• 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)

• Miniature of Ursato Manulesso adoring the Virgin with the Child., Commission from Aloysio Mocenico, Doge of Venice, to Ursato Manulesso, delegating the Government of Padua to him

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. Ursato Manulesso Venice Italy, N. (Venice)

• Decorated initial and full border all antica with heraldic arms in the lower margin., Commission from Andrea Gritti, ~doge~ of Venice, appointing Francesco Morosini governor of Treviso

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. Decorated initial and border Venice Italy, N. (Venice)

• Illuminated initials., Il Canzoniere

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

• 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

• 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,

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child with Benedictus Longus, the winged lion of Venice beside him, linked to the frame by use of gold; in the lower center of the frame his arms., Commissio qua constituit Benedictum Longum rectorem Caneae insulae Cretae

leaf verso; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.1.22’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Virgin and Child with patron Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of historiated initial., 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. Detail Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of miniature., 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. Detail Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of historiated initial., 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. Detail Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• 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

• 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

• 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]

• 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

• Print and miniature of Doge Franciscus Molino., Commission of Doge Franciscus Molino to Giovanni Semitecolo

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. Doge Franciscus Molino Venice Italy, N. (Venice)

• 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)

• Miniature of Mark with his lion crowning a female personification of Venice within a border of scroll-work and garlands of fruit and flowers., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Alvise I Mocenigo to Marco Corner (index Cornaro)

May 1855, lot 2258*/3 (f. 15v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Alvise I Mocenigo to Marco Corner Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of Tommaso Giustinian kneeling before Anthony Abbot beneath the inscription "Cha /ri / tas', within a gold scroll-work border with the winged lion of Mark and the arms of the Giustinian family of Venice., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Marino Grimani to Tommaso Giustinian as capitano of Jadrae (Zara)

sale 31 May 1855, lot 2248 (f. 30v); purchased for £1 9s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Marino Grimani to Tommaso Giustinian Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'I'(eronimus) with Jerome and the lion and foliate borders including a lion and an ink drawing of a man and a stag., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd

• Decorated and flourished initials., Epistles and treatises

in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family of Venice: arms of parety per pale, ~or~ and ~azure~, and the monogram 'I C' (f. 15); modern pencil note (3rd