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Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
The flesh side of the vellum has a large 2-line initial illuminated initial "H" in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily burnished gold ground....
Place & Date: Paris 1450
Selling price: $460
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Every Book of Hours started with a calendar : the purpose of it was the same as today - look up a birthday! Namely that of the saint of that day, whose birthday was celeb...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $220
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: 1 large two-lines initials in burnished gold on colored grounds and 8 one-line initials and 8 line-fillers in sameRECTO:1 two-line initial and 6 one-line initials ...
Place & Date: Northern France (Paris), ca 1450
Selling price: $200
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Miniature of Christ speaking to his disciples.
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 disciples. With a 4-line capital in go...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $2450
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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...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $190
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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...
Place & Date: Paris, 1450
Selling price: $155
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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 ?]. The first thing we observe is the neat, regular script : the letters are for...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
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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 line and one letter i...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $165
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Ten 1-line initials in burnished gold on colored red and blue grounds and 6 line fillers in same.VERSO: Twelve 1-line initials in burnished gold on colored red and...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $400
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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 ?]. The first thing we observe is the neat, regular script : the letters are for...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: 8 lines of text in Latin.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $150
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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.
Place & 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.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $30
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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...
Place & Date: France 1450
Selling price: $240
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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...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $2500
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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...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $3000
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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. 7-lines capital "O" in burnished gold on red and blue...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1050
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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 \&...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $750
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a bear. 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...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1000
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: A 5-lines capital "O" and a 1-line capital.VERSO: 19 lines of text in brown ink.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $210
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: A 5-lines capital "O" and a 1-line capital.VERSO: 19 lines of text in brown ink.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: Three 2-lines capitals.VERSO: One 2-lines capital.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: Seven 1-line capitals.VERSO: Seven 1-line capitals.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $100
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive pen work in blue and three line-filler in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $170
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: 14 lines of text in Latin.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in burnished gold.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $190
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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 ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $140
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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 ?]. The first thing we observe is the elaborate pen work decoration in red, blu...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $250
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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...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Flanders ca. 1450
Selling price: $175
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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 ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
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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 ...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $300
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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...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $1850
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Leaf from a Flemish prayerbook.
Large leaf from a Flemish prayerbook written in darkbrown ink and illuminated. Recto: 20 lines of text written in a regular batarde hand. Two 2-line illuminated initials ...
Place & Date: Flanders c. 1450
Selling price: $200
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ANTIPHONER.
This is a large leaf of a 15th.cent. Italian Gradual written in a nice regular gothic bookhand on fine vellum. Recto: 6lines of 4 stave music and 6 lines of text. A large...
Place & Date: Florence-Italy c.1450
Selling price: $160
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ANTIPHONER.
This a large leaf from a 15th. cent. Italian Gradual with 6 lines of 4/stave music and 6 lines of text in a regular good gothic bookhand. Recto: 2 large initials in red a...
Place & Date: Florence-Italy c.1450
Selling price: $160
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Book of Hours.
Leaf on vellum from a French book of hours, written in dark brown ink in a tight Gothic bookhand. Recto: 15 lines of text, one 2-line initial in burnished gold on red and...
Place & Date: France, Paris ca, 1450
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2009
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...
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2012
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...
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2008
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line initial and four 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initial and three 1-line initials in ...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $200
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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, five 1-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds and two line filler ...
Place & Date: France c.1450
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2008