of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Crete Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
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
Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.A member of the Contarini family of Venice, with the family's (overpainted) arms: bendy of 7, ~or~ and ~azure~, flanked by (overpainted) letters ‘A’ and ‘C’ (f.
Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.A member of the Contarini family of Venice, with the family's (overpainted) arms: bendy of 7, ~or~ and ~azure~, flanked by (overpainted) letters ‘A’ and ‘C’ (f.
and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), cat. no. 70 and app. no. 14); Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, n. 162; Venice, Museo Correr, CL. II. 61, 64 and 437; Windsor, Royal Library, RL O1414.Musical notation. 2 historiated
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 8936 (made in Venice 1443-9). Large initial in colours and gold (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Large plain initials in blue or red.
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
Argos, and the foundation of Athens (f. 2v); Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy (f. 90); the construction of Venice, Sycambria, Carthage, and Rome (f. 150): Nimrod and the construction of the tower of Babel (f. 206v); Alexander and
his catalogue (see~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. xlviii, col. ii); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 43, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uanquam), the tail formed of a winged dragon-like creature; the lower margin with a partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial
Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of
initials alternately plain 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,