Museum from H. Tross, Paris, 8 July 1865 (note inside upper cover), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Decorated initial and border Venice Italy, N. (Venice)
by the same scribe as Burney 103 and 108, possibly in Venice; originally bound together in the same volume (spine marked [vol] 'I'). Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (inscription '7949, f. i verso, upside down at the foot of
Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 1834, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Decorated initial and border Phocas Venice Italy, N. (Venice?)
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
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
frame with the winged lion of Mark and the arms of the Priuli family of Venice. Italian cutting.The present cutting is bound in an album with Add. 18196, ff. 2-89. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order
supporting a laurel medallion with arms probably of the Bragadin family of Venice. Scribal marginal variants and occasional additions.Marginal notes by a later reader. Partial border and initial with foliate decoration in colours and gold, with two winged putti supporting
(ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v) ? Perhaps owned by a member of the Badoeri or Emo families of Venice: with their arms, ~gules~, a lion rampant ~or~, 3 bends ~argent~ over all (f. 1); cf. King's 28; cf.
(ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v) ? Perhaps owned by a member of the Badoeri or Emo families of Venice: with their arms, ~gules~, a lion rampant ~or~, 3 bends ~argent~ over all (f. 1); cf. King's 28; cf.
(ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v) ? Perhaps owned by a member of the Badoeri or Emo families of Venice: with their arms, ~gules~, a lion rampant ~or~, 3 bends ~argent~ over all (f. 1); cf. King's 28; cf.
edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 4803 (Venice, 1493) and 4804 (Syracuse, 1495; Venice, 1491-92, 1494).Original pagination in red ink.Piece of paper bound after f. [86] inscribed the title of
edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 4803 (Venice, 1493) and 4804 (Syracuse, 1495; Venice, 1491-92, 1494).Original pagination in red ink.Piece of paper bound after f. [86] inscribed the title of
with an inscription on the verso.The decoration may be Paduan, and the scribes may be Michael de Salvaticis (active in Venice c. 1430-60) and Taddeo Querino of Brescia, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the
inscription on the verso.The decoration may be Paduan, and the scribes may be Michael de Salvaticis (active in Venice c. 1430-60) and Taddeo Querino of Brescia, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library,
inscription on the verso.The decoration may be Paduan, and the scribes may be Michael de Salvaticis (active in Venice c. 1430-60) and Taddeo Querino of Brescia, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library,
circle, respectively).Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Nikolaos Malaxos Nikolaos Malaxos Collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice) or Eastern Mediterranean (Crete)
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,
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,
£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)
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)