• Headpiece and coloured initial., Commentary on Claudius Ptolemaeus's Harmonica

possibly in Venice; originally bound together in the same volume (spine marked [vol] '2'). Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (inscription '7950', f. i, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis

• 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

• 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 decorated 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

• Illuminated initial 'Mu' at the beginning of Homer's Iliad, with green vine-stems on a red and blue ground., Iliad, each book except book I preceded by one or two monostich summaries; prose hypothesis at the start of book II (f. 13); scholia relating to book I 331-341 (ff. 7v-8).

arts (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 34; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and art collection,

• null, Iliad, each book except book I preceded by one or two monostich summaries; prose hypothesis at the start of book II (f. 13); scholia relating to book I 331-341 (ff. 7v-8).

arts (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 34; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and art collection,

• Historiated initial 'D' or 'O' of Christ Disputing with the Merchants. The robe of the figure to the right is inscribed 'A. P. S. VITV. SI?S'., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphonary, antiphonal)

four-line red stave is visible through the illumination. Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphonary, antiphonal) 'SS. Pietro e Paolo in Venice' inscribed in a 19th-century hand on the verso of related cutting Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 24.431 (see

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

and 'landing' case. Purchased as 'The Ascott Album' by the British Library from the Rothschild family on 26 March 1979. Dedication of a church Master of the Murano Gradual Master of San Michele a Murano Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Inhabited initial 'N'(e) with a hybrid creature wearing a turban and holding a shield and sword, at the beginning of Plautus's Aulularia., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• Historiated initial 'V'(t) depicting a half-length bearded figure (Plautus?) holding a book and wearing a wreath on his head; border; and bas-de-page scene(s) depicting two groups of three figures, perhaps, to the left: Jupiter disguised as Amphitriuo, Alcmena, and Mercury disguised as Sosia the slave; and, to the right: Jupiter (with different hair and clothing) confessing to Alcmena his deception, and Mercury again disguised a a slave; between the groups a roundel containing the arms of the Stella family of Verona., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of Plautus's Casina., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)