• Genealogical diagram of the ancestors of Christ., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Detail of genealogical diagram of the ancestors of Christ., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Detail of genealogical diagram of the ancestors of Christ., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Miniature of knights on horseback, during the First Crusade., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Drawing of a map of Jerusalem., Abbreviamen de las Estorias (begins imperfectly), or Chronologia magna

of universal history, from the creation of the world to the death of the Emperor Henry VII (d. 1314).Copy of Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, lat. Z 399, containing the canonization of Thomas Aquinas in 1323 (see Degenhart and Schmitt 1973).Bought by

• Illuminated initial 'Mu' at the beginning of Homer's Iliad, with green vine-stems on a red and blue ground., Iliad, each book except book I preceded by one or two monostich summaries; prose hypothesis at the start of book II (f. 13); scholia relating to book I 331-341 (ff. 7v-8).

arts (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 34; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and art collection,

• null, Iliad, each book except book I preceded by one or two monostich summaries; prose hypothesis at the start of book II (f. 13); scholia relating to book I 331-341 (ff. 7v-8).

arts (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 34; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and art collection,

• Historiated initial with an author portrait of a man holding a closed book at the beginning of Rasis's de aluminibus et salibus., Medical miscellany, including Gerald of Cremona' s translation of Rasis's Liber divisionum de aluminibus et salibus.

Historiated initial with an author portrait of a man holding a closed book at the beginning of Rasis's de aluminibus et salibus. Initials removed (e.g., original folio following f. 1; f. 9, 20). 1 historiated initial in colours with

• Miniature of a female personification of Justice seated on a chariot drawn by two winged lions, flanked by female personifications of Faith (holding a chalice), Prudence (holding a mirror), Temperance (diluting wine with water from a pitcher) and Charity (with two children) within an architectual frame with the winged lion of Mark, the arms of the Malipiero, ivy leaves and a garland., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Girolamo Priuli to Nicolò Malipiero as capitano of Vicenza

1246' inscribed errroneously on f. 12v); purchased for £1 3s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Girolamo Priuli to Nicolò Malipiero Giorgio Colonna Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of Piero Michiel kneeling in prayer before a seated Virgin and Child, within an architectual border with the winged lion of Mark and the Michiel family arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Pietro Loredan to Piero Michiel as podestà of Montona (Motovun).

1855, lot 2258/2 (f. 13v); lot purchased for £3 3s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Pietro Loredan to Piero Michiel Giorgio Colonna Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of Ranerio Foscarini, kneeling in prayer, being presented by a female personification of Justice to the Resurrected Christ, within a gold scroll-work border with the Foscarini family arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Alvise I Mocenigo to Raniero Foscarini as podestà and capitano of Rovigo

1779, d. 1845), diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/8 (f. 23v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of female personifications of Justice flanked by Abundance and Faith, within a border with female personifications of four Virtues: (clockwise from top left) Hope, Prudence (holding a mirror), Temperance (pouring water from a pitcher into another containing wine) and Fortitude (holding a column)., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Alvise I Mocenigo to Bartolomeo Magno as provveditore of cividale del Friuli

May 1855, lot 2258*/? (f. 31v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Alvise I Mocenigo to Bartolomeo Magno Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of a miniature of several episodes from book IV of Virgil's Aeneid: on the right, the hunt during which Dido and Aeneas meet; on the left, Dido and Aeneas ride into a cave together, and in the middle of the image, Dido is on her funeral pyre, committing suicide after the departure of Aeneas.and decorated initial 'A'(t)., 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 the shepherds Tityrus (seated) and Meliboeus (standing), at the beginning of Virgil's Eclogues, and decorated initial 'T'(ityre) embellished with putti sitting in swags and dolphins, and a full border with all'antica decorative elements, including strings of gems, putti, swags, and garlands, and the arms and heraldic devices of Ludovico Agnelli in the lower margin., 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 the activities of early spring (indicated by the trees' bare branches), such as ploughing and fence-mending, at the beginning of Virgil's Georgics; decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with three satyrs, with sheaves of wheat and golden grapes, and a full border decorated with sheaves of wheat, cornucopiae, swags, and strings of gems., 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

• Initial 'O'(ceanum) decorated with a winged mask, swags and gemstones, at the beginning of book XI of Virgil's Aeneid, with a miniature of the funeral procession of the young warrior Pallas, and Aeneas placing the trophy of the armour of Mezentius on a tree, to the right, with a full border of all'antica decoration including swans, swags and strings of gems, and square capitals in a four-colour sequence., 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

• Detail of an illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uamquam), and display script in alternating colours in the style of Felice Feliciano of Verona, at the beginning of Cicero's De Imperio Cn. Pompei., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

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.

• Detail of an illuminated white vine-stem border and initial 'C'(redo) of strapwork, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

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.

• Partial knotwork headpiece and decorated initial 'O'(rbis) at the beginning of Pomponius Mela's De chorographia., 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

• Opening page of Cicero's Philippic orations, with a decorated intial 'A'(ntequam), and an added illuminated foliate border and heraldry., Philippics

an added full foliate border, in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni,