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Auction archive: Lot number 85

[Illuminated Manuscripts] [Charles X

Books & Manuscripts
12 Nov 2020
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
US$87,500
Auction archive: Lot number 85

[Illuminated Manuscripts] [Charles X

Books & Manuscripts
12 Nov 2020
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
US$87,500
Beschreibung:

[Illuminated Manuscripts] [Charles X] Book of Hours, use of Rouen, late 15th century Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in Latin and French. 82 folios, complete. Foliated 1-82 in modern Arabic numerals upper right corner rectos (i6 ii-x8 xi4), 184 x 123 mm., no catchwords or signatures, justification 115 x 74 mm., written in a formal rounded liturgical hand on 23 long lines ruled in red ink, one-line initials in liquid gold on alternating red and blue grounds, similar line fillers, two and three-line initials in white on liquid gold grounds with floral infilling, text pages with borders in outer margins consisting of floral motifs, birds, and grotesques on liquid gold grounds, pages with miniatures with similar full borders, 24 calendar miniatures, 15 full-page miniatures. Small losses of pigment from the face of Eve (f. 14v); otherwise in excellent condition. 19th-century binding of blue morocco, signed on spine “Villador fecit” (“Villador made this”), gilt-tooled with royal coat of arms of Charles X, and interlocking Cs front and back , fleurs-de-lys stamps on turn-ins, white silk moiré doublures and flyleaves, with accompanying custom case, tooled in blind on rear: “par Lanthois/avec sa louanges” (“by Lanthois/with his praise”) and with this inscription gilt-tooled on the front: “Hommage de Fidelite/et de Respect/a sa Majeste Charles X/Roi de France” (“Homage of Fidelity an Respect/to his Majesty Charles X/King of France”). Contents: ff.1r-6v Calendar in French, ff. 7r-10v Gospel sequences, ff. 10v-12v, Obsecro te, ff. 13r-14r O intemerata, ff. 15v-27v Hours of the Virgin, Matins and Lauds, ff. 28r-28v Matins from Hours of the Cross, ff. 29r-29v Matins from Hours of the Holy Spirit, ff. 30v-46v Hours of the Virgin, Prime-Compline, ff. 47v-58v Penitential Psalms and Litany, ff. 59v-76r Office of the Dead, ff. 76v-80r Prayers to the Virgin, ff. 80r-82v Suffrages to the Holy Trinity, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist, Saints Peter and Paul, Saint Nicholas, Saint Anne, and Saint Barbara. Calendar miniatures: f. 1r Aquarius and Feasting (January), 1v Pisces and Warming oneself by the fire (February), f. 2r Aries and Trimming vines (March), f. 2v Taurus and Sitting in the garden (April), f. 3r Gemini and A Couple riding (May), f. 3v Cancer and Scything hay (June), f. 4r Leo and Harvesting wheat (July), f. 4v Virgo and Threshing wheat (August), f. 5r Libra and Sowing seed (September), f. 5v Scorpio and Treading grapes (October), f. 6r Sagittarius and Hunting acorns (November), f. 6v Capricorn and Slaughtering the pig (December). Full page miniatures: f. 7r The four evangelists, f. 14v Adam and Eve being tempted by the serpent, the Annunciation to the Virgin, f. 15r Tree of Jesse, at the top the Virgin holding the child and being crowned by angels, f. 21v The Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus seeing a vision of the Virgin and child, f. 28r Crucifixion, f. 29r Pentecost, f. 30r The Nativity, f. 33v Annunciation to the Shepherds, f. 36r Adoration of the Magi, f. 38v Presentation in the Temple, f. 41r Flight into Egypt, f. 43v Coronation of the Virgin, f. 47r David and Uriah, f. 59r The Last Judgement, f. 76v Virgin and child enthroned with angels and kneeling laywoman. Provenance: 1. Copied in Rouen, France, for use in Rouen (Rouen saints in calendar and figuring prominently in the litany, Hours of the Virgin use of Rouen). Illuminated by a follower of the Master of Echevinage of Rouen. The anonymous female patron appears in the miniature on f. 76. Although gold fleurs-de-lys appear in the border decorations on ff. 47 and 59, similar features are found in other Rouen books of hours of the same period. 2. Charles X, King of France (reigned 1824-1830). Binding and presentation inscription on custom case. 3. Lieutenant General Hyacinthe François Joseph Despinoy (1764-1848); lot 23 in his sale Paris, J. Techener, November 12-December 22, 1849. 4. Sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge December 13, 1892, for GBP 50 to B.F. Steven

Auction archive: Lot number 85
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2020
Auction house:
Freeman's
1808 Chestnut St
Philadelphia PA 19103
United States
info@freemansauction.com
+1 (0)215 563 9275
Beschreibung:

[Illuminated Manuscripts] [Charles X] Book of Hours, use of Rouen, late 15th century Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in Latin and French. 82 folios, complete. Foliated 1-82 in modern Arabic numerals upper right corner rectos (i6 ii-x8 xi4), 184 x 123 mm., no catchwords or signatures, justification 115 x 74 mm., written in a formal rounded liturgical hand on 23 long lines ruled in red ink, one-line initials in liquid gold on alternating red and blue grounds, similar line fillers, two and three-line initials in white on liquid gold grounds with floral infilling, text pages with borders in outer margins consisting of floral motifs, birds, and grotesques on liquid gold grounds, pages with miniatures with similar full borders, 24 calendar miniatures, 15 full-page miniatures. Small losses of pigment from the face of Eve (f. 14v); otherwise in excellent condition. 19th-century binding of blue morocco, signed on spine “Villador fecit” (“Villador made this”), gilt-tooled with royal coat of arms of Charles X, and interlocking Cs front and back , fleurs-de-lys stamps on turn-ins, white silk moiré doublures and flyleaves, with accompanying custom case, tooled in blind on rear: “par Lanthois/avec sa louanges” (“by Lanthois/with his praise”) and with this inscription gilt-tooled on the front: “Hommage de Fidelite/et de Respect/a sa Majeste Charles X/Roi de France” (“Homage of Fidelity an Respect/to his Majesty Charles X/King of France”). Contents: ff.1r-6v Calendar in French, ff. 7r-10v Gospel sequences, ff. 10v-12v, Obsecro te, ff. 13r-14r O intemerata, ff. 15v-27v Hours of the Virgin, Matins and Lauds, ff. 28r-28v Matins from Hours of the Cross, ff. 29r-29v Matins from Hours of the Holy Spirit, ff. 30v-46v Hours of the Virgin, Prime-Compline, ff. 47v-58v Penitential Psalms and Litany, ff. 59v-76r Office of the Dead, ff. 76v-80r Prayers to the Virgin, ff. 80r-82v Suffrages to the Holy Trinity, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist, Saints Peter and Paul, Saint Nicholas, Saint Anne, and Saint Barbara. Calendar miniatures: f. 1r Aquarius and Feasting (January), 1v Pisces and Warming oneself by the fire (February), f. 2r Aries and Trimming vines (March), f. 2v Taurus and Sitting in the garden (April), f. 3r Gemini and A Couple riding (May), f. 3v Cancer and Scything hay (June), f. 4r Leo and Harvesting wheat (July), f. 4v Virgo and Threshing wheat (August), f. 5r Libra and Sowing seed (September), f. 5v Scorpio and Treading grapes (October), f. 6r Sagittarius and Hunting acorns (November), f. 6v Capricorn and Slaughtering the pig (December). Full page miniatures: f. 7r The four evangelists, f. 14v Adam and Eve being tempted by the serpent, the Annunciation to the Virgin, f. 15r Tree of Jesse, at the top the Virgin holding the child and being crowned by angels, f. 21v The Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus seeing a vision of the Virgin and child, f. 28r Crucifixion, f. 29r Pentecost, f. 30r The Nativity, f. 33v Annunciation to the Shepherds, f. 36r Adoration of the Magi, f. 38v Presentation in the Temple, f. 41r Flight into Egypt, f. 43v Coronation of the Virgin, f. 47r David and Uriah, f. 59r The Last Judgement, f. 76v Virgin and child enthroned with angels and kneeling laywoman. Provenance: 1. Copied in Rouen, France, for use in Rouen (Rouen saints in calendar and figuring prominently in the litany, Hours of the Virgin use of Rouen). Illuminated by a follower of the Master of Echevinage of Rouen. The anonymous female patron appears in the miniature on f. 76. Although gold fleurs-de-lys appear in the border decorations on ff. 47 and 59, similar features are found in other Rouen books of hours of the same period. 2. Charles X, King of France (reigned 1824-1830). Binding and presentation inscription on custom case. 3. Lieutenant General Hyacinthe François Joseph Despinoy (1764-1848); lot 23 in his sale Paris, J. Techener, November 12-December 22, 1849. 4. Sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge December 13, 1892, for GBP 50 to B.F. Steven

Auction archive: Lot number 85
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2020
Auction house:
Freeman's
1808 Chestnut St
Philadelphia PA 19103
United States
info@freemansauction.com
+1 (0)215 563 9275
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