• Detail of miniature of Aeneas carrying Anchises and leading Ascanius., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

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

• A large miniature of Giovanni Maria Contarini with the apostle Mark, a title piece, and a full border with a pair of medallions of Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, and, in the lower margin, the Contarini arms., Commissione of the doge Francesco Donato to Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali)

Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali) Francesco Donato, doge of Venice: inscribed, 'Data in nostro ducali palatio die xv Maij indictionum viiij. M.D.L.I.' (with the signature and sign of a

• Front cover of binding., Commissione of the doge Francesco Donato to Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali)

Giovanni Maria Contarini as ~podestà~ and captain of Koper (Capo d'Istria) near Trieste (index Commissione dogali) Francesco Donato, doge of Venice: inscribed, 'Data in nostro ducali palatio die xv Maij indictionum viiij. M.D.L.I.' (with the signature and sign of a

• Front cover of 16th century binding., Commissione of the doge Leonardo Loredan to Francesco Barbarigo as ~podestà~ and captain of Feltre (index Commissione dogali)

the doge Leonardo Loredan to Francesco Barbarigo as ~podestà~ and captain of Feltre (index Commissione dogali) Leonardo Loredan, doge of Venice, inscribed, 'Data in nostro ducali palatio die xij Februarij indictionum (?)... M.D.XV' (with a notarial signature) (f. 21).Francisco Barbarigo,

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

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,

• Diagram, De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

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)

• Detail of marginal diagram., De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

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)

• Foliate headpiece and 'T'(o) with penwork decoration at the beginning of Manuel Moschopoulos's Eklogai kata stoicheion onomaton Attikon., Eklogai kata stoicheion onomaton Attikon (ff. 2-69v), Peri onomaton (ff. 70-75v), and grammatical texts and observations

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)

• null, Eklogai kata stoicheion onomaton Attikon (ff. 2-69v), Peri onomaton (ff. 70-75v), and grammatical texts and observations

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)

• Miniature of the Trojan horse entering the gates of Troy, and historiated initial 'C'(onticurre) of Aeneas carrying Anchises and leading Ascanius, at the beginning of book II of Virgil's Aeneid, with display capitals in a four-colour sequence and decorated initial 'C'., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

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

• Miniature of Trojans 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., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Miniature of Nemrod and the construction of the tower of Babel, at the beginning of book 4., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Miniature of Noah coming out of the Ark, and the construction of Argos and of Athens, at the beginning of book 1., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Text page in book 4., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Miniature of Alexander and the Wheel of Fortune, and the murder of Alexander II of Macedonia before the throne of Eurydice, at the beginning of book 5., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of the book., Epistolae, imperfect at the end

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.

• Miniature of Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy, at the beginning of book 2; initial and borders., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Detail of a miniature of Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy, at the beginning of book 2., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Detail of a miniature of Paris and Helena meeting Priam outside Troy, at the beginning of book 2., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and the Wheel of Fortune, and the murder of Alexander II of Macedonia before the throne of Eurydice, at the beginning of book 5., Chronique de la Bouquechardière

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