• 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

• Decorated initial 'O'(rba) made up of interlaced white vines, at the beginning of six lines from Ovid's Tristia (book i, part vii, lines 35-40)., Metamorphoses (ff. 4-138v); Tristia (six lines only) (f. 138v)

his catalogue (see~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. xlviii, col. ii); 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

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uanquam), the tail formed of a winged dragon-like creature; the lower margin with a partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes., Orationes

Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uanquam), the tail formed of a winged dragon-like creature; the lower margin with a partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial

• Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio., Orationes

Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of

• 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

• Initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

Initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part

• Historiated initial 'E'(t) with an old man, and a full border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

Historiated initial 'E'(t) with an old man, and a full border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird,

• 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,

• null, Orationes

1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v, 137, 142v,

• null, Orationes

1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v, 137, 142v,

• null, Orationes

1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v, 137, 142v,

• Opening of Martial's Liber de Spectaculis, with the title in the square capitals attributed to Bartolomeo Sanvito, and the text to Pompino Leto, with the illuminated white vine-stem initial 'B'(arbara)., 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 'Q'(uae) and lower border with white vine-stem decoration, green parrots, and putti holding a wreath (left blank, perhaps for the addition of a coat of arms)., 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 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

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Nativity, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., 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.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Nativity, and full border with gems, inset miniatures of deer, Ezechiel, Solomon, and other figures, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., 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.