• Miniature of Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy, at the beginning of book 2; initial and borders., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and

• Detail of a miniature of Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy, at the beginning of book 2., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and

• Detail of a miniature of Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy, at the beginning of book 2., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and the Wheel of Fortune, and the murder of Alexander II of Macedonia before the throne of Eurydice, at the beginning of book 5., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and

• Miniature of the taking of Jerusalem, at the beginning of book 6., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Nativity, with a full border with gems, inset miniatures of deer, Ezechiel, Jeremiah, Solomon, and other figures, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin; putti holding the arms of Agostino Biliotti, Gonfalonier of Justice in Florence in the lower margin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead, and partial border, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with King David playing his harp, and partial border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Scribal colophon reading: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV'., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Abstract decorated headpiece., Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171)

the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 3378 (Venice, 1478 and 1479). Decorated headpieces. Large decorated initials. Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171) The Minutoli-Tegrimi family, of Lucca,

• Interlaced bar and flourishes at top of text page., Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171)

the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 3378 (Venice, 1478 and 1479). Decorated headpieces. Large decorated initials. Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171) The Minutoli-Tegrimi family, of Lucca,

• Text page showing Greek and Latin texts on alternate lines with Greek gloss., Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171)

the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 3378 (Venice, 1478 and 1479). Decorated headpieces. Large decorated initials. Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171) The Minutoli-Tegrimi family, of Lucca,

• Zoomorphic initial 'C'(allimachi), partly formed of two fish or dolphins, at the beginning of Book 3 of Propertius's Elegies., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71)

Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71) Copied from the 1493 reprint of the 1487 Beroaldus edition (Venice, Simon Bevilaqua), according to Butrica.Jonathan Toup (b. 1713 d. 1785), philologer and classical editor: his sale, 10 May 1786,

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis homines) with leaves and flowers, and square capitals in three-colour alternation at the beginning of Sallust's Cataline Conspiracy., Catilina (ff. 1-45v), Jugurtha (ff. 45v-134)

of the arts: listed in his catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 420; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and art collection,

• Decorated initial 'S'(emper) entwined in foliage on a blue ground at the beginning of Juvenal's Satires; with two heraldic shields in the lower margin., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-69v; ff. 70v-83)

catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 37, col. 1; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and

• Unfinished initial 'N'(ec), at the beginning of Perseus' Satires., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-69v; ff. 70v-83)

catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 37, col. 1; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Book II of Martial's Epigrams; the text attributed to Pomponio Leto., Epigrams, preceeded by the Liber de Spectaculis (ff. 1-5, imperfect)

catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 43, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and

• Illuminated initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Book 1 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

initials alternately plain blue or red. Epistolae ad familiares Probably written before 1455: an oration made to the Doge of Venice by Galeazzo Maria Sforza in that year is added in a later hand on f. 2v.Mario Maffei (b. 1463,

• Foliate headpiece with four roundels enclosing birds and busts, and foliate border three roundels enclosing a bust and two armorial shields, (the border is possibly a later addition), at the beginning of Diogenes Laertius's De vitis philosophorum., De vitis philosophorum

Foliate headpiece with four roundels enclosing birds and busts, and foliate border three roundels enclosing a bust and two armorial shields, (the border is possibly a later addition), at the beginning of Diogenes Laertius's De vitis philosophorum. ff. 137-144

• Decorated initial 'C'(ynthia), at the beginning of Propertius's Elegies., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71)

Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71) Copied from the 1493 reprint of the 1487 Beroaldus edition (Venice, Simon Bevilaqua), according to Butrica.Jonathan Toup (b. 1713 d. 1785), philologer and classical editor: his sale, 10 May 1786,