• Drawing of a siege engine as described by Biton in De constructione bellicarum machinarum., De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

purchased by Burney: note (f. 359v).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. Siege engine Athenaeus, Biton Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

1810, purchased by Burney: note (f. 359v).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 Athenaeus, Biton Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of Antonio Foscarini being presented to the Virgin and Child by (left to right) Anthony Abbot (bearded, in a hooded robe holding a staff), Nicholas of Bari (in bishop's robes, holding and three golden balls) and Bernardino of Siena (holding Christ's monogram IHS), in a zoomorphic cartouche made up of two sphinxes. Below the winged lion of Mark (symbolising Venice), the inscription in gold square capitals 'Nos Leonardus Lau / redanus Dei Gratia / Dux / Venetiarum et cae', and the Foscarini arms, or a bend lozengy azure. The whole on a ground decorated with scrolling foliage and classical armour within a painted frame. On the recto, a small decorated initial ‘C’ in colours and gold, beginning the text ‘Comittimus tibi nobili viro An / tonio fuschareno dilecto civi / [et] fideli nostro qui in bona gratia vadas et sis / Capitaneus Ripperi[a]e Brixiensis et Provisor / Salodii…’., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Leonardo Loredan to Antonio Foscarini as capitano of the Riviera of Brescia and provisor of Salò

1855, lot 2249/1 (f. 3v); lot purchased for £3 18s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Leonardo Loredan to Antonio Foscarini Benedetto Bordon Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of Aeneas with the Sibyl at the entrance to the Underworld; with Charon in his boat and Cerberus at the gate, with faceted initial below, at the beginning of book VI of Virgi's Aeneid., 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

• Miniature of Emperor Constantine the Great., Chronicle of the Byzantine emperors, beginning with Constantine the Great (ff. 3-492); Last vision of Daniel (f. 494-496v)

104-108 (from Udine 1563, Trient 1572, Venice 1573, and Innsbruck 1568); Dieter and Johanna Harlfinger, ~Wasserzeichen aus griechischen Handschriften~ (Berlin: N. Mielke, 1974-1980), nos. 67 (scribe: Antonios Eparchos, 1567), 77 (Meteora, 1570), 78 (Venice, 1560). Miniature of Constantine the Great

• Detail of a miniature illustrating book V of Virgil's Aenied, with the Sicilian games, including archery, wrestling with poles, and racing, and in the background, the burning of the Trojan fleet., 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 a miniature of several episodes from book IV of Virgil's Aeneid: on the right, the hunt during which Dido and Aeneas meet; on the left, Dido and Aeneas ride into a cave together, and in the middle of the image, Dido is on her funeral pyre, committing suicide after the departure of Aeneas., 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 a miniature of Aeneas with the Sibyl at the entrance to the Underworld; with Charon in his boat and Cerberus at the gate at the beginning of book VI of Virgi's Aeneid., 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

• Miniature illustrating book VII of Virgil's Aeneid, with Ascanius wounding the stag in the foreground, as the Trojans feast on the shore, and the Trojan fleet in the background and decorated initial 'T'(u)., 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

• Partial knotwork headpiece and decorated initial 'O'(rbis) at the beginning of Pomponius Mela's De chorographia., 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

• Illustration of chapters 11-13 of Heron's Pneumatics, of two men offering libations at an altar; a diagram of a vessel from which the contents flow when filled to a certain height; and a diagram of 'harmonius goblets', from which the contents flow by a liquid being poured into one only, each illustration very similar to those reproduced from Venice, Marciana MS 516, f. 171r-v in Pneumatics, Hall p. 123., Pneumatica (ff. 27-81v); De automatis (ff. 81v-100)

81v-100) Written by the same scribe as Burney 102 and 103, possibly in Venice, and originally bound together in the same volume. Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (inscription '7952', f. iii, an original paper flyleaf, upper left corner, corresponding

• Heraldic decoration., Commission of Doge Francisus Erizzo to Antonio Barbadico

the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Heraldic decoration Venice Italy, North (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'N' of Olivetan Monks worshipping the Cross., Cuttings from a choir book

and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), cat. no. 70 and app. no. 14); Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, n. 162; Venice, Museo Correr, CL. II. 61, 64 and 437; Windsor, Royal Library, RL O1414.Musical notation. 2 historiated

• Initial 'M' with penwork decoration in leaf patterns and capitals on coloured grounds., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

hand of the mid-12th century contains a narrative of the schism in the papacy, 1159, and the peace of Venice by which Pope Alexander III and the Emperor Frederick I were reconciled (f. 188). Marginal pencil drawings representing the Virgin

• Text page., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

a narrative of the schism in the papacy, 1159, and the peace of Venice by which Pope Alexander III and the Emperor Frederick I were reconciled (f. 188). Marginal pencil drawings representing the Virgin and Child (f. 75), the Crucifixion

• Large initial 'V' with penwork decoration (incomplete)., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

mid-12th century contains a narrative of the schism in the papacy, 1159, and the peace of Venice by which Pope Alexander III and the Emperor Frederick I were reconciled (f. 188). Marginal pencil drawings representing the Virgin and Child (f.

• Tinted drawing of Rotokritos disclosing his love for Aretusa to Polidoros., Erotokritos, romance in 15-syllable rhymed couplets, prededed by a table of contents (ff. 1-8)

2004, xi-xii.Old pagination '1-509' (ff. 20-263), omits pp. '191-192' excised after f. 104. Watermark: 3 Crescents.The text was printed in Venice by Antonio Bortoli in 1713 from a manuscript no longer extant (see ~Summary Catalogue~ 1999). One tinted drawing (f.

• Partial foliate border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of the book., Sefer Maalot ha-Middot (The Book on Degrees of Virtue) by Jehiel ben Jekuthiel (ff. 1v-142v); portion of Shaar Etz Hayyim by Benjamin Anaw (f. 143)

to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 874 but without inscription (Venice, 1783). Watermark, f. [146] of a letter V, unidentified.Recipe for making ink (f. 145). 2 partial foliate borders inhabited

• Foliate scroll and a dragon next to the chapter title, at the chapter 10 on disgrace., Sefer Maalot ha-Middot (The Book on Degrees of Virtue) by Jehiel ben Jekuthiel (ff. 1v-142v); portion of Shaar Etz Hayyim by Benjamin Anaw (f. 143)

to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 874 but without inscription (Venice, 1783). Watermark, f. [146] of a letter V, unidentified.Recipe for making ink (f. 145). 2 partial foliate borders inhabited

• Two dragons with their neck intertwined around the chapter title, at chapter 14 on mercifulness., Sefer Maalot ha-Middot (The Book on Degrees of Virtue) by Jehiel ben Jekuthiel (ff. 1v-142v); portion of Shaar Etz Hayyim by Benjamin Anaw (f. 143)

to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 874 but without inscription (Venice, 1783). Watermark, f. [146] of a letter V, unidentified.Recipe for making ink (f. 145). 2 partial foliate borders inhabited