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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...

$800 / ≈ €701
Maker / Publisher: MISSAL.
Place & Date: France, c. 1410

 


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...

$6000 / ≈ €5256
Maker / Publisher: PSALTER
Place & Date: England, c. 1280

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...

$150 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases, skeletons and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher...

$150 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


Page from a 15th. century Book of Hours.

13 lines of text, written dark-brown ink, in a clear gothic book hand with several 1-line initials in blue with red pen work into the margins some initials in burnished g...

$175 / ≈ €153
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with flowers and little miniatures with figures on both sides.From the press of the leading Parisian...

$125 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

Charming small manuscript leaf from an French Book of Hours written around 1470 in or near Rouen.VERSO: 14 Lines of text in Latin five 1-lines initial in liquid gold on b...

$150 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: France, ca.1470

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours In Latin and French.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and figures. Gothic type, text in Latin, numerous one and two-line initials in g...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: PRINTED BOOK OF HOURS (Use of Rome).
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours In Latin and French.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and figures. Gothic type, text in Latin, numerous one and two-line initials in g...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: PRINTED BOOK OF HOURS (Use of Rome).
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540

 


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...

$800 / ≈ €701
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM
Place & Date: Italy, 1480

 


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 ...

$2250 / ≈ €1971
Maker / Publisher: MISSAL.
Place & Date: France, c. 1410

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with flowers and little miniatures with figures on both sides.From the press of the leading Parisian...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

14 Lines of text in Latin and three 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds.RECTO: 14 Lines of text in Latin and four 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with l...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: France, ca.1470

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

14 Lines of text in Latin and three 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds.RECTO: 14 Lines of text in Latin and three 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with ...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: France, ca.1470

 


Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.

Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: ABU BAKR JAMI
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780

 


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 ...

$300 / ≈ €263
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Utrecht, c.1400-1410

 


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...

$400 / ≈ €350
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
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...

$400 / ≈ €350
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Kashmir, ca. 1830-1860

 


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...

$250 / ≈ €219
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.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.

$350 / ≈ €307
Maker / Publisher: ZAINER, G.
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...

$300 / ≈ €263
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Northern Indian Mogul dynasty, ca 1800-1850

 


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...

$450 / ≈ €394
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, 1450

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


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 135 x 150mm. Painted in g...

$200 / ≈ €175
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
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...

$300 / ≈ €263
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, 1450

 


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...

$350 / ≈ €307
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, 1450

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...

$75 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.

Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...

$150 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: ABU BAKR JAMI
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780

 


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...

$250 / ≈ €219
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


A leaf from a breviary.

Two large 2-line initials in red and or blue for the start of the new chapter.Nice clean leaves, with ample margins, from a breviary, end of the 15th. century.

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: BREVIER
Place & Date: Northern Netherlands ?, ca. 1480

 


A leaf from a breviary.

Two large 2-line initials in red and or blue for the start of the new chapter.Nice clean leaves, with ample margins, from a breviary, end of the 15th. century.

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: BREVIER
Place & Date: Northern Netherlands ?, ca. 1480

 


A leaf from a breviary.

Two large 2-line initials in red and or blue for the start of the new chapter.Nice clean leaves, with ample margins, from a breviary, end of the 15th. century.

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: BREVIER
Place & Date: Northern Netherlands ?, ca. 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...

$250 / ≈ €219
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Indian painting on paper.

Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...

$110 / ≈ €96
Maker / Publisher: INDIA
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920

 


Indian painting on paper.

Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position. The miniature has been painted in India in early 20th century. The miniature is 165 x 110 mm, painted in oil ...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: INDIA
Place & Date: India, ca. 1920

 


Indian painting on paper.

Fine miniature, presenting a couple in love making position, set on a balcony with in a landscape in the background. The miniature has been painted in India in late 19th ...

$150 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: INDIA
Place & Date: India, ca. 1900

 


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: 370x250 mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (...

$200 / ≈ €175
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


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...

$250 / ≈ €219
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, c. 1520

 


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...

$225 / ≈ €197
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, c. 1520

 


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...

$2000 / ≈ €1752
Maker / Publisher: Master de Liénart Barronnat
Place & Date: Paris, 1492 - 1494