• null, Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

miniatures in colours. Spaces for large initials (ff. 2, 3). Small initials in plain red. Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt Contemporary note at the end of the volume, perhaps by the author(?) 'Anno

• null, Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

miniatures in colours. Spaces for large initials (ff. 2, 3). Small initials in plain red. Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt Contemporary note at the end of the volume, perhaps by the author(?) 'Anno

• null, Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

miniatures in colours. Spaces for large initials (ff. 2, 3). Small initials in plain red. Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt Contemporary note at the end of the volume, perhaps by the author(?) 'Anno

• null, Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

miniatures in colours. Spaces for large initials (ff. 2, 3). Small initials in plain red. Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt Contemporary note at the end of the volume, perhaps by the author(?) 'Anno

• Miniature of a city., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

miniatures in colours. Spaces for large initials (ff. 2, 3). Small initials in plain red. Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt Contemporary note at the end of the volume, perhaps by the author(?) 'Anno

• Decorated initial 'D'(eo) with foliate decoration extending into the margins., Statuti di Venezia (Statutes of Venice)

blue with flourishing in the other colour. Coloured initials in red or blue. Statuti di Venezia (Statutes of Venice) Made in Venice c. 1466-c. 1472: colophon stating that the manuscript was compiled and written between the 1st and 15th day

• Initial 'V' with filigree penwork decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Initial Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'V' of Michael weighing a soul., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Michael Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiatd initial 'A' of the Presentation in the Temple., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Presentation in the Temple Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'S' of Saint Peter dressed as a pope and holding a book., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Peter Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'L' of Lucy holding eyes on a dish and a palm leaf., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Lucy Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'F' of John the Baptist., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. John Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'B' of Longinus holding a spear., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Longinus Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'D' with Simon and Andrew fishing on Lake Galilee., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Simon and Andrew Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Initial 'A' with filigree decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Initial Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Decorated headpiece at the beginning of Hermogenes's Peri ton staeon., Peri ton stason, Peri eureseon, Peri ideon logou, with prologues, and various notes, proverbs, and verses

various notes, proverbs, and verses Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscription '7909' (f. 1v), corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7909): his London sale, 2

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

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

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

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

• All' antica border, including roundels with heraldic devices, cameos and the coat of arms of Aragon., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see

• Detail of border with the device of three maces., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see