• null, Harmonica

by the same scribe as Burney 103 and 108, possibly in Venice; originally bound together in the same volume (spine marked [vol] 'I'). Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (inscription '7949, f. i verso, upside down at the foot of

• Decorated initial 'C'(haos) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of the text by Lactantius, Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and the arms of the Donati family of Venice with an animal head above the shield., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

of the Donati family of Venice with an animal head above the shield. Large coloured initials with white vine scroll decoration. Small simple red or blue initials. The arms of the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head

• White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

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. White vine initial 'Petrus Leo Ortinus' Petrus Leo Ortinus Frontinus Venice

• 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).

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• Decorated initial, De iustitia et iure

the books (ff. 1, 25v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De iustitia et iure Paolo Mauroceni, senator of Venice and governor of Lombardy: dedicated to him 'Ad clarissimum virum Paulum Maurocenum senatorem Venetum et provincie Lombarde presidem.' (f.

• Decorated initial, De iustitia et iure

the books (ff. 1, 25v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De iustitia et iure Paolo Mauroceni, senator of Venice and governor of Lombardy: dedicated to him 'Ad clarissimum virum Paulum Maurocenum senatorem Venetum et provincie Lombarde presidem.' (f.

• null, De chorographia (ff. 1-23), and other works, including an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v)

an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v) Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7931): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot

• Historiated initial 'I'(n), and full border with putti, heraldry, and roundels with a monkey with fruit, and a deer in a landscape., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Foliate illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of Book 38 of Livy's Ab urbe condita, third decade., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Missing initial, at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of historiated initial., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of lower border, with putti holding a shield., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of border, with a fawn., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of border with a monkey., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the