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BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA . 8 
This library occupies a building between the royal palace and the lagoon, 
with its entrance through the old library from the Piazzetta. It is open from 
9 to 4. It contains the famous Diario di Marino Sanuto, in 58 volumes, which 
is such a valuable supplement to the archives and fills so many of their lacunae. 
This was not examined, as, besides the printing of the whole, it seems probable 
that all the references to America which it contains have been given in the 
Raccolta di Studi e Documenti Colombiani, volume III., part 1, pages 39-45. 
Of the other manuscripts there were examined only those listed in “ Index 
Rerum Venetam Historiam Spectantium quae in Appendice ad Catal gum Codi- 
cum MSS. Lat. hujus D. Marci Bibliothecae continentur ”, and the only num¬ 
bers that seemed of interest were those containing unprinted relations of Eng¬ 
land. Of those mentioned in the inventory of the archives as existing in this 
library that by Pietro Contarini, 1618, could not be found in the index; and 
the references to that of Pietro Mocenigo 9 proved incorrect. Of the others 
those of Carlo Capello, 1533, and Domenico Balloni, 1534, contained nothing 
pertinent. Notes on the others follow: 
Cl VII cod. DCCCCIII (or number 7829 ). Pp. 250-318, by Nicolo Molin, 
1607. Pp. 254-255 mention the desire of the English to trade with 
the Western Indies, and its relation to the Spanish treaty. 
Same volume, pp. 155-177, by Giovanni Sagredo, 1657. This barely men¬ 
tions Barbadoes. 
8 La Biblioteca Marciana nella sua nuova Sede (Venice, 1906). 
9 Corsini 477 . 
