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Decretals of Gregorius IX
Very important leaf with the text of Gratians "concordantia discordantium canonum" , written in 1140.Meaning Harmony of dissonant canones. It contains text of p...
Place & Date: Italy, probably Bologna 1350-1380
Selling price: $700
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Vellum leaf from an early French Book of Hours, the decoration is typical of the scriptoria of Northern France in the second half of the 14th century: large initials in r...
Place & Date: France ca.1380
Selling price: $600
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Vellum leaf from an early French Book of Hours, the decoration is typical of the scriptoria of Northern France in the second half of the 14th century: large initials in r...
Place & Date: France ca.1380
Selling price: $300
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Vellum leaf from an early French Book of Hours, the decoration is typical of the scriptoria of Northern France in the second half of the 14th century: large initials in r...
Place & Date: France, ca.1380
Selling price: $350
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Vellum leaf from an early French Book of Hours, the decoration is typical of the scriptoria of Northern France in the second half of the 14th century: large initials in r...
Place & Date: France, ca.1380
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2008
Psalter manuscript.
Double-leaf from a charming small manuscript on vellum.RECTO: 13 lines of text in latin, written in a good Gothic hand. Two sizes of letters in panels of lines, but all w...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1350-1380
Selling price: $235
Sold in 2008
Decretals of Gregorius IX.
Very important leaf with the text of Gratians "concordantia discordantium canonum" , written in 1140.Meaning Harmony of dissonant canones. It contains text of p...
Place & Date: Italy, probably Bologna 1350-1380
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2019
Handwritten leaf on vellum from a choirbook .
RECTO: 8 lines of text and 4-line staves, ruled in red, with square neums, rubrics in red and large intials in red and vague blue in-filling. Written in a Flemish hand, b...
Place & Date: Flanders ca. 1400
Selling price: $230
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Leaf from a missal.
Written on vellum. Music on nine lines of text under 4-line staves of music, in black with responses in red. Music in square neums. Initials in red and blue. RECTO: two ...
Place & Date: Italy / Lombardy, ca. 1400
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2010
A leaf from an early Parisian book of hours, on vellum.
A leaf on vellum, in 2 sizes of scripture. Early books of hours are very rare Beautiful gothic lettering in dark brown ink. RECTO: 14 lines of text, in two sizes. Extreme...
Place & Date: France/Paris ca. 1400
Selling price: $1150
Sold in 2012
Vellum leaf from an early French Breviary.
Vellum leaf from an early French Breviary with decoration typical of the scriptoria of northern France at the end of the 14th. century . There are large initials in red, ...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1380 -1400
Selling price: $340
Sold in 2014
Leaf on vellum from a Missal.
A very fine Missal leaf, written in Latin. RECTO: A wonderful 2-lines initial I in liquid gold decorated with pen work in purple and blue. Three 1-line initials in same.V...
Place & Date: France, c. 1410
Selling price: $600
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: Two 2-line capitals in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and red. One 1-line capital in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Place & Date: Utrecht, c.1400-1410
Selling price: $475
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 4-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and red and extensive decoration with burnished gold. A rare and extra ordinary decorative page...
Place & Date: Utrecht, c.1400-1410
Selling price: $1950
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 4-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and red and extensive decoration with burnished gold.
Place & Date: Utrecht, c.1400-1410
Selling price: $1950
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Leaf from a book of hours on vellum from a northern-Franch book of hours.
14 lines of text in two different sizes in a well-finished gothic bookhand. RECTO: Two 2-line capitals "D" (Deus qui conspicias ......) and (Deus qui iratum.......
Place & Date: France ca. 1410
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2013
Breviary.
Manuscript leaf on fine vellum, from a Spanish breviary, written in a fine spanish gothic bookhand. RECTO: 29 lines of text in two columns, two 2-line capitals in blue an...
Place & Date: Spain - Segovia ca.1420
Selling price: $180
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BOOK OF HOURS.
Double-leaf, from a Parisian book of hours, written on vellum in a regular gothic bookhand. 14 lines of text. RECTO: two 2-line and five 1-line initials in red or blue, w...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1420
Selling price: $250
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Book of Hours.
Leaf from a refined small book of hours, written in a nice gothic bookhand, dark brown ink. 14 lines of text. RECTO: 5 large initials in colors blue and red, hihly raised...
Place & Date: France - Paris ca. 1420
Selling price: $150
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Breviary.
Manuscript leaf on fine vellum, from a Spanish breviary, written in a fine spanish book hand. 29 lines of text in two columns, two 2-line capitals in blue and red, height...
Place & Date: Spin - Segovia ca. 1420
Selling price: $200
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Breviary
Vellum leaf from a Spanish breviary of Carthusian use, probably Segovia. Recto: 29 lines of text, written in brown ink, and red at the beginning of new chapters. Two 2-li...
Place & Date: Spain, probably Segovia ca. 1420
Selling price: $150
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Breviary.
Vellum leaf from a Spanish breviary of Carthusian use, probably Segovia. Recto: 29 lines of text, written in brown ink, red at the beginning of new chapters. Two 2-line i...
Place & Date: Spain, probably Segovia ca. 1420
Selling price: $150
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Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours.
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours, written in black ink, 16 lines of text. Recto: Text starts at Matins,the beginning of the hours to the holy Virgin "Ïncipi...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1420
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2008
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours.
Leaf from a French (Paris) book of hours, written in black ink, 16 lines of text.Recto: Seven 1-line initials in gold or colors.VERSO : one 2-line and one 1-line initials...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1420
Selling price: $100
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Leaf from a book of hours.
VERSO: Two 2-line capitals in burnished gold and colors, three 1-line capitals in same.RECTO: Six 1-line capitals in burnished gold and colors, three line-fillers in same...
Place & Date: Probably Flanders, 1420
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2008
Manuscript leaf from a Parisian book of hours, on vellum.
Written in very dark brown ink in a refined gothic bookletter. 15 lines of text. Textblock 90 mm x 90 mm. RECTO: six 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with a...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1420
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2010
Manuscript leaf from a Parisian book of hours, on vellum.
Written in dark brown ink in a refined gothic bookhand, 15 lines of text. Textblock 90 x 90 mm. RECTO: One 2-line large initial "M" (Miserere mei deus......)an...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1420
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2010
Manuscript leaf from a French Book of Hours.
Written on vellum in a rather large, but regular gothic bookhand, 11 lines of text. Darkbrown inkTextblock 140 x 100 mm. RECTO: One large 2-line illuminated capital &quo...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1420
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2011
A leaf from a Breviary, of Carthusian use, on vellum.
A leaf from a Breviary, of Carthusian use, on vellum. 29 lines of text in 2 columns. Written in darkbrown ink.Probably written in Segovia.RECTO: Two large initials "...
Place & Date: Segovia, Spain c.1420
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2011
A leaf from a Breviary, of Carthusian use, on vellum.
29 lines of text in two columns, written in dark brown ink in a refined Gothic script. Probably written in Segovia/Spain.REC O: Four large initials, two of them in burni...
Place & Date: Segovia / SPAIN ca. 1420
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2013
Leaf from a Parisian book of hours, on vellum, written in a bold strong Gothic script.
Textpanel 90 x 60 mm. RECTO: One 2-line initial "C" in burnished gold on red and blue grounds "Cantate d(omi)no canticu(m) novu(m)...... Four 1-line initi...
Place & Date: France/Paris ca. 1420
Selling price: $165
Sold in 2012
Manuscript leaf from a Parisian book of hours, on vellum.
Written in dark brown ink in a refined gothic book hand, 15 lines of text. Text block 90 x 90 mm. RECTO: One 2-line large initial "M" (Miserere mei deus. . .) a...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1420
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014
Manuscript leaf from a Parisian book of hours, on vellum.
Written in very dark brown ink in a refined gothic book letter. 15 lines of text. Text block 90 mm x 90 mm. RECTO: six 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1420
Selling price: $450
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Manuscript leaf from a French Book of Hours.
Written on vellum in a rather large, but regular Gothic book hand, 11 lines of text. Dark brown ink. Text block 140 x 100 mm. RECTO: One large 2-line illuminated capital ...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1420
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2014
Leaf from a Gospelbook.
Wide margins, 36 lines of text in brown ink. Ruling in pink ink in fine gothic textura script, with rubrics in red. With 2 two-line initials in liquid gold in gold on red...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1420
Selling price: $250
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Leaf from a Gospelbook.
Wide margins, 36 lines of text in brown ink. Ruling in pink ink in fine gothic textura script, with rubrics in red. With 2 two-line initials in liquid gold in gold on red...
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1420
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2015
Manuscript leaf from a Parisian book of hours, on vellum.
Written in dark brown ink in a refined gothic book hand, 17 lines of text. Text block 100 x 72 mm. VERSO: One 2-line large initial "L" and six 1-line initials i...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1420
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2016
Leaf from a book of hours on vellum.
RECTO: One very large initial "B" of "Benedictus d(moi)n(us)s.." in blue on burnished gold ground, infilled with red and white tracery, another initia...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1430
Selling price: $400
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Leaf from a book of hours on vellum.
"Original leaf from a Renaissance manuscript Book of Hours with a 4 line initial ""G"", text written in Dutch in dark brown ink on vellum. With a...
Place & Date: Netherlands c.1430
Selling price: $525
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Leaf from a book of hours on vellum.
Original leaf from a Renaissance manuscript Book of Hours with a 4 line initial G, text written in Dutch in dark brown ink on vellum. With a wonderful left panel.VERSO co...
Place & Date: Netherlands c.1430
Selling price: $500
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