• Decorated initial, De iustitia et iure

the books (ff. 1, 25v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De iustitia et iure Paolo Mauroceni, senator of Venice and governor of Lombardy: dedicated to him 'Ad clarissimum virum Paulum Maurocenum senatorem Venetum et provincie Lombarde presidem.' (f.

• null, De chorographia (ff. 1-23), and other works, including an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v)

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

• Historiated initial 'I'(n), and full border with putti, heraldry, and roundels with a monkey with fruit, and a deer in a landscape., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Foliate illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of Book 38 of Livy's Ab urbe condita, third decade., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Missing initial, at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of historiated initial., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of lower border, with putti holding a shield., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of border, with a fawn., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of border with a monkey., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of historiated initial., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Miniature of Hieronymus Zane, shown seated in armour, with clerks paying soldiers behind him, and in the distance, galleys on a sea, with Zane’s arms on a banner in the upper right corner., Giuramento (Commission and oath) of Girolomo (Hieronymus) Zane as Procurator de citra of Saint Mark, Venice

collection, in 1762. King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Hieronymus Zane Giovanni Vitale Giovanni Vitale Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Decorated cartouche., Giuramento (Commission and oath) of Girolomo (Hieronymus) Zane as Procurator de citra of Saint Mark, Venice

art collection, in 1762. King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Cartouche Giovanni Vitale Giovanni Vitale Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Decorated initial and architectural border with a flying putti holding heralic arms., Ars Grammatica

Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 1834, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Decorated initial and border Phocas Venice Italy, N. (Venice?)

• Miniature of the city 'Pola'., 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 the city 'Zara'., 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

• Full-page 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

• Full-page miniature of a church., 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 building and a checkered board., 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 chapel., 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