The collection of the Marciana Library contains 4,639 manuscripts and 13,117 manuscript volumes. Its historical nucleus is the private collection of Cardinal

Bessarion Bessarion ( el, Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the so-called great revival of letters ...

, which was donated to the Republic of Venice in 1468.

Manuscripts

Some significant manuscripts in the collection include: Greek * Gr. Z. 196 (=743): commentary by Olympiodorus on Plato's ''

Gorgias Gorgias (; grc-gre, Γοργίας; 483–375 BC) was an ancient Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher, and rhetorician who was a native of Leontinoi in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Several doxogr ...

'' and ''

Alcibiades Alcibiades ( ; grc-gre, Ἀλκιβιάδης; 450 – 404 BC) was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. He was the last of the Alcmaeonidae, which fell from prominence after the Peloponnesian War. He played a major role in t ...

'' (ninth century
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* Gr. Z. 228 (=406): includes Books I and II of '' Peri Psychēs'' by

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

with commentary by

Simplicius of Cilicia Simplicius of Cilicia (; el, Σιμπλίκιος ὁ Κίλιξ; c. 490 – c. 560 AD) was a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and Damascius, and was one of the last of the Neoplatonists. He was among the pagan philosophers persecuted by Justinian i ...

and Sophonias and paraphrases by

Themistius Themistius ( grc-gre, Θεμίστιος ; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades, (eloquent), was a statesman, rhetorician, and philosopher. He flourished in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valens, Gratian, and Theodosius I; and ...

together with commentary by Pseudo-Diadochus on Plato's ''

Timaeus Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name. It may refer to: * ''Timaeus'' (dialogue), a Socratic dialogue by Plato *Timaeus of Locri, 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue *Timaeus (historian) (c. 345 BC-c. 250 BC), Greek ...

'', commentary by Simplicius of Cilicia on Aristotle's '' Peri Ouranoû'', commentary by

Ammonius Hermiae Ammonius Hermiae (; grc-gre, Ἀμμώνιος ὁ Ἑρμείου, Ammōnios ho Hermeiou, Ammonius, son of Hermias; – between 517 and 526) was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria in the eastern Roman empire during Late Antiquity. A Neoplatonis ...

’s on Plato’s ''

Phaedrus Phaedrus may refer to: People * Phaedrus (Athenian) (c. 444 BC – 393 BC), an Athenian aristocrat depicted in Plato's dialogues * Phaedrus (fabulist) (c. 15 BC – c. AD 50), a Roman fabulist * Phaedrus the Epicurean (138 BC – c. 70 BC), an Epic ...

'', and commentary by

Proclus Proclus Lycius (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485), called Proclus the Successor ( grc-gre, Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος, ''Próklos ho Diádokhos''), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers ...

on Plato’s ''

Parmenides Parmenides of Elea (; grc-gre, Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης; ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia. Parmenides was born in the Greek colony of Elea, from a wealthy and illustrious family. His dates a ...

''. (fourteenth century
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* Gr. Z. 313 (=690): '' Mathematiké sýntaxis'' by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importanc ...

(tenth century) * Gr. Z. 388 (=333): ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis'' by Ptolemy with 27 map projections, commissioned by Bessarion and attributed to

John Rhosos John Rhosos or Rhosus (active 1447–1497, d. Feb. 1498) was a Greek Cretan scribe and calligrapher who lived and worked in 15th century Renaissance Italy. He copied and translated works of Classical literature in Venice, Florence, Rome and other c ...

(fifteenth century) * Gr. Z. 395 (=921): '' Romaiki istoria'' by

Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...

, the oldest manuscript containing Books XLIV, 35, 4–LX, 28, 3 (ninth century) * Gr. Z. 447 (=820): '' Deipnosophistaí'' by

Athenaeus of Naucratis Athenaeus of Naucratis (; grc, Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, ''Athēnaios Naukratitēs'' or ''Naukratios''; la, Athenaeus Naucratita) was a Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of th ...

, the oldest surviving and most complete extant text (tenth century
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* Gr. Z. 453 (=821): "Homerus Venetus B" (eleventh century
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* Gr. Z. 454 (=822): "Homerus Venetus A", text of

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

's '' Iliás'' epic with annotations, glosses, and commentaries (tenth century
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* Gr. Z. 460 (=330): commentary on Homer's '' Odýsseia'' by

Eustathius of Thessalonica Eustathius of Thessalonica (or Eustathios of Thessalonike; el, Εὐστάθιος Θεσσαλονίκης; c. 1115 – 1195/6) was a Byzantine Greek scholar and Archbishop of Thessalonica. He is most noted for his contemporary account of the sa ...

, autograph copy (twelfth century) * Gr. Z. 479 (=881): ''Cynegetica'' by

Oppian of Apamea Pseudo-Oppian ( grc, Ὀππιανός, ''Oppianós''; la, Oppianus), sometimes referred to as Oppian of Apamea or Oppian of Syria, was a Greco- Syrian poet during the reign of the emperor Caracalla. His work, a Greek didactic epic poem on huntin ...

and ''Vita Oppiani'' by

Constantine Manasses Constantine Manasses ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Μανασσῆς; c. 1130 - c. 1187) was a Byzantine chronicler who flourished in the 12th century during the reign of Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180). He was the author of a chronicle or historic ...

, the oldest illustrated version with 150 miniatures (eleventh century) * Gr. Z. 481 (=863): '' Anthologia Planudea'', autograph copy of Greek epigrams by

Maximus Planudes Maximus Planudes ( grc-gre, Μάξιμος Πλανούδης, ''Máximos Planoúdēs''; ) was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, mathematician, grammarian and theologian at Constantinople. Through his translations from La ...

(1299–1301
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Italian * It. VIII, 2 (=2796): ''

De architectura (''On architecture'', published as ''Ten Books on Architecture'') is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide f ...

'' by Antonio Averulino, commissioned for

Matthias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several mi ...

and illustrated with 152 designs (fifteenth century
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* It. IX, 276 (=6902): ''

Divina Commedia The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and ...

'' by

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

, illuminated with 170 miniatures (fourteenth century
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Latin * Lat. Z. 549 (=1597): "Codex Cumanicus", handbook of the Cuman language for missionaries with glossaries and a collection of religious texts, linguistic data, and folkloric materials (fourteenth century
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* Lat. I, 99 (=2138): "Breviarium Grimani",

Breviary A breviary (Latin: ''breviarium'') is a liturgical book used in Christianity for praying the canonical hours, usually recited at seven fixed prayer times. Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, such a ...

illuminated by the

Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...

miniaturists

Gerard Horenbout Gerard Horenbout (c. 1465–c. 1541) was a Flemish miniaturist, a late example of the miniature tradition in Early Netherlandish painting. He is "likely and widely accepted" to be the Master of James IV of Scotland. Biography Horenbout lived a ...

and

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

and

Simon Bening Simon Bening (c. 1483 – 1561) was a Flemish miniaturist, generally regarded as the last major artist of the Netherlandish tradition. Bening, born either in Ghent or Antwerp, was probably trained by his father, illuminator Alexander Bening, i ...

, once belonging to Cardinal Domenico Grimani (''c''. 1515–1520
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* Lat. I, 103 (=11925): "Evangelistarium Grimani", Gospel illuminated by

Benedetto Bordone Benedetto Bordone (1460–1531) was a Venetian manuscript editor, miniaturist and cartographer. He was born in Padua, then part of the Republic of Venice. His most famous work is the ''Isolario'' (''The Book of Islands'', "where we discuss about ...

and

Giulio Clovio Giorgio Giulio Clovio or Juraj Julije Klović (1498 – 5 January 1578) was an illuminator, miniaturist, and painter born in the Kingdom of Croatia, who was mostly active in Renaissance Italy. He is considered the greatest illuminator of the It ...

for Cardinal Marino Grimani (1528
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* Lat. VI, 86 (=2593): '' De remediis'' by

Francesco Petrarch Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited w ...

and ''

Cato Maior de senectute ("Cato the Elder on Old Age") is an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death. To lend his reflections greater import, Cicero wrote his essay such that the esteemed Cato the Elder was lecturing to Scipio Africanus and ...

'' by

Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...

(fourteenth century) * Lat. VI, 254 (=2976): ''Historia naturalis'' by

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic '' ...

, illuminated copy commissioned by

Pico della Mirandola Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher. He is famed for the events of 1486, when, at the age of 23, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, ...

(1481) * Lat. XII, 68 (=4519): '' De bello punico'' by

Silius Italicus Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (, c. 26 – c. 101 AD) was a Roman senator, orator and Epic poetry, epic poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature. His only surviving work is the 17-book ''Punica (poem), Punica'', an epic poem about th ...

, illuminated by

Zanobi Strozzi Zanobi di Benedetto di Caroccio degli Strozzi (17 November 1412 – 6 December 1468), normally referred to more simply as Zanobi Strozzi, was an Italian Renaissance painter and manuscript illuminator active in Florence and nearby Fiesole. He wa ...

and

Francesco Pesellino Francesco Pesellino (probably 1422–July 29, 1457), also known as Francesco di Stefano, was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. His father was the painter Stefano di Francesco (died 1427), and his maternal grandfather was the pai ...

(fifteenth century
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* Lat. XIV, 35 (=4054): ''De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii'' by

Martianus Capella Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (fl. c. 410–420) was a jurist, polymath and Latin prose writer of late antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education. He was a nati ...

, illuminated by

Attavante degli Attavanti Attavante degli Attavanti (or Vante; 1452–1525) was an Italian painter. An imitator of Bartolomeo della Gatta, he was employed by Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, for whom he executed a missal, now in the Royal Library at Brussels. There ...

for Matthias Corvinus (fifteenth century
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Oriental languages * Or. 90 (= 57): ''İskendernâme'' by Taceddin İbrahim bin Hizir Ahmedî, illuminated Ottoman version of the Alexander Romance (fifteenth century)
File:Plutarch, De virtute et vitio, Venice, Gr. 248.jpg, Plutarch, ''Ēthika''
Gr. Z. 248 (=328), fol. 5r. File:Poimandres, BNM Gr. Z. 263.jpg, ''Poimandres'' ''(Corpus Hermeticum)''
Gr. Z. 263 (=1025), fol. 42r. File:Klaudios Ptolemaios, Venice, Gr. Z. 388.jpg, Ptolemy, ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis''
Gr. Z. 388 (=333), fol. 6v. File:Athenaeus Marcianus Z 447 f 1r.png, Athenaeus, ''Deipnosophistaí''
Gr. Z. 447 (=820), fol. 1r. File:VA024RN-0025.jpg, "Homerus Venetus A"
Gr. Z. 454 (=822), fol. 24r. File:Hero of Alexandria, Pneumatica, Venice, Gr. 516.jpg, Hero of Alexandria, ''Pneumatica''
Gr. Z. 516 (=904), fol. 172v. File:Proclus, Venice, Gr. 547, fol. 1r.jpg, Proclus, ''Theologia Platonica''
Gr. Z. 547 (=411), fol. 1r. File:Dante e Beatrice - Divina Commedia (Folio 53v).jpg, Dante, ''Divina Commedia''
It. IX, 276 (=6902), fol. 53v. File: Liber de causis, Venice, Lat. 288, fol. 2r.jpg, Pseudo-Aristotle, ''Liber de causis''
Lat. Z. 288 (=913), fol. 2r. File:15th-century unknown painters - Grimani Breviary - Adam and Eve - WGA15787.jpg, Breviarum Grimani
Lat. I, 99 (=2138), fol. 286v. File:Asclepius, BNM Lat. VI, 81.jpg, ''Asclepius'' ''(Corpus Hermeticum)''
Lat. VI, 81 (= 3036), fol. 131v. File:Silius Italicus, Venice.jpg, Silius Italicus, ''De bello punico''
Lat. XII, 68 (=4519), fol. 3r.

Biblical manuscripts

Old Testament * Gr. Z. 1 (=320): Old Testament (beginning with the Book of Job), companion to the Vatican codice Vat. Gr. 2106 (eighth century
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* Gr. Z. 17 (=421): "Psalmi cum catena", the 150 Psalms with commentary and illustrations, (tenth-early eleventh century
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* Gr. Z. 538 (=540): "Catena in Job", text of the Book of Job with

catena Catena (Latin for chain) or catenae (plural) may refer to: Science * ''Catena'' (fly), a genus in the family Tachinidae *Catena (linguistics) is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars * Catena (computing), nu ...

and 30 miniatures (905) New Testament * Uncial 030 *

Uncial 0243 Uncial 0243 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. Description The codex contains a part of the Pauline epistles, with text 1 Cor. 13: ...

Minuscule 205 Minuscule 205 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 500 ( Soden), 68 (Rahlfs), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the Old and the New Testament, on parchment, from the 15th century. It has some marginalia. Description The codex contains the te ...

* Minuscule 207 * Minuscule 208 *

Minuscule 209 Minuscule 209 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 457 and α 1581 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century, with an exception to the Book of Revelati ...

* Minuscule 210 *

Minuscule 211 Minuscule 211 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 234 ( Soden), is a Greek-Arabic diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Juna ...

* Minuscule 212 * Minuscule 213 *

Minuscule 214 Minuscule 214 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1401 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste ...

* Minuscule 215 *

Minuscule 217 Minuscule 217 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 233 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefa ...

Minuscule 354 Minuscule 354 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε13 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Description The codex contains the text of the Go ...

Minuscule 355 Minuscule 355 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 235 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents and some margina ...

Minuscule 357 Minuscule 357 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A135 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It has marginalia. Description The codex contains ...

Minuscule 405 Minuscule 405 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1012 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. It has marginalia. Description T ...

* Minuscule 406 * Minuscule 407 *

Minuscule 408 Minuscule 408 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 231 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. It has marginalia. Description T ...

* Minuscule 409 * Minuscule 410 *

Minuscule 411 Minuscule 411 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1013 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. It has been marginalia. Descript ...

* Minuscule 412 *

Minuscule 413 Minuscule 413 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 420 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1302. It has marginalia. Description The codex conta ...

Minuscule 414 Minuscule 414 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 425 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. It has full marginalia. Descriptio ...

Minuscule 415 Minuscule 415 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 421 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1356. It has marginalia. Description The codex conta ...

Minuscule 416 Minuscule 416 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering; ε 422 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule parchment manuscript of the New Testament. Via palaeography it has been assigned to the 14th century. The marginal equipment is full. Descript ...

* Minuscule 417 * Minuscule 418 * Minuscule 419 * Minuscule 599 * Minuscule 891 * Minuscule 893 * Lectionary 107 * Lectionary 108 * Lectionary 109 * Lectionary 110 *

Lectionary 139 Lectionary 139, designated by siglum ℓ ''139'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th or 11th century. Description The codex co ...

* Lectionary 140 * Lectionary 141 * Lectionary 142 *

Lectionary 264 Lectionary 264, designated by siglum ℓ ''264'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1381.Lectionary 265 Lectionary 265, designated by siglum ℓ ''265'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.Lectionary 266 Lectionary 266, designated by siglum ℓ ''266'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.Lectionary 267 Lectionary 267, designated by siglum ℓ ''267'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1046.Lectionary 268 Lectionary 268, designated by siglum ℓ ''268'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.Lectionary 269 Lectionary 269, designated by siglum ℓ ''269'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.Fra Mauro map The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography." It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame ...

* It. Z. 76 (=4783): "

Bianco world map The Bianco World Map is a map created by ''Andrea Bianco'', a 15th-century Venetian sailor and cartographer. This map was a part of a nautical atlas including ten pages made of vellum (each measuring 26 × 38 cm). These vellum pages we ...

", nautical atlas by Andrea Bianco with eight portolan charts and two world maps (1436
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* It. VI, 213 (=5982): "

Corbitis Atlas The Corbitis Atlas (sometimes called the Corbizzi or Combitis) is a late 14th-century atlas of four portolan charts, composed by an anonymous Venetian cartographer, and currently held by the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice, Italy. Backgro ...

" (early fifteenth century
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Music manuscripts

There are some important music manuscripts. The composers represented include: *

Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...

operas (from the collection of mostly Venetian opera manuscripts amassed by Marco Contarini, which was donated to the Biblioteca Marciana in 1843). Works include ''

La Calisto ''La Calisto'' is an opera by Francesco Cavalli from a libretto by Giovanni Faustini based on the mythological story of Callisto. The opera received its first performance on 28 November 1651 at the Teatro Sant 'Apollinare, Venice, where it drew ...

'' (1651) and ''

Erismena ''Erismena'' is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli. First performed in Venice in 1655, it was designated as a ''dramma per musica''. Libretto The Italian libretto was by Aurelio Aureli, the only work by this writer for ...

'' (1655, 1670). *

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, also known as Domingo or Doménico Scarlatti (26 October 1685-23 July 1757), was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the deve ...

keyboard sonatas (volumes acquired from the singer

Farinelli Farinelli (; 24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782) was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (), a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera. Farinelli h ...

Notes

References

* Labowsky, Lotte, ''Bessarion's Library and the Biblioteca Marciana, Six Early Inventories'' (Rome: Storia e Letteratura, 1979) * Raines, Dorit, 'Book Museum or Scholarly Library? The ‘Libreria di San Marco’ in a Republican Context', ''Ateneo veneto'', CXCVII, terza serie, 9/II (2010), 31–50 () * Rapp, Claudia, 'Bessarion of Nicaea', in

Anthony Grafton Anthony Thomas Grafton (born May 21, 1950) is an American historian of early modern Europe and the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, where he is also the Director the Program in European Cultural Studies. He i ...

Glenn W. Most Glenn Warren Most (born June 12, 1952 in Miami) is an American classicist and comparatist originating from the US, but also working in Germany and Italy. Most studied classics at Harvard from 1968 on and received a B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Clas ...

, and

Salvatore Settis Salvatore Settis (born 11 June 1941) is an Italian archaeologist and art historian. From 1994 to 1999 he was director of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles and from 1999 to 2010 of the Scuola Normale Superio ...

, ed., ''The Classical Tradition'' (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010), pp. 125–126 * Zanetti, Antonio Maria, ed., ''Græca D. Marci Bibliotheca codicum manu scriptorum per titulos digesta'' (Venetiis: Casparis Ghirardi & Simonem Occhi, 1740) * Zanetti, Antonio Maria, ed., ''Latina et italica D. Marci Bibliotheca codicum manu scriptorum per titulos digesta'' (Venetiis: Casparis Ghirardi & Simonem Occhi, 1741) * Zorzi, Marino, ''Biblioteca Marciana Venezia'' (Firenze: Nardini, 1988)

External links

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