• Detail of white vine initial 'M'(eretrix) at the beginning of 'Eunuchus'., Comoediae (index comedies)

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 Terence (index Publius Terentius Afer) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of a white vine initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of book 5 of Augustine's De musica., Various texts including Augistine's De musica (ff. 1-121)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. White vine initial Giovanni Aretino (colophons on ff. 121v, 127v) Giovanni Aretino Various authors including Augustine Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ai[us])., Epistolae (index Letters)

with an inscription on f. 1. Ruled in hardpoint. Quire signatures: A, B, etc. Written in Italy, possibly Venice c. 1420, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 8 large initials in

• White vine initial 'T'(erentii), Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3v); Comoediae (index Comedies) (ff. 3v-169)

'Loci s. Francisci a Vinea Venetis ex testamento Io. Francisci Vaca' (f. 1).The Library of San Francesco della Vigna at Venice: given by Giovanni Francesco Vaca (see above).A monastic library founded or endowed by the Guicciardini (see Wright 1972).John Gibson

• Miniature of Hercules and Cerberus and historiated initial of a lady in profile at the beginning of Hercules furens., Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with marginal gloss

beginning of Hercules furens. Catchwords written horizontally.This manuscript is dated to the early 15th century, possibly Venice, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.Each tragedy is introduced by a prologue. Miniature (damaged),

• White vine initial 'Q'(uamuis) at the beginning of Juvenal's Satire 3., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae), imperfect

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 Juvenal (index Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Venice Italy, ?N. E. (?Venice)

• Headpiece with foliate and geometric decoration and decorated initial., 'Grammatica Isagoge Graece', Books 1-4

Decorated initials, rubrics and marginalia in brown. 'Grammatica Isagoge Graece', Books 1-4 Written by Georgios Tribizias, a Greek priest in Venice (ff. 1-146; see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger 1978 and 1981).Partly written at Padua by Pietro Bravi of Verona (index Petrus

• Historiated initial 'S'(oror) showing Seneca holding an open book at the beginning of Seneca's Tragedies, with a three-sided foliate border., Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta

catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and

• Historiated initial 'V'(oi) at the beginning of Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, with an image of Petrarch, shown before a lectern with an open book before him in the bowl of the initial, and a miniature on the right-hand side of the page of Petrarch's muse, Laura, beside a laurel tree, framed with a three-sided border made up of foliate scrolls and gold balls., Il Canzoniere

1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Petrarch Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Title page with coloured pen scrolling line fillers and ivy leaves, the display capitals in the alternating colours of blue, olive green, mauve, and pink, and gold initial 'A'(d) with white vine scroll decoration, of Augustine's City of God., De civitate dei (index City of God)

with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.

• Illuminated white vine initial 'G'(loriosissimam) at the beginning of Augustine's first book of the City of God., De civitate dei (index City of God)

with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.

• Illuminated initial 'D'(i) with a flower in the bowl of the letter and gold balls extending into the margin at the beginning of Seneca's Medea., Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta

catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and

• Historiated initial 'I'(vo) of Petrarch holding a closed book, and a foliate border with gold balls, at the beginning of Petrarch's 264th canzone., Il Canzoniere

d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Historiated initial Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta

catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and

• null, Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta

catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and

• Detail of initial., De civitate dei (index City of God)

with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.

• Detail of arms in the upper margin., De civitate dei (index City of God)

with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.

• Detail of border., De civitate dei (index City of God)

with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.

• Detail of arms in the lower margin, De civitate dei (index City of God)

with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.

• Detail of heraldry., De civitate dei (index City of God)

with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.