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Auction archive: Lot number 122

Eight leaves from a Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscri...

Estimate
£900 - £1,200
ca. US$1,493 - US$1,991
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$2,074
Auction archive: Lot number 122

Eight leaves from a Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscri...

Estimate
£900 - £1,200
ca. US$1,493 - US$1,991
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$2,074
Beschreibung:

Eight leaves from a Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Utrecht, c.1460s], (98 x 66mm), 22 lines, all with illuminated initials with penwork flourishing into the margins, one making a border the height of the page and two with large initials and borders on two sides (one leaf with slight marginal dampstaining, one slightly cropped at inner edge touching border); ten individual leaves from an ecclesiastical decorated manuscript on paper, in German, [Germany, early-15th century], (217 x 150mm), 19 lines, with penwork initials in red and green, the opening leaf with flourishing forming border on two sides (first leaf with slight surface soiling at outer edge and with erased inscription at upper edge); together with a bifolium from a Grant of Arms, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Austria, 18th century], (330 x 288m), 17 lines, in German, each page with decorative penwork border, with large illuminated miniature showing an elaborate coat of arms. (19)
Eight leaves from a Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Utrecht, c.1460s], (98 x 66mm), 22 lines, all with illuminated initials with penwork flourishing into the margins, one making a border the height of the page and two with large initials and borders on two sides (one leaf with slight marginal dampstaining, one slightly cropped at inner edge touching border); ten individual leaves from an ecclesiastical decorated manuscript on paper, in German, [Germany, early-15th century], (217 x 150mm), 19 lines, with penwork initials in red and green, the opening leaf with flourishing forming border on two sides (first leaf with slight surface soiling at outer edge and with erased inscription at upper edge); together with a bifolium from a Grant of Arms, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Austria, 18th century], (330 x 288m), 17 lines, in German, each page with decorative penwork border, with large illuminated miniature showing an elaborate coat of arms. (19)

Auction archive: Lot number 122
Auction:
Datum:
23 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
23 November 2009, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

Eight leaves from a Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Utrecht, c.1460s], (98 x 66mm), 22 lines, all with illuminated initials with penwork flourishing into the margins, one making a border the height of the page and two with large initials and borders on two sides (one leaf with slight marginal dampstaining, one slightly cropped at inner edge touching border); ten individual leaves from an ecclesiastical decorated manuscript on paper, in German, [Germany, early-15th century], (217 x 150mm), 19 lines, with penwork initials in red and green, the opening leaf with flourishing forming border on two sides (first leaf with slight surface soiling at outer edge and with erased inscription at upper edge); together with a bifolium from a Grant of Arms, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Austria, 18th century], (330 x 288m), 17 lines, in German, each page with decorative penwork border, with large illuminated miniature showing an elaborate coat of arms. (19)
Eight leaves from a Breviary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Utrecht, c.1460s], (98 x 66mm), 22 lines, all with illuminated initials with penwork flourishing into the margins, one making a border the height of the page and two with large initials and borders on two sides (one leaf with slight marginal dampstaining, one slightly cropped at inner edge touching border); ten individual leaves from an ecclesiastical decorated manuscript on paper, in German, [Germany, early-15th century], (217 x 150mm), 19 lines, with penwork initials in red and green, the opening leaf with flourishing forming border on two sides (first leaf with slight surface soiling at outer edge and with erased inscription at upper edge); together with a bifolium from a Grant of Arms, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Austria, 18th century], (330 x 288m), 17 lines, in German, each page with decorative penwork border, with large illuminated miniature showing an elaborate coat of arms. (19)

Auction archive: Lot number 122
Auction:
Datum:
23 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
23 November 2009, London, South Kensington
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