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Tang Dynasty Changsha Bowl from the Belitung Wreck.
A beautiful Tang dynasty sancai glazed bowl made in Tongguan county, Changsha city, Hunan province of China mainly for export. Recovered from the Belitung shipwreck. This...
Date: China, Hunan province, 826
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...
- $1500 / ≈ €1398
Date: France, 1260-1280
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...
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...
- $3000 / ≈ €2797
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...
- $2000 / ≈ €1865
Date: Flanders, Rhineland, or possibly England, c. 1280
Illuminated leaf from a Psalter.
Very fine 20 lines illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible. Lines in a slightly irregular gothic hand, black ink, plum...
Date: Flanders, Rhineland, or possibly England, c. 1280
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 / ≈ €5594
Date: England, c. 1280
Page from a psalter.
Leaf from a 13th century Flemish psalter, on vellum, 12 lines of text in Latin, written in black ink.ON RECTO: Beautiful large historiated miniature of a mourning service...
- $2000 / ≈ €1865
Date: Flanders ca 1300
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...
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...
Date: France, 1370
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besancon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourishe...
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...
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...
- $1750 / ≈ €1632
Date: France, 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...
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...
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...
Date: Besaçon, 1370
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A more than 600 years old antiphonary leaf, written in Besancon, in 1370. Musical notation on 4 bars, the staves are in red and the notes in black: numerous pen-flourishe...
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...
- $1500 / ≈ €1398
Date: Besançon, 1370
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 / ≈ €280
Date: Utrecht, c.1400-1410
Leaf on vellum from a Missal.
A very fine Missal leaf, written in Latin. RECTO: A wonderful initial O decorated with pen work in red, purple and blue. The initial is 6x6cm. VERSO: one initial "I&...
Date: France, c. 1410
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 ...
Date: France, c. 1410
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 / ≈ €746
Date: France, c. 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, one 2-line initial and one 1-line initial in liquid gold on colored ground...
- $450 / ≈ €420
Date: France, c.1450
Calendar for February - A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial F in liquid gold on colored grounds and a text line for each day of the month February mentioning nine Saints. colorful panel border in he left ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Calendar leaf for April from manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Calendar leaf for April. RECTO: One 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds. colorful panel border in he left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with black p...
- $450 / ≈ €420
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours. (Calendar month of March)
RECTO : Calendar month of March with a 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored ground. colorful panel border in the left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with blac...
- $350 / ≈ €326
Date: Paris, ca. 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...
- $350 / ≈ €326
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
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.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 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.
- $150 / ≈ €140
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.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 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.
- $250 / ≈ €233
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. With elaborate pen work decoration in red, blue and black, especially around...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
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 / ≈ €163
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.VERSO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink. A 6-lines capital &q...
- $2000 / ≈ €1865
Date: Flanders, 1450
Leaf from a manuscript Psalter, written on vellum.
RECTO: 14 lines of text. One 2-line in burnished gold and colors and six 1-line initials in gold and colors, two line-fillers.VERSO: As recto but three 1-line initials an...
- $200 / ≈ €186
Date: Paris, c.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 / ≈ €326
Date: Paris, 1450
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 / ≈ €280
Date: Paris, 1450
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...
- $300 / ≈ €280
Date: Utrecht, ca.1450 - 1460
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...
Date: Utrecht, ca.1450 - 1460
Selling price: $200
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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 1 one-line initial "O" in liquid gold with ex...
- $200 / ≈ €186
Date: Utrecht, ca.1450 - 1460
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 one-line initials in liquid gold or blue ink with ext...
- $380 / ≈ €354
Date: Utrecht, ca.1450 - 1460
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...
- $1500 / ≈ €1398
Date: Brugge, ca 1460
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 ...
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 four 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with l...
Date: France, ca.1470
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.RECTO: Four 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with line fillers ...
Date: France, ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
14 Lines of text in Latin and five 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with line filler. VERSO : 14 Lines of text in Latin and four 1-line initials in blue on colo...
- $100 / ≈ €93
Date: France, ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
14 Lines of text in Latin and nine 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with line filler. VERSO : 14 Lines of text in Latin and four 1-line initials in blue on colo...
- $100 / ≈ €93
Date: France, ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
14 Lines of text in Latin and thirteen 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with line filler. VERSO : 14 Lines of text in Latin and thirteen 1-line initials in blue...
Date: France, ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Leaf from a mid 15 th. century manuscript Book of Hours. Written on vellum in neat Gothic book hand.VERSO: 17 lines of text, with 2-line capital in red and blue, heighten...
- $200 / ≈ €186
Date: France ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Leaf from a mid 15 th. century manuscript Book of Hours. Written on vellum in neat Gothic book hand.RECTO: 17 lines of text, with 2-line capital in red and blue, heighten...
- $200 / ≈ €186
Date: France ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Leaf from a mid 15 th. century manuscript Book of Hours. Written on vellum in neat Gothic book hand.VERSO: 17 lines of text, with 2-line capital in red and blue, heighten...
- $200 / ≈ €186
Date: France ca.1470
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 / ≈ €140
Date: France, ca.1470
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 one 2-lines initial in liquid gold and ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Date: France, ca.1470
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: with two 2-line capitals on red ground in blue, white and liquid gold. Beautifully illuminated with border panels cover three sides with floral designs of acanthus...
- $1750 / ≈ €1632
Date: France, c. 1475
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 are in black.VERSO: The staves are in red and the notes are in b...
- $750 / ≈ €699
Date: Italy, 1480
Miniature of Suffrages to the Saints.
A fantastic miniature (70 x 50 mm.) in an arched compartment showing the Suffrages to the Saints. Depiction of the (50) martyrs being burnt before King''s orders. The sty...
- $2500 / ≈ €2331
Date: France, Bretagne or Normandy, c. 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. ...
- $750 / ≈ €699
Date: Italy, 1480
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...
- $400 / ≈ €373
Date: France, ca. 1420-1480
Leaf of vellum, with large miniature of Marry and Christ.
RECTO: Large miniature of Marry and Christ and one 1-line initials in burnished gold, on red ground and line-filler on blue ground. Three-sided illuminated borders of pen...
- $2200 / ≈ €2051
Date: France, c.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...
Date: Italy, 1480
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A very fine antiphonary leaf, written in Latin , probably Rome. RECTO: A wonderful initial ,O, decorated with pen work in red, white and blue, in rich burnished gold.VERS...
- $600 / ≈ €559
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 pen work in red, white and blue, in rich burnished gold.VE...
Date: Italy, 1480
Leaf on vellum from an Italian manuscript Book of Hours.
A leaf from an Italian Book of Hours, written on vellum in the neighborhood of Ferrara, around 1480.The decorations of this leaf are extraordinary : the bouquet of flower...
Date: Italy, Ferrara, ca.1480
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A very fine antiphonary leaf, written in Latin, probably Rome. RECTO: A wonderful initial "I" decorated with penwork in red, white and blue, in rich burnished g...
- $1000 / ≈ €932
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: Tw wonderful initial ,A and O, decorated with p...
- $1200 / ≈ €1119
Date: Italy, 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 / ≈ €93
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 / ≈ €93
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 / ≈ €93
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 / ≈ €93
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 / ≈ €93
Date: Northern Netherlands ?, ca. 1480
![Quaestiones quodlibetales. Edited by Thomas Penketh. [bound with] Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi.](/uploads/cache/34339-500x500.jpg)
Quaestiones quodlibetales. Edited by Thomas Penketh. [bound with] Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi.
The second edition of the first work and third edition of the second, both printed in the same year by Koberger and frequently bound together. On extraordinarily Strong a...
Date: Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1481
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...
- $2500 / ≈ €2331
Date: Tours, c.1485
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...
- $2000 / ≈ €1865
Date: Tours, c.1485
![[La Mer des Histoires].La tierce aage. Feuillets ixrr i.](/uploads/cache/42005-500x500.jpg)
[La Mer des Histoires].La tierce aage. Feuillets ixrr i.
Incunable text pages from "La Mer des Hystoires" published in 1488 by Pierre Le Rouge in Paris. "La Mer des Hystoires" is a translation into French of...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Date: Paris, Pierre Le rouge, 1488
La tierce aage. Feuillet ix rr.
Incunable text pages from "La Mer des Hystoires" published in 1488 by Pierre Le Rouge in Paris. "La Mer des Hystoires" is a translation into French of...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Date: Paris, Pierre Le rouge, 1488
![Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]](/uploads/cache/12338-500x500.jpg)
Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]
Double-page panoramic view of Magdeburg. A imaginary view, however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...
- $1000 / ≈ €932
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![Sexta Etas Mundi. Ratisbonna. [Ratisbonne]](/uploads/cache/13549-500x500.jpg)
Sexta Etas Mundi. Ratisbonna. [Ratisbonne]
A very fine presentation of the city of Ratisbon, in Germany, centered on the cathedral (Dim. : 191 mm W : 525 mm).Overleaf a very nice view of Vienna, with two swans on ...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
(EUROPE).
The map of Europe has been identified as the work of Hieronimus Münzer (1437-1508), a Nuremberg physician who supplied the geographical contents of the chronicle. The Eu...
Date: Nuremberg, 1493
Constantinopolis.
A spectacular woodcut panorama of the ancient city of Constantinople, proporting to show the pre-Turk city (for example naming St Sophia). (235x522mm).One of the earliest...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Sexta Etas Mudi. Sabatz. Folio CCLIII (with view of Sabac in Serbia)
An imaginary view of Sabac in Serbia, however the earliest obtainable view of this period.In 1476 King Matthias of Hungary defeated the invading Turkish armies at Sabac, ...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493