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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
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
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 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
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: Two 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penworkVERSO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
VERSO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
A printed leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: Two 2-line and two 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds. Miniature with Saint Anne. Decorative panel border in he right and lower margins.VERSO: One 2...
Place & Date: Paris, G. Hardouin, 1512
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 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
Double page manuscript page with Islamic prayers with beautiful headings throughout.
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...
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780