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Double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
Double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, written in black bright script. RECTO: On the righthand page is a large 5-line illuminated initial in burnished gold o...
Date: France/Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2015
A large double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
A large double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, 16 lines of text in black, in a strong Gothic bookhand. Starting the office of the deceased. RECTO: The right...
Date: France/Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2015
BOOK OF HOURS
Double-leaf from a book of hours, on vellum, 15 lines of text, written in dark brown ink, in an upright Gothic book hand. RECTO: On the right leaf is a fine 3/4 page mini...
Date: France / Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $2101
Sold in 2013
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial in burnished gold on colored red and blue grounds, with three-sided illuminated panel borders of fine gold leaves and colored flowers sprouting ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $550
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Leaf from a book of hours, containing the "'Litany" of all Saints.
A decorative leaf stating 31 Saints. RECTO: Fifteen 1-line initials in burnished gold or blue on colored grounds and thirteen line-fillers. VERSO: Sixteen 1-line initials...
Date: Flanders, ca. 1440
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2008
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, six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and four line filler...
Date: France, ca. 1440
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Manuscript leaf from a book of hours on vellum, written in dark brown ink, 16 lines of text in two sizes. Written in a regular upright gothic book hand. RECTO: two 2-line...
Date: Flanders ca. 1440
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2009
BOOK OF HOURS.
Leaf from a Parisian book of hours, written in a very regular gothic book hand, darkbrown ink. Recto:15 lines of text, one large 2-line initial in burnished gold on blue ...
Date: France, Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $1200
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BOOK OF HOURS.
Leaf from a Parisian book of hours, 16 lines of text, in dark brown and red ink.RECTO:Start of the hours of the Holy Cross (in red ink). A very large illuminated 5-line c...
Date: France, Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $1400
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Extremely large leaf from a Parisian Book of Hours.
Because of size and refined illumination, this must have been a book of high importance.On vellum, written in two sizes of an experienced gothic bookhand. RECTO:18 lines...
Date: France / Paris 1440
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2011
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, 16 lines of text in black, in a strong Gothic book hand.VERSO with a 2-lines initial in red, blue and burnished gold.
Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
Very large leaf from a Parisian book of hours. on vellum.
18 lines of text, in brown ink, written in a regular and clean gothic book hand. RECTO: a large 2-line illuminated initials in colors and sparkling burnished gold infill...
Date: Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2015
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds, very good condition.
Date: France, 1420-1440
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2016
3 Pages from a Book of hours.
Leaf 1: Vellum,written in brown ink, 18 lines of text in an early gothic bookhand, two 2-line capitals abd two 1-line capitals in colors heightened with burnshed gold, w...
Date: Belgium-Flanders ca. 1440
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2008
Renaissance Panel Painting circa 1440
Renaissance Panel Painting - An original panel painting on wood circa 1440?s probably from the Swabia (Southwest Germany) region. The panel appears to be from a Master pa...
Date: Swabia (Southwest Germany) circa 1440
Selling price: $3500
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Flemish book of hours.
20 lines of tex. written in brown ink in an upright gothic book hand. RECTO: Nine 1-line initials, 5 of them in burnished gold and black penwork, 4 of them in blue on red...
Date: Flanders, ca 1440
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2012
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, 16 lines of text in black, in a strong Gothic book hand. Starting the office of the deceased. RECTO: The right-hand page show...
Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2020
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: Four 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds. colorful panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers, with black penwork.VERSO: One 2-line initial and seve...
Date: Western France, ca. 1445
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2009
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
VERSO: One 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds. colorful panel border in he left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with black penwork.RECTO : Panel as o...
Date: Paris, ca. 1445
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2016
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.
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2018
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautifully decorated vellum leaf from a Book of Hours, written in France around 1450. The decoration : penwork with all initials in red, blue and black; gold leaf on m...
Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $225
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Bi-folium manuscript leaf on vellum.
2 sheets. RECTO: 14 lines of text in Latin.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in burnished gold.Page 2 : RECTO : 14 lines of text in Latin.
Date: Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2017
Manuscript leaf from a book of hours on vellum.
12 lines of text in darkbrown ink. RECTO: written in two sizes in an upright gothic bookhand. One 2-line illuminated initial, "Confitebor tibi d(omi)ne in toto cord...
Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2010
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 ?]. The first thing we observe is the neat, regular script : the letters are for...
Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Nice vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours (Normandy), batarde, with initials illuminated in burnished gold and colored penwork decorations. The text is from Canticum E...
Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2013
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.
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2020
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.
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020
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...
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2016
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...
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2016
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...
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2017
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, use unknown, Northern France.Fourteen lines of monastic Textura script with two 1-line initials in blue ink on red pen wo...
Date: Northern France, circa 1450
Selling price: $110
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Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: One...
Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2015
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 7 o...
Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 7 o...
Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 8 o...
Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.VERSO: 7 o...
Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and one line-filler in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in bu...
Date: Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2009
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours wtritten in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 8 ...
Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: 1 two-lines and 1 one-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and a flower. An illuminated panel on the right-hand side,...
Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2014
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: Six 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white. Line fillers in same. An illuminated panel on the right-hand side, consis...
Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2013
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: 5 one-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and a flower. An illuminated panel on the right-hand side, consisting of b...
Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2014
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a breviary (A liturgical book used for the celebration of the Divine Office. All members of monastic orders and the clergy are committed to t...
Date: 1450
Selling price: $120
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Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: One 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and a flower. An illuminated panel on the right-hand side, consisting of b...
Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Handwritten leaf on vellum.
RECTO": justfication: 140 x 85 mm.16 lines of text in a good gothic bookhand, black ink.Large Initial "D"eus, 50 x 35 mm. 4 lines high in blue and purple w...
Date: Paris, 1450
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the verso has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2008
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...
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2023
Book of Hours, Manuscript leaf on vellum
RECTO: One 2-line capital in line blue with extensive contrasting penwork in red, four 1-line capitals in burnished gold, with extensive contrasting penwork in red or blu...
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $190
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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...
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2016
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum similar to the production of the north of France, from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2012
Leaf in manuscript, written in Latin on vellum.
RECTO: one 2-line and six 1-line initials in burnished gold and colors, on the right-hand side a bar border in gold and colors. 3-sided illuminated borders with multicolo...
Date: Belgium 1450
Selling price: $160
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A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum similar to the production of the north of France, from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $370
Sold in 2012
Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers, insects, animal eating a leaf and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school, probably the Master o...
Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $2500
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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...
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2016
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...
Date: Northern France, ca. 1450
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2016
Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school, probably the Master of the David Scenes in the Grima...
Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $3000
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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...
Date: Paris, 1450
A manuscript leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 4-line initials in burnished gold on colored grounds. colorful border extension of the initial G. One 2-line initial in red and four one line initials in red o...
Date: Northern Netherlands, Holland, ca. 1450
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a cock and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.RECTO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink...
Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1600
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a cock and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.RECTO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink...
Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1450
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Calendar leaf for December from manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Calendar leaf for December. RECTO: One 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds. colorful panel border in he left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with blac...
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2022
Double-leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A double-leaf from a book of hours, written in nearly black ink, in a large gothic book hand. 16 lines to the page. RECTO: one 2-line capital “K”yrieleyson ……in b...
Date: Northern France, maybe Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2009
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial in blue with red penwork extending into left margin and four 1-line initials in red or blue.VERSO: Three 1-line initials in red or blue as on re...
Date: Bologna, ca. 1450
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2011
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: 8 lines of text in Latin.
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $150
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Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: One two-line illuminated initial in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and a flower. An illuminated panel on the left hand side, consisting of b...
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2016
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line initial and two 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with three 1-line initials in burnished gold.
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $120
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: 14 lines of text in Latin.VERSO: 14 lines of text in Latin.
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $30
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A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial in in liquid gold with blue pen work extending into left margin and two 1-line initials in blue and red.VERSO: Three 1-line initials in gold or ...
Date: Naples, ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
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 five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grou...
Date: France 1450
Selling price: $240
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2 Leaves of vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: 1 four-line (letter R) in burnished gold, on blue grounds. Two-sided illuminated borders of penwork with gold dots, green leafed branches with multicolored and ora...
Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2012
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 3-line and three 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds. VERSO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold or blue.
Date: Naples, ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2008
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line capitals in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and one 1-line capital in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: one 2-line capital in burnished gold ...
Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $300
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Leaf of vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
VERSO: 2 two-line initials in burnished gold, on blue grounds and 4 one-line initials in gold or blue with penwork One-sided illuminated borders of penwork with gold dots...
Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2008
Miniature of Christ and his apostles.
Fine miniature from a Book of Hours made in Paris, ca 1450.In the center an extra ordinary fine miniature (7x5cm) of Christ and his apostles set in a wide landscape. With...
Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $1850
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Handwritten leaf on vellum.
RECTO": justfication: 140 x 85 mm.16 lines of text in a good gothic bookhand, black ink.Large Initial "D"eus, 50 x 35 mm. 4 lines high in blue and purple w...
Date: Paris 1450
Selling price: $750
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BOOK OF HOURS.
Leaf from a Flemish book of hours, on vellum. 13 lines of text, written in dark brown ink. Recto: the fleshside of the vellum, one large capital "A" in blue wit...
Date: Flanders ca. 1450
Selling price: $175
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Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
The flesh side of the vellum has 2 large 2-line initials illuminated initials "G" and "M" in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily bu...
Date: Paris, 1450
Selling price: $155
Sold in 2021
Manuscript leaf from a Flemish Breviary.
RECTO: Two 2-line initials "Qui confidunt in domino..." , "In convertendo dominus...." eleven 1-line initials in colors and burnished gold. VERSO: t...
Date: France / Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Leaf on heavy vellum from a Parisian book of hours. Recto: 15 lines of text, written in dark brown ink, in different sizes of a neat Gothic book hand. One large 4-line in...
Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $300
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Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
RECTO: 1 two-line capital in red on burnished gold and colored ground beginning the text "Domine non est exaltatum cor meu(s).." Three-sided illuminated borders...
Date: Paris 1450
Selling price: $600
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Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the recto has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $140
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