• null, Epistolae ad familiares

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, d. 1537): with

• 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

• Decorated initial 'V'(oi) with acanthus and white vine border at the beginning of Il canzionere. The coat of arms of the Priuli family (Venice) has been painted in the lower border in the early 16th century, seemingly over an effaced earlier shield., Il canzoniere (also known as Rime sparse; ff. 1-129v); I triunfi (ff. 130-167)

beginning of Il canzionere. The coat of arms of the Priuli family (Venice) has been painted in the lower border in the early 16th century, seemingly over an effaced earlier shield. Catchwords written vertically. Guide letters.According to unpublished notes of

• Illuminated white vine-stem border and illuminated initial 'A'(ntequam), with square capitals used as display script in an unfinished four-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's Philippic orations., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

perhaps including a circle in the lower half of the shield (f. 1).? A member of the Mocenigo family of Venice: with the arms, per fess ~azure~ and ~argent~, each half with a cinquefoil counter-charged (f. 1) (see Eugenio Morando

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'V'(ellem), and square capitals in a three-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's ninth Philippic oration., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

perhaps including a circle in the lower half of the shield (f. 1).? A member of the Mocenigo family of Venice: with the arms, per fess ~azure~ and ~argent~, each half with a cinquefoil counter-charged (f. 1) (see Eugenio Morando

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

perhaps including a circle in the lower half of the shield (f. 1).? A member of the Mocenigo family of Venice: with the arms, per fess ~azure~ and ~argent~, each half with a cinquefoil counter-charged (f. 1) (see Eugenio Morando

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

perhaps including a circle in the lower half of the shield (f. 1).? A member of the Mocenigo family of Venice: with the arms, per fess ~azure~ and ~argent~, each half with a cinquefoil counter-charged (f. 1) (see Eugenio Morando

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

perhaps including a circle in the lower half of the shield (f. 1).? A member of the Mocenigo family of Venice: with the arms, per fess ~azure~ and ~argent~, each half with a cinquefoil counter-charged (f. 1) (see Eugenio Morando

• 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.

• Decorated initial 'S'(egondo) at the beginning of the text., History of Venice to 1439

initials in alternating red or grey (f. 1). Spaces for initials left blank or with a faint outline. History of Venice to 1439 Gaspard Coignet de la Thuilerie, count of Courson (d. 1653): his armorial binding.The Loménie de Brienne family

• Initial and headpiece with foliate and geometric decoration., Miscellany of Byzantine liturgical music, including 'Kekragaria' (ff. 9-115v), Glykys's settings for 11 Morning Hymns (index Eothina anastasima) of the Emperor Leo the Wise (ff. 115v-130v), and Chrysaphes's 'Cheroubikon' and 'Koinonikon' (ff. 131v-133v), with late music notation

Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks: Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries~ (Hilversum: Paper Publications Society, 1950), no. 866 (dated 1696 to Venice). Headpieces with geometric and floral decoration in black and red (ff. 3, 9, 34, 46, 60v, 77, 92, 104,

• 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