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)
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)
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)
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)
his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/13 (f. 29v); lot purchased for £3 5s 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)
(f. 2). Text in gold (f. 2). Commission from the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino Made in 1635 as a commission by the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino appointing him Proveditore of Cattaro for
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 Written in Italy, possibly Venice c. 1420, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 8 large initials in
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 Catchwords written horizontally.This manuscript is dated to the early 15th century, possibly Venice, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.Each tragedy is introduced by a prologue.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),
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
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Petrarch Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
with the arms of the Donati family of Venice inside a wreath in the upper border and hanging from the outside border, and the arms possibly of the Capodilista family of Venice inside a wreath in the lower border (f.
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Historiated initial Andrea da Badagio Andrea da Badagio Cristoforo Cortese Petrarch (index Francesco Petrarca) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 58, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v) Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7931): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot
and 'landing' case. Purchased as 'The Ascott Album' by the British Library from the Rothschild family on 26 March 1979. Dedication of a church Master of the Murano Gradual Master of San Michele a Murano Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
lot 2258/1 (f. 7v); lot purchased for £3 3s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Francesco Donato to Alvise Tron Master T.° Ve. Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258/3 (f. 10v); lot purchased for £3 30s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Presentation Master T.° Ve. Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)