• Historiated initial 'M'(ecaenas) depicting a figure at a lectern, and a full white vine-stem border incorporating vignettes of readers, and heradry in the lower border; at the beginning of Horace's Carmina., Carmina (ff. 1-73v); Epodes (ff. 74-88v); Carmen saeculare (ff. 89-90v); Ars poetica (ff. 90v-101v); Epistulae (ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v)

(ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v) ? Perhaps owned by a member of the Badoeri or Emo families of Venice: with their arms, ~gules~, a lion rampant ~or~, 3 bends ~argent~ over all (f. 1); cf. King's 28; cf.

• null, Carmina (ff. 1-73v); Epodes (ff. 74-88v); Carmen saeculare (ff. 89-90v); Ars poetica (ff. 90v-101v); Epistulae (ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v)

(ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v) ? Perhaps owned by a member of the Badoeri or Emo families of Venice: with their arms, ~gules~, a lion rampant ~or~, 3 bends ~argent~ over all (f. 1); cf. King's 28; cf.

• null, Carmina (ff. 1-73v); Epodes (ff. 74-88v); Carmen saeculare (ff. 89-90v); Ars poetica (ff. 90v-101v); Epistulae (ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v)

(ff. 102-135); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 135-181v) ? Perhaps owned by a member of the Badoeri or Emo families of Venice: with their arms, ~gules~, a lion rampant ~or~, 3 bends ~argent~ over all (f. 1); cf. King's 28; cf.

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of the prologue of the statutes of Venice., 'Promissio Serenissimi Principis Domini Laurentii Prioli, Inclyti Ducis Venetiarum', the statutes of Venice, with the undertaking of the Doge, Lorenzo Priuli, to observe the same

Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Decorated initial Joannes de Vitalibus Joannes de Vitalibus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Full knotwork border with a decorated initial 'F'(acturus), and arms in the shape of a bisected axe head, with a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

with an inscription on the verso.The decoration may be Paduan, and the scribes may be Michael de Salvaticis (active in Venice c. 1430-60) and Taddeo Querino of Brescia, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'A'(nnus)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

inscription on the verso.The decoration may be Paduan, and the scribes may be Michael de Salvaticis (active in Venice c. 1430-60) and Taddeo Querino of Brescia, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library,

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'S'(equitur)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

inscription on the verso.The decoration may be Paduan, and the scribes may be Michael de Salvaticis (active in Venice c. 1430-60) and Taddeo Querino of Brescia, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library,

• null, Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year

circle, respectively).Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Nikolaos Malaxos Nikolaos Malaxos Collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice) or Eastern Mediterranean (Crete)

• White vine initial 'M'(odus) in yellow on a blue ground., Various texts including Augistine's De musica (ff. 1-121)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. White vine initial Giovanni Aretino (colophons on ff. 121v, 127v) Giovanni Aretino Various authors including Augustine 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)

• Detail of a white vine initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of book 5 of Augustine's De musica., Various texts including Augistine's De musica (ff. 1-121)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. White vine initial Giovanni Aretino (colophons on ff. 121v, 127v) Giovanni Aretino Various authors including Augustine Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• 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)

• Illuminated intial 'Q'(uanquam) and full border with heraldic arms (of the Lan family of Treviso ?), supported by sphinxes., Orationes, etc.

son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial and full border with heraldic arms Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'S'(i), with unusual colours and interlace motifs, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Sestio., Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Inhabited illuminated initial 'Q'(ue), depicting a clothed cherub holding a shield (with the arms of the Lan family of Treviso ?), Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Inhabited initial Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initials 'A'(dversus) and 'P'(rimum), at the beginning of Leonardo Bruni's Latin translation of Demosthenes's Oratio pro Ctesiphonte (or De corona)., Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initials Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) with woven knotwork decoration., Orationes, etc.

part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)

• null, Orationes, etc.

as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)