• null, Noctes Atticae

Noctes Atticae Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735, d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7943', f. 1, upper left corner, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7943; his sale,

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with decoration extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

£10,000 (a fraction of 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 Pseudo-Cicero Venice Italy, N. E. (?Venice)

• Detail of a white vine initial 'E'(t si) with decoration extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Detail Pseudo-Cicero Venice Italy, N. E. (?Venice)

• Detail of a white vine initial 'S'(uperio) and circular diagram of rainfall., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 7464 (Udine and Venice, 1461; Rome, 1464), and 7465 (Florence, 1464; Venice, 1460-67, 1470-71, 1472; Venice and Ferrara, 1471-76). White vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 5,

• 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 Written in Italy, possibly Venice c. 1420, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 8 large initials in

• Decorated initial 'E'(t si nego) and full border with flowers, cornucopias, candelabras, dragon heads and a defaced coat of arms, at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century, possibly in Venice. Large initial in gold on a blue panel with foliate decoration, combined with a full border with flowers, cornucopias,

• 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),

• 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

• Illuminated intial 'Q'(uanquam) and full border with heraldic arms (of the Lan family of Treviso ?), supported by sphinxes., Orationes, etc.

son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial and full border with heraldic arms Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'S'(i), with unusual colours and interlace motifs, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Sestio., Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Inhabited illuminated initial 'Q'(ue), depicting a clothed cherub holding a shield (with the arms of the Lan family of Treviso ?), Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Inhabited initial Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initials 'A'(dversus) and 'P'(rimum), at the beginning of Leonardo Bruni's Latin translation of Demosthenes's Oratio pro Ctesiphonte (or De corona)., Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initials Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'A'(rma) at the beginning of Virgil's Aeneid, with coloured foliage; in the margins foliate decoration with gold balls, and in the lower margin the arms of the Machiavelli family quartered with other arms surrounded by a wreath., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the

• Text page in Virgil's Aeneid., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the

• Illuminated initial 'T'(ityre), at the beginning of Virgil's Eclogues., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) with woven knotwork decoration., Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• null, Orationes, etc.

as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• null, Orationes, etc.

as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• null, Orationes, etc.

as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• null, Orationes, etc.

as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)