• null, Harmonica

by the same scribe as Burney 103 and 108, possibly in Venice; originally bound together in the same volume (spine marked [vol] 'I'). Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (inscription '7949, f. i verso, upside down at the foot of

• Decorated initial 'D'(eo) with foliate decoration extending into the margins., Statuti di Venezia (Statutes of Venice)

blue with flourishing in the other colour. Coloured initials in red or blue. Statuti di Venezia (Statutes of Venice) Made in Venice c. 1466-c. 1472: colophon stating that the manuscript was compiled and written between the 1st and 15th day

• Initial 'V' with filigree penwork decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Initial Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'V' of Michael weighing a soul., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Michael Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiatd initial 'A' of the Presentation in the Temple., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Presentation in the Temple Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'S' of Saint Peter dressed as a pope and holding a book., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Peter Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'L' of Lucy holding eyes on a dish and a palm leaf., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Lucy Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'F' of John the Baptist., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. John Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'B' of Longinus holding a spear., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Longinus Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'D' with Simon and Andrew fishing on Lake Galilee., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Simon and Andrew Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Initial 'A' with filigree decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Initial Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Decorated initial 'C'(haos) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of the text by Lactantius, Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and the arms of the Donati family of Venice with an animal head above the shield., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

of the Donati family of Venice with an animal head above the shield. Large coloured initials with white vine scroll decoration. Small simple red or blue initials. The arms of the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head

• White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

from Venice, 1471. 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. White vine initial 'Petrus Leo Ortinus' Petrus Leo Ortinus Frontinus Venice

• Detail of illuminated initial., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

3766, from Venice, 1471. 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. Detail 'Petrus Leo Ortinus' Petrus Leo Ortinus Frontinus Venice Italy,

• Detail of decorated initial., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1).

• Detail of heraldry., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1).

• Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border., Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes, soups, sauces, pastry, etc.), with index at the end of the volume (ff. 1-23v, 105-107); Libro de manescalchia de tutte le febre ed ogni altre infirmitate che se generano in li caualli, composto per uno dicto Messer Joanne Facio per ordinatione de Re Carlo Magno Imperatore, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 25-104v)

Museum from H. Tross, Paris, 8 July 1865 (note inside upper cover), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Decorated initial and border Venice Italy, N. (Venice)

• Coloured drawing with Venice entiteld 'Die vorneme stat Venedig', at the beginning of an account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

Coloured drawing with Venice entiteld 'Die vorneme stat Venedig', at the beginning of an account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt. ff. 151v-155v added texts in different contemporary hands. f. 156 is a thick piece

• Decorated initial, De iustitia et iure

the books (ff. 1, 25v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De iustitia et iure Paolo Mauroceni, senator of Venice and governor of Lombardy: dedicated to him 'Ad clarissimum virum Paulum Maurocenum senatorem Venetum et provincie Lombarde presidem.' (f.

• Decorated initial, De iustitia et iure

the books (ff. 1, 25v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De iustitia et iure Paolo Mauroceni, senator of Venice and governor of Lombardy: dedicated to him 'Ad clarissimum virum Paulum Maurocenum senatorem Venetum et provincie Lombarde presidem.' (f.