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Illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter.
Very fine illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible. Lines in a slightly irregular Gothic hand, black ink, plummet rulin...
Place & Date: England, c. 1280
Illuminated leaf from a lithurgical Psalter with King David.
Very fine illuminated leaf from a lithurgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible. Lines in a slightly irregular gothic hand, black ink, plummet ruli...
Place & Date: Flanders, Rhineland, or possibly England, c. 1280
Illuminated leaf from a lithurgical Psalter.
Very fine illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible, Deuteronomy 32:16 - 32:27. Lines in a slightly irregular Gothic han...
Place & Date: Flanders, Rhineland, or possibly England, c. 1280
Leaf on vellum from a Missal.
A very fine Missal leaf, written in Latin. RECTO: A wonderful initial P decorated with pen work in red, purple and blue. The initial is 6x6cm. VERSO: 18 lines written in ...
Place & Date: France, c. 1410
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...
Place & Date: Besançon, 1370
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...
Place & Date: Besançon, 1370
Miniature of The Crucifixion of Christ.
Page fragment from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Cruxifiction with Saint Mary and Mary Magdalene in prayer in front of Jesus hung on the cross. This miniature c...
Place & Date: Paris, 1492 - 1494
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...
Place & Date: France, 1370
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...
Place & Date: Besançon, 1370
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Missal.
Written in the North or Eastern part of France in the late thirteenth century. Each decorated initial with long extensions . Capitals touched in red. One large historiate...
Place & Date: France, 1260-1280
Manuscript leaf with 2-line illuminated capital L.
Fine leaf from a Book of Hours, Psalm 148 Veni Creator Spiritus, mentes tuorum visita imple superna gratia quae tu creasti pectora .. RECTO: One 3-line illuminated capita...
Place & Date: Brugge, ca 1460
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...
Place & Date: France, 1370
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Brevier.
RECTO: One 4-line illuminated initial depicting Maria and child and two 1-line initials in burnished gold on colored grounds. Panel border of acanthus leaves, flowers and...
Place & Date: Tours, c.1485
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Brevier.
RECTO: One 3-line illuminated initial in burnished gold on colored grounds. Panel border of acanthus leaves, flowers and birds on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground...
Place & Date: Tours, c.1485
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besançon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourish...
Place & Date: Besaçon, 1370
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A very fine antiphonary leaf, written in Latin , probably Rome. RECTO: The staves are in red and the notes in black.VERSO: Tw wonderful initial ,A and O, decorated with p...
Place & Date: Italy, 1480
Leaf on vellum from a Missal.
A very fine large size Missal leaf, written in Latin. VERSO: Two wonderful 2-lines initials and in liquid gold decorated with pen work in purple and blue. One 1-line init...
Place & Date: France, c. 1410
(Fragment of a text leaf from Universal Chronicle)
Fragment of a text leaf, showing a miniature depicting two Kings who are greeting each other surrounded by their knights. The metal cut has contemporary hand coloring and...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1490-1500
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A very fine antiphonary leaf, written in Latin , probably Rome. RECTO: The staves are in red and the notes in black. VERSO: The staves are in red and the notes in black. ...
Place & Date: Italy, 1480
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A large vellum antiphonary leaf, written in Latin , probably Rome. RECTO: A wonderful initial "Q",, decorated with penwork in red, white and blue, in rich burni...
Place & Date: Italy, 1480
Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
The flesh side of the vellum has 1 large 2-line initials illuminated initials "I" in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily burnished gold groun...
Place & Date: Paris, 1450
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and seven 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and six line-fillers in sam...
Place & Date: France, ca.1530
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground, one 2-line initial and one 1-line initial in liquid gold on colored ground...
Place & Date: France, c.1450
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours. (Calendar month of August)
RECTO : Calendar month of August with a 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored ground. colorful panel border in the left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with bla...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same.VERSO: Five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and one 2-lines i...
Place & Date: France, 1520-1550
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...
Place & Date: France, ca. 1530
Manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.
Page with large miniature 160 x 160mm. from the Shahnameh, or ("The Book of Kings"), which is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 9...
Place & Date: Kashmir, ca. 1830-1860
Manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.
Page with large miniature 187 x 160mm. from the Shahnameh, or ("The Book of Kings"), which is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 9...
Place & Date: Kashmir, ca. 1830-1860
Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
The flesh side of the vellum has 4 large 1-line initial illuminated initials in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily burnished gold ground. 1 side illum...
Place & Date: Paris, 1450
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: one 2-line illuminated initial showing a bird in fine detail in liquid gold on colored ground, seven 1-line initials and line-fillers in same.RECTO: Seven 1-line i...
Place & Date: France, c. 1520
[Lot of 7 pages from a German Bible printed in 1477
These incunabula page are from the 7th German Bible printed by Günther Zainer in Augsburg in 1477.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1477
Persian miniature paintings, Mogul Dynasty.
Indo/Persian, Mogul Dynasty miniature painting in delicate Opaque watercolors on paper, with Islamic scripts on recto and verso. Miniature about 70 x 150mm. Painted in gi...
Place & Date: Northern Indian Mogul dynasty, ca 1800-1850
Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
This vellum leaf has on each side a large 2-line initial illuminated in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily burnished gold ground. Illuminated borders...
Place & Date: Paris, 1450
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
VERSO: Two 2-line capitals in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and red. Two 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.RECTP: One ...
Place & Date: Utrecht, c.1400-1410
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground, height 1-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds and three line fil...
Place & Date: France, ca. 1420-1480
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
A leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, written in Utrecht.Fourteen lines of monastic Textura script with fourteen 1-line initials in blue or gold with extensive...
Place & Date: Utrecht, ca.1450 - 1460
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...
Place & Date: France, c. 1520
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
A leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, written in Utrecht.Fourteen lines of monastic Textura script with 4 two-line initial "I" in liquid gold on a bl...
Place & Date: Utrecht, ca.1450 - 1460