Browse Listings in Medieval & Oriental Manuscripts
BOOK OF HOURS
Leaf from a book of hours, written in Flanders at the first half of the 15th. century. RECTO:One large illuninated Initial, 2 lines high and five 1-line initials colored,...
Place & Date: Flanders ca. 1430
Selling price: $130
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Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Leaf from a book of hours, written in Flanders at the first half of the 15th. century.RECTO: One large illuminated Initial, 2 lines high and five 1-line initials colored,...
Place & Date: Flanders ca. 1430
Selling price: $130
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a very refined Book of Hours.
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a very refined book of hours, written in darkbrown ink, 16 lines of text, what must have been an important book of hours. One 2-line initi...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1430
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2011
Miniature of King David from a Book of Hours.
This miniature can be attributed most probably to the circle of "Maître de Bedford" (Master of Bedford) a well-known artist who was working in Paris in the yea...
Place & Date: Paris, 1420-1430
Selling price: $2500
Sold in 2019
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...
Place & Date: Belgium-Flanders ca. 1440
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2008
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 ...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: France, Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $1400
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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 ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $550
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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...
Place & Date: Swabia (Southwest Germany) circa 1440
Selling price: $3500
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Medieval Book of Hours (Hours of the Virgin) - opening of the Hours of Vespers.
A beautifully worked leaf from a medieval manuscript BOOK OF HOURS. 16 lines of text, ruled in red, written in Latin with dark brown ink in Gothic textura script on anima...
Place & Date: Rouen, ca. 1440
Selling price: $975
Sold in 2009
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...
Place & Date: France, ca. 1440
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2008
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.
Place & Date: France, 1420-1440
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2016
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...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1440
Selling price: $230
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...
Place & Date: Flanders ca. 1440
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2009
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...
Place & Date: France / Paris 1440
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2011
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...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2015
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...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca 1440
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2012
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...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: France/Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2015
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...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2020
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.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $100
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...
Place & Date: Western France, ca. 1445
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...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1445
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2016
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...
Place & Date: Paris 1450
Selling price: $600
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Missal.
Leaf from a French missal, written on vellum in a regular gothic bookhand, in darkbrown ink, parts of the text written in red ink. In two columns.RECTO: The hairside of t...
Place & Date: France Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
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Missal.
Large leaf on vellum, from a French medieval missal. RECTO:29 lines of text in a regular gothic bookhand. Four 2-line initialsin red or blue surrounded with penwork in th...
Place & Date: France-Rouen. ca.1450
Selling price: $150
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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...
Place & Date: 1450
Selling price: $120
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Vellum leaf from a book of hours.
RECTO: 15 lines of text, one large initial "B" 2 lines high, illuminated in blue and red with white tracery, and heightened with burnished gold, four smaller in...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $275
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: 1 four-line initial and 2 large one-line initials in burnished gold on colored grounds.RECTO:17 lines of text written in Latin in a clear gothic book hand.From an ...
Place & Date: Northern France (Paris), ca 1450
Selling price: $135
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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...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2010
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...
Place & Date: Northern France, circa 1450
Selling price: $110
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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...
Place & Date: Belgium 1450
Selling price: $160
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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 gold on blue grounds a...
Place & Date: Northern France, circa 1450
Selling price: $110
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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 gold on blue grounds a...
Place & Date: Northern France, circa 1450
Selling price: $110
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line initial and four 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in burnished gold and one 1-...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $210
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line initial and one 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with three 2-line initial and three 1-line initials in...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $170
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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 17 initials in red, blue and black: gold leaf o...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $232
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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...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $225
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line capitals in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and three 1-line capitals in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: one 2-line capital in burnished go...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $240
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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...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $300
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