Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts - L14241

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Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

02 December 2014 • London

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Sale Number: L14241

1. collection of five written and sixteen engraved funerary markers, in greek, demotic and coptic, manuscripts and inscriptions on wood [egypt, second to sixth century ad.]

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

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2. fragments from an egyptian book of the dead, in hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts, manuscripts on papyrus [egypt, most probably third intermediate period (1069-664 bc.)]

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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3. letter to an oracle, in greek, manuscript on papyrus [egypt, first century bc.]

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

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4. near-complete letter to sarapion asking for foods including garlic, in greek, manuscript on papyrus [egypt, second or first century bc.]

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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5. the fackelmann diplomatic papyrus collection, manuscripts in greek, demotic and coptic, on papyrus [egypt, third century bc. to first century bc., plus two documents of fifth century ad.]

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 GBP

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6. leaf from a choirbook in beneventan minuscule, in latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [southern italy (most probably montecassino), eleventh century, or perhaps c.1100]

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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7. freculph of liseux, historiarum libri xii, in latin with a single word in greek, manuscript on vellum [france or germany, ninth century]

Estimate: 7,000 – 9,000 GBP

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8. collection of leaves from liturgical manuscripts, in latin, decorated manuscripts on vellum [ninth to twelfth century]

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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9. josephus, jewish antiquities, in the latin translation of rufinus of aquileia, manuscript on vellum [germany, eleventh or early twelfth century]

Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 GBP

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10. leaf from a colossal atlantic bible, with colossians and thessalonians, in latin, from a decorated manuscript on vellum [italy (perhaps central italy), late eleventh century or very early twelfth century]

Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 GBP

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11. collection of leaves from musical or liturgical manuscripts, in latin, decorated manuscripts on vellum [twelfth to fifteenth century]

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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12. collection of early leaves, from illuminated and decorated manuscripts, in latin, on vellum [germany, twelfth to fourteenth century]

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

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