Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 247-8; II, 11-12).A member of the Contarini family of Venice: with their arms, bendy of seven, ~or~ and ~azure~, the ~azure~ bends overpainted (f. 1), cf. King's 19.Joseph Smith
century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,
century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,
century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,
century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,
century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,
century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,
note (f. 359v).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Diagram Heron of Alexandria, Apollodorus of Damascus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
note (f. 359v).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Diagram Heron of Alexandria, Apollodorus of Damascus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
century? (f. 1).Maffeo Pinelli (b. 1735 d. 1785), of Venice: inscription '7938', f. 1, top left, corresponding to his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale,
14th-century hand (f. 126).Marginal notes and ~maniculae~ added by 14th- and 15th-century Italian hands.Andrew Hay (d. 1754?), dealer: owned at Venice in 1722 (see Wright 1972). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of
with the watermark 'W Turner & Son').Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Decorated headpiece and initial Georgios Tribizias Georgios Tribizias Manuel Moschopoulos, Anonymous Italy Italy, N. E. (Venice)
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, d. 1537): with
of Burney paper with the watermark 'W Turner & Son').Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Georgios Tribizias Georgios Tribizias Manuel Moschopoulos, Anonymous Italy Italy, N. E. (Venice)
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Ireland Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Britain Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription
watching the construction of Venice, Helen and Trojans at the building of Sycambria (Cymmbre?), Dido watching the construction of Carthage and Romulus supervising the building of Rome, at the beginning of book 3. 6 large miniatures in colours and gold
that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Iberian Peninsula Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of France Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)