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Date of the auction: 02.07.2019

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Lot number 1
Leaf from a very large copy of the Acta Sanctorum, with parts of the...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 2
Two leaves from a copy of Seneca the younger, Epistulae Morales ad...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 3
Bifolium from a large decorated manuscript of Ovid, Heroides, in Latin...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 4
Plautus, Amphitryon, in Latin verse, bifolium from a fine humanist...
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,094 - US$7,641
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 5
Cuttings from a Romanesque copy of Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, in...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 6
Magister Rufinus, Summa decretorum, in Latin, manuscript on parchment...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$509 - US$764
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 7
Two cuttings from a Noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on parchment...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 8
Leaf from a Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on manuscript...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 9
Fragment from a monumental Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 10
Eight large fragments from a Romanesque Passional, in Latin, manuscript on...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 11
Leaf from a Romanesque Bible, with large initial, in Latin, manuscript on...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 12
Leaf from a Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$509 - US$764
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 13
Bifolium from a copy of Peter Lombard, Magna Glossatura in Epistolas Pauli...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 14
Leaf from a Glossed Bible from the medieval library of Cambron Abbey, in...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 15
Two bifolia from a philosophical text citing Aristotle, De Anima, and the...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 16
Leaves from an English pocket Bible, in Latin, manuscript on parchment...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 17
Leaves from an English pocket Bible with a human drollery and a large...
Estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
ca. US$1,273 - US$2,547
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 18
Six leaves from pocket Bibles and a related university text, in Latin...
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,528 - US$2,292
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 19
Leaf from a Psalter, with extremely large illuminated initials, in Latin...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,018 - US$1,528
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 20
Bifolium from a Cistercian Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript in...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 21
Leaf from an early Book of Hours, with a yellow rabbit, in Latin...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$509 - US$764
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 22
Leaf from a Gratian, Decretum, with gloss, in Latin, manuscript on...
Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$891 - US$1,146
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 23
Bifolium from Jacobus de Voragine, Sermones de sanctis, in Latin, decorated...
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$382 - US$636
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 24
Leaves from an extremely large codex of John of Freiburg, Summa confessorum...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 25
Bifolium from a copy of John Marchesinus, Mammotrectus super Bibliam, or...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 26
Leaf from a theological commentary with alphabetical entries, these here on...
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$382 - US$636
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 27
Bifolium from an illuminated Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$509 - US$764
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 28
Three bifolia from a decorated manuscript Missal, in Latin, on parchment...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 29
Three bifolia from a gargantuan Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 30
Choirbook leaf with a delicately painted initial, in Latin, manuscript on...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 31
Large decorated initial from a manuscript Antiphoner, repaired with...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$509 - US$764
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 32
Leaf from a Missal, Dominican Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 33
Leaf from an opulently illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment...
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$509 - US$764
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 34
Leaf from an opulently illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 35
Leaf from an illuminated Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,018 - US$1,528
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 36
Frontispiece of a Commission of Leonardo Loredan, doge of Venice...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,018 - US$1,528
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 37
Small cutting of French verse, reused as a frisket in sixteenth century...
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$382 - US$636
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 38
Part of a bifolium from a didactic theological text, in Middle High German...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,018 - US$1,528
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 39
Royal diploma of King Enrique II of Castile, for a Don Sancho concerning...
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,367 - US$8,915
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 40
Collection of leaves from liturgical codices, in Latin, manuscripts on...
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$382 - US$636
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 41
Large teaching collection of leaves from medieval manuscripts and charters...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 42
Two endleaves from early printed books, with numerous manuscript additions...
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$382 - US$636
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 43
Twenty cuttings with penwork initials from a choirbook, in Latin...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 44
Animal initial with a bear and a griffon, from a monumental illuminated...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 45
Animal initial with two dogs, from a monumental illuminated manuscript...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 46
A skilfully painted Bull, on a leaf from an illuminated Bible manuscript on...
Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$891 - US$1,146
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 47
Emperor Justinianus as an enthroned king handing his lawcodes to two young...
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,094 - US$7,641
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 48
Two large miniatures with the Virgin and Child seated in a walled garden...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 49
The Virgin within a mandorla, adored by angels, on a leaf from an...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,910 - US$2,547
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 50
Collection of small miniatures from Books of Hours, and initials from...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 51
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, on a leaf from a Book of Hours...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 52
Job in bed displaying his skin afflictions, on a leaf from a manuscript...
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,094 - US$7,641
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 53
The Priest Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, as he recovers the power...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 54
Large initial enclosing foliage, on a cutting from an illuminated...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 55
Pentecost in a finely illuminated historiated initial, on a cutting most...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 56
Vast illuminated initial ‘I’ on a leaf from a Gradual, illuminated...
Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$891 - US$1,146
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 57
A courtier and a griffon inside the body of an initial on a leaf from an...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 58
St. Anthony of Padua, in a large initial on a leaf from an antiphonal...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 59
The Annunciation to the Virgin, in an initial on a leaf from a Gradual...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 60
The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial on a choirbook leaf...
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,183 - US$4,457
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 61
The Nativity, full-page miniature on a leaf from an illuminated Book of...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 62
Large fragment of a leaf from Hildegard of Bingen, Explanatio Symboli...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 63
St. Clare of Assisi holding a monstrance before the Virgin and Child...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,910 - US$2,547
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 64
The Ascension of Christ in a large initial on a leaf from an illuminated...
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,183 - US$4,457
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 65
Leaf from a codex, with short accounts of a soul released from purgatory by...
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$382 - US$636
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 66
Cutting from a manuscript, probably a choirbook, with the Virgin and Child...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$636 - US$891
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 67
Ovid, Metamorphoses, with an account of a witch’s potion to raise a man...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 68
Two large leaves from a three-column Hebrew Bible, manuscripts on parchment...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 69
Orthodox Breviary, in Arabic on Western paper, decorated manuscript on...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,547 - US$3,820
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 70
Collection of Homilies with the Life of St. Basil the Great, in Church...
Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$1,018 - US$1,273
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 71
Homilies of John Chrysostom, Hippolytus of Rome and others, as well as...
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,273 - US$1,910
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 72
Small archive of correspondence from the Gran Duchy of Tuscany concerning...
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$764 - US$1,018
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 73
Playbill for anti-Semitic theatrical performance, in Italian, manuscript on...
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$254 - US$382
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 74
Goffredus de Trano, Summa super rubricis decretalium and Iohannes de Deo...
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$50,943 - US$76,414
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 75
The Myrowr of Recluses, a Middle English translation of the Speculum...
Estimate
£70,000 - £90,000
ca. US$89,150 - US$114,621
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 76
Franciscan devotional compendium, in Latin with short Middle English...
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,471 - US$38,207
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 77
Walter Burley, Commentaries on Aristotle, De Physica, in Latin, illuminated...
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,207 - US$63,678
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 78
Persius, Satires, a Renaissance scholar’s copy with numerous marginal...
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,735 - US$19,103
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 79
Guido da Pisa, La Fiorita d’Italia, with frequent citations of the works of...
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,471 - US$38,207
Price realised:
n. a.
Image
Lot number 80
Collection of Sibyllic prophesies, some apocalyptic and concerning the...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,820 - US$6,367
Price realised:
n. a.
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