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The paper discusses the manuscript of the “Alexander Romance” by Pseudo-Callisthenes in the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice. Τhe manuscript, dating from the fourteenth century, was part of the artistic, printed and archival treasures that the Hellenic Community of Venice donated to the Institute in 1953. It remains unknown, however, how it was appropriated by the Community in the first place. The study focuses on the personality of Konstantinos Maruzzi, a wealthy Greek of Venice, who was the owner of the manuscript before it became part of the Community’s property.