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Auction archive: Lot number 514

JOB ON THE DUNG HEAP, miniature on the opening folio of L es s ept fruits de la tribulation , in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1455-65]

Estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
ca. US$2,293 - US$3,186
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 514

JOB ON THE DUNG HEAP, miniature on the opening folio of L es s ept fruits de la tribulation , in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1455-65]

Estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
ca. US$2,293 - US$3,186
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

JOB ON THE DUNG HEAP, miniature on the opening folio of L es s ept fruits de la tribulation , in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1455-65] An ambitious and dramatic miniature opening a rare French treatise dealing with the benefits conferred by suffering and tribulation. 212 x 164mm. The text opening the prologue 'Si comme dit l'apostre […]'. Verso with 29 lines, ruled space: 160 x 105mm (creased, loss of pigment especially to the sky and to the faces of the women, some smudges). Mounted and framed. Provenance : The initials 'MM' at the foot of the leaf flank a space left blank by the illuminator for a coat of arms. Text: The Sept fruits de la tribulation is a very free French version dating from the 15th century of the Tractatus de tribulacione , a treatise probably composed in the 3rd quarter of the 13th century that expounded on the principal ways in which people can benefit from suffering and so find consolation. Sixteen manuscripts of the Sept Fruits survive, and only one with a miniature: in some the heading attributes the work to 'ung religieux de lordre des celestins'. Illumination: The miniature shows Job seated on the dungheap displaying the sores that — after the loss of his children and his property — were the final ills inflicted on him to test his faith in God. His exasperated wife urges him via the scroll she carries to ‘Curse God and die’. Ignoring her, Job turns to his three friends on the right, and draws attention to one of the lesions on his body in a manner recalling the risen Christ displaying the wound in his side. This is an appropriate analogy in an illustration to a treatise expounding the benefits and possibility of redemption through suffering. One of the known copies of this text is included in the splendid manuscript of Suso’s L’Horloge de Sapience in Brussels (Bibl. Roy. Ms IV 111) which contains examples of the most sparkling and notable work of the Master of Jean Rolin (Avril and Reynaud, 1993, pp.38-45). The present lot is also by the Rolin Master and provides a treatment of a subject that is unillustrated in the Brussels manuscript, and exemplifies the thoughtful interpretations of his best work. The detailed depiction of dress, lively gesturing and characterful faces accord well with the illustration of the Suso.

Auction archive: Lot number 514
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

JOB ON THE DUNG HEAP, miniature on the opening folio of L es s ept fruits de la tribulation , in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1455-65] An ambitious and dramatic miniature opening a rare French treatise dealing with the benefits conferred by suffering and tribulation. 212 x 164mm. The text opening the prologue 'Si comme dit l'apostre […]'. Verso with 29 lines, ruled space: 160 x 105mm (creased, loss of pigment especially to the sky and to the faces of the women, some smudges). Mounted and framed. Provenance : The initials 'MM' at the foot of the leaf flank a space left blank by the illuminator for a coat of arms. Text: The Sept fruits de la tribulation is a very free French version dating from the 15th century of the Tractatus de tribulacione , a treatise probably composed in the 3rd quarter of the 13th century that expounded on the principal ways in which people can benefit from suffering and so find consolation. Sixteen manuscripts of the Sept Fruits survive, and only one with a miniature: in some the heading attributes the work to 'ung religieux de lordre des celestins'. Illumination: The miniature shows Job seated on the dungheap displaying the sores that — after the loss of his children and his property — were the final ills inflicted on him to test his faith in God. His exasperated wife urges him via the scroll she carries to ‘Curse God and die’. Ignoring her, Job turns to his three friends on the right, and draws attention to one of the lesions on his body in a manner recalling the risen Christ displaying the wound in his side. This is an appropriate analogy in an illustration to a treatise expounding the benefits and possibility of redemption through suffering. One of the known copies of this text is included in the splendid manuscript of Suso’s L’Horloge de Sapience in Brussels (Bibl. Roy. Ms IV 111) which contains examples of the most sparkling and notable work of the Master of Jean Rolin (Avril and Reynaud, 1993, pp.38-45). The present lot is also by the Rolin Master and provides a treatment of a subject that is unillustrated in the Brussels manuscript, and exemplifies the thoughtful interpretations of his best work. The detailed depiction of dress, lively gesturing and characterful faces accord well with the illustration of the Suso.

Auction archive: Lot number 514
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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