• Historiated initial 'P'(rimus) with a man wearing a blue hood., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Historiated initial Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) and historiated initial 'P'(ostque) with a bearded man., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'A'(eneas) and historiated initial 'F'(ille) with a bearded man wearing a garland., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'S'(eptimus) and historiated initial 'T'(u) with a woman in profile., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(ueruntur)and historiated initial 'O'(buertunt)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Historiated initial 'P'(anditur) with a man wearing golden armour., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Historiated initial Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Inhabited initial 'N'(e) with a hybrid creature wearing a turban and holding a shield and sword, at the beginning of Plautus's Aulularia., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• Historiated initial 'V'(t) depicting a half-length bearded figure (Plautus?) holding a book and wearing a wreath on his head; border; and bas-de-page scene(s) depicting two groups of three figures, perhaps, to the left: Jupiter disguised as Amphitriuo, Alcmena, and Mercury disguised as Sosia the slave; and, to the right: Jupiter (with different hair and clothing) confessing to Alcmena his deception, and Mercury again disguised a a slave; between the groups a roundel containing the arms of the Stella family of Verona., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of Plautus's Casina., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• null, Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• Miniature of an African man looking at a vision of female personifications of Venice as Justice and Truth, within an ornamental border with cartouches inscribed 'Veritas / De terra / Orta Est / Et Iustitia / De Coelo / Pr[o]spexi/ t' (Psalm 85:11) and the arms of the Morosini dalla Sbarra family of Venice (or a bend azure)., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Pasquale Cicogna to Tommaso Morosini dalla Sbarra as of podestà and capitano of Crema

1845), diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/7 (f. 22v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission Huntington Master Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• White vine initial 'N'(on) and border. Added 17th-century ownership inscription by Antoninus Martius Medice in the lower margin., Various works including De nobilitate vera (ff. 2-29), a letter of Carlo Aretino to Poggio (ff. 33-35), etc.

1694: inscribed 'A Matteo Egyptio Neapolitano [...] millesimo sexcentesimo nonagesimo quarto [...]'. Inscribed with a reference to book published in Venice in 1569 (f. 35v).Added title-page drawn in ink with the arms of cardinal D. Gerardus to whom the book

• Miniature of a Venetian nobleman, probably named Alvise, kneeling in prayer, being presented to the Virgin and Child by a male saint and Louis of Toulouse dressed as a bishop with a robe covered in fleur-de-lys, within a gold scroll-work border with an unidentified coat of arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) to a Venetian nobleman, probably named Alvise

1845), diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2255 (f. 25v); lot purchased for £1 2s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission to Alvise Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of female personifications of Justice and Peace embracing beneath an angel holding a scroll inscribed 'Iustitia et Pax Osculate Sunt', within a gold scroll-work and scrolling foliate ornate frame with a cameo of a nude woman., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale)

his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/11 (f. 27v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission to a Venetian nobleman Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of a Venetian nobleman kneeling in prayer before the Virgin and Child within an ornate border of gold scroll-work with an erased coat of arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale)

his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/12 (f. 28v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission to a Venetian nobleman Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)