Manuscripta 58.1 (2014): 1– Further Research on the Italian Medieval Manuscripts in the State Library of Victoria Hugh Hudson T he State Library of Victoria in Melbourne has a small group of Italian medieval manuscripts that includes three codices and an album of illuminated cuttings mostly of the fourteenth century. This discus- sion focuses on these four items from our collection: 1) MS De insitutione musica *For their generous assistance in the preparation of this article, I am grateful to Professor Charles Burnett, University of London; Dr. Sandra Hindman, Les Enluminures, New York; Dr. Susan L’Engle, Saint Louis University; Professor Fabrizio Lollini, Università di Bologna; Libby Mel- zer, The University of Melbourne; Dr. Grantley MacDonald, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Dr. Alana O’Brien, La Trobe University, Melbourne; Dr. Paul Saenger, Newberry Library, Chicago; Dr. Anna Welch, Monash University, Melbourne; and Dr. Carol Williams, Monash University, Melbourne. Abstract: This article presents new research findings for four Italian medieval manuscripts in the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, in particular concer- nining the identification of their texts and provenances. The discussion focuses on: 1) Boethius, De institutione musica (MS RARESF 091 B63); 2) Ptolemy, Al- magest (MS RARESF 091 P95A); 3) Glossed Epistles of Paul (MS RARESF 096 B47E); and 4) An Album of Cuttings (MS RARESF 096 IL1). Twenty-four of the cuttings include text fragments that are here identified as coming from one or more manuscripts containing Justinian’s Institutiones and Codex. Keywords: Medieval manuscripts, legal texts, Boethius, Ptolemy, Epistles of Paul, Jacopo Zeno, Justinian, music theory, Marchetto da Padova, Sir Thomas Phillipps.