Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental Books - L17403

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Medieval And Renaissance Manuscripts And Continental Books

23 May 2017 • London

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Sale Number: L17403

1. a romanesque white-vine initial with a biting bird, on a fragment of bede’s homiliae in evangelium, in latin [italy, tuscany, c.1150]

Estimate: 7,000 – 9,000 GBP

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2. king david pointing to his mouth, historiated initial from psalms in the cockerell-haddaway bible, in latin [france (paris), c.1220s]

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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3. seven leaves with illuminated initials from a bible, in latin [england, c.1250-70]

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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4. two bifolia from a breviary, cistercian use, in latin [france, picardy (perhaps amiens), c.1290s]

Estimate: 2,500 – 3,500 GBP

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5. a dragon and a seated beardless man with a scroll, inhabited and historiated initials on a leaf from an early and lavishly illuminated psalter-hours, in latin [northern france?, c.1250]

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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6. two men in conversation, historiated initial on a leaf from an early and lavishly illuminated psalter-hours, in latin [northern france?, c.1250]

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP

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7. seated man with his hand to his face, historiated initial on a leaf from an early and lavishly illuminated psalter-hours, in latin [northern france?, c.1250]

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP

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8. an aristocratic woman’s head and a man dancing, historiated initial and marginal figure on a leaf from the ghistelles hours, in latin [flanders (bruges?), c.1300]

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP

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9. a woman’s head in profile, and a man chopping a tree with an axe, historiated initial and marginal figure on a leaf from the ghistelles hours, in latin [flanders (bruges?), c.1300]

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP

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10. flourished initials and line-fillers on a leaf from the ghistelles hours, in latin [flanders (bruges?), c.1300]

Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP

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11. large illuminated initial on a leaf from a franciscan antiphoner, in latin [italy (bologna), c.1300-25]

Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP

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12. large illuminated initial on a leaf from a franciscan antiphoner, in latin [italy (bologna), c.1300-25]

Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP

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