• Detail of genealogical diagram of the ancestors of Christ., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Miniature of knights on horseback, during the First Crusade., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Drawing of a map of Jerusalem., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Historiated initial with an author portrait of a man holding a closed book at the beginning of Rasis's de aluminibus et salibus., Medical miscellany, including Gerald of Cremona' s translation of Rasis's Liber divisionum de aluminibus et salibus.

Historiated initial with an author portrait of a man holding a closed book at the beginning of Rasis's de aluminibus et salibus. Initials removed (e.g., original folio following f. 1; f. 9, 20). 1 historiated initial in colours with

• 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)

• 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.and decorated initial 'A'(t)., 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 III of Virgil's Georgics, with shepherds in a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle, sheep-shearing, and milking., 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 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

• A large miniature of Francesco Barbarigo being presented to the Virgin, a title piece inscribed, 'Nos Leonardus Dei Gratia Dux Venetiarum etc', and a full border with medallions of the winged Venetian lion and the arms of Francesco Barbarigo in a landscape., 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,

• 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

• Detail of an illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uamquam), and display script in alternating colours in the style of Felice Feliciano of Verona, at the beginning of Cicero's De Imperio Cn. Pompei., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.A member of the Contarini family of Venice, with the family's (overpainted) arms: bendy of 7, ~or~ and ~azure~, flanked by (overpainted) letters ‘A’ and ‘C’ (f.

• Detail of an illuminated white vine-stem border and initial 'C'(redo) of strapwork, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.A member of the Contarini family of Venice, with the family's (overpainted) arms: bendy of 7, ~or~ and ~azure~, flanked by (overpainted) letters ‘A’ and ‘C’ (f.

• Miniature in colours and gold, of female personifications of Justice and Peace kissing before another female figure holding a crown and two fronds, beneath a vision of God holding the terrestrial globe, within a border of gold scroll-work with the arms of the ?Bragadin family of Venice (azure a cross gules argent)., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) to a Venetian nobleman, possibly a member of the Bragadin family

?Bragadin family of Venice (azure a cross gules argent). Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) to a Venetian nobleman, possibly a member of the Bragadin family ?A member of the noble Bragadin family of Venice in the last

• Miniature of Girolamo Zane giving a coin to a kneeling woman in a crowded hall; in a balcony above a woman holds a fish-spear, possibly personifying the Adriatic Sea (see Warner and Gilson 1921 p. 32) or, more probably, Venice (see Chambers 1983 p. 396), with Mark and his symbol of a lion., Giuramento (Commission and oath) of Girolomo (Hieronymus) Zane as Procurator de citra of Saint Mark, Venice

in 1762. King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Distribution of alms Giovanni Vitale Giovanni Vitale Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Opening page of Cicero's Philippic orations, with a decorated intial 'A'(ntequam), and an added illuminated foliate border and heraldry., Philippics

an added full foliate border, in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni,

• null, Philippics

in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni, 16th century: ownership inscription with