• Lower cover of 15th-century binding., 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. Lower cover Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uid) and historiated initial 'Q'(uid) with a man climbing through vines., 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'(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)

• 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)

• Miniature of a Venetian nobleman, probably called Giacomo or James, being presented with a commission by a doge, before James the Great, Sebastian and a vision of the Crucifixion, within a border of gold scroll-work with an erased coat of arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) to a Venetian nobleman, probably called Giacomo or Sebastiano

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)

• Detail of white vine initial 'M'(eretrix) at the beginning of 'Eunuchus'., Comoediae (index comedies)

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 Terence (index Publius Terentius Afer) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• White vine initial 'I'(n) in gold and colours., Comoediae (index comedies)

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 Terence (index Publius Terentius Afer) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of white vine initial 'M'(eretrix) at the beginning of 'Eunuchus'., Comoediae (index comedies)

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 Terence (index Publius Terentius Afer) Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ai[us])., Epistolae (index Letters)

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

• Miniature of Hercules and Cerberus and historiated initial of a lady in profile at the beginning of Hercules furens., Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with marginal gloss

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),

• White vine initial 'Q'(uamuis) at the beginning of Juvenal's Satire 3., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae), imperfect

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 Juvenal (index Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Venice Italy, ?N. E. (?Venice)