ducali palatio die xv Maij indictionum viiij. M.D.L.I.' (with the signature and sign of a

• Front cover of 16th century binding., Commissione of the doge Leonardo Loredan to Francesco Barbarigo as ~podestà~ and captain of Feltre (index Commissione dogali)

the doge Leonardo Loredan to Francesco Barbarigo as ~podestà~ and captain of Feltre (index Commissione dogali) Leonardo Loredan, doge of Venice, inscribed, 'Data in nostro ducali palatio die xij Februarij indictionum (?)... M.D.XV' (with a notarial signature) (f. 21).Francisco Barbarigo,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'M'(arcus) at the start of Book 13 of of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., 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,

• Illuminated initial 'P'(lutarchus) with foliate interlace at the beginning of Book 1 of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., 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,

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a layman in profile (Priscian?) holding a book, at the beginning of Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

204, cf. f. 3).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscriptions '7945', f. 2, and '7946', f. 3**v, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London

• The left-hand page has a drawing in the form of a hand holding a placard bearing the catchword; the right-hand page has a foliate initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of Horace's Epistles., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,

• Marginal drawing of a seated old man holding a round red object in his left hand, adjacent to Horace's account of the Seven Ages of Man., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,

• Decorated initial 'H'(umano)at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,

• Marginal marks similar to notaries' marks on a former flyleaf., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,

• Initial 'D' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

204, cf. f. 3).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscriptions '7945', f. 2, and '7946', f. 3**v, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London

• Detail of historiated initial., Grammatica maior

204, cf. f. 3).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscriptions '7945', f. 2, and '7946', f. 3**v, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London

• Detail of miniature of shepherds., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• Detail of faceted initial., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• Detail of lower border., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• Detail of miniature., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription