Lot 26
  • 26

LARGE VOLUME WITH FULL-PAGE MINIATURES OF ZODIAC SIGNS [PROBABLY EUROPE, 19TH CENTURY]

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200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • bodycolour on vellum
c.370x250mm, vellum, ii+12+ii, with 12 full-page miniatures of zodiac signs in order of the medieval year, beginning with March (feast of the Annunciation), bound in 19th-century brown gilt calf, the central cartouche with a coat of arms inserted from another binding   

Catalogue Note

Aries [for March] (f.1r); Taurus [for April] (f.2r); Gemini [for May] (f.3r); Cancer [for June] (f.4r); Leo [for July] (f.5r); Virgo [for August] (f.6r); Libra [for September] (f.7r); Scorpio [for October] (f.8r); Sagittarius [for November] (f.9r); Capricorn [for December] (f.10r); Aquarius [for January] (f.11r); Pisces [for February] (f.12r).