• Pen-flourished initials., Martyrologium romanum (begins imperfectly, ff. 2-86v), etc.

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Pen-flourished initials. Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• White vine initial 'S'(enium) at the beginning of the text., De compendiosa doctrina

of 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 Nonius Marcellus Venice Italy, N. (Milan, Venice or Padua?)

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a layman in profile (Priscian?) holding a book, at the beginning of Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

204, cf. f. 3).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscriptions '7945', f. 2, and '7946', f. 3**v, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London

• Initial 'D' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

204, cf. f. 3).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscriptions '7945', f. 2, and '7946', f. 3**v, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London

• Detail of historiated initial., Grammatica maior

204, cf. f. 3).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscriptions '7945', f. 2, and '7946', f. 3**v, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London

• Detail of decorated initial., Grammatica maior

204, cf. f. 3).Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscriptions '7945', f. 2, and '7946', f. 3**v, corresponding to his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London

• Miniature of the building of the city of Venice., Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v-130); miscellaneous texts (ff. 130v-143v)

of the city of Venice. This manuscript was formerly Additional 39844. 50 small miniatures, in colours (ff. 43v, 44, 46, 47, 49, 49v, 50v, 51 (x2), 53, 53v, 54, 55, 55v, 56 (x2), 57 (x2), 57v, 58, 58v, 59v (x3),

• Coloured initials., Service book, fragment

14th-century hand (f. 126).Marginal notes and ~maniculae~ added by 14th- and 15th-century Italian hands.Andrew Hay (d. 1754?), dealer: owned at Venice in 1722 (see Wright 1972). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of

• 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,

• Map of Ireland., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Ireland Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Britain (~Tille~, Scotland, and England)., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Britain Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of the Iberian Peninsula., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Iberian Peninsula Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of France., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of France Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Germany., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Germany Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Germany., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Germany Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of the Italian Peninsula, with islands and part of the Balkans., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Italian Peninsula Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Corsica., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Corsica Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of Sicily., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of Sicily Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Map of the north and west coasts of the Black Sea., Geography (index Cosmographie primus), translated by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, with eighteen maps of Europe, Asia and Africa (index portolan charts, nautical maps, mappamundi)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Map of the Black Sea Ptolemy (index Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)