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Auction archive: Lot number 14

The Bible of William Ketyll

Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,464 - US$64,106
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 14

The Bible of William Ketyll

Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,464 - US$64,106
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

The Bible of William Ketyll BIBLE, WITH PROLOGUES, IN LATIN [ENGLAND, 13TH CENTURY (SECOND QUARTER OR MIDDLE)] c.220x155mm , vellum, iv+377+vi leaves, prickings and quire signatures and/or catchwords often survive (suggesting that the outer and lower margins have not been significantly cropped), written above top line in 2 columns of 45–59 lines by several scribes, the written space c.160x100mm, with changes at ff.75, 149, 155, 203, 244, 316v, 388, plain red initials; the parchment generally of mediocre quality, with numerous natural flaws, Exodus 38:2–Leviticus 21:21 missing after f.28; part of the prologue to I Chronicles, and I Chronicles 1–10:3 missing after f.99; ending imperfectly at Revelation 22:1 ; 19th-century binding of pale brown leather over wooden boards with remains of 18th-century spine laid on, two metal clasps

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

The Bible of William Ketyll BIBLE, WITH PROLOGUES, IN LATIN [ENGLAND, 13TH CENTURY (SECOND QUARTER OR MIDDLE)] c.220x155mm , vellum, iv+377+vi leaves, prickings and quire signatures and/or catchwords often survive (suggesting that the outer and lower margins have not been significantly cropped), written above top line in 2 columns of 45–59 lines by several scribes, the written space c.160x100mm, with changes at ff.75, 149, 155, 203, 244, 316v, 388, plain red initials; the parchment generally of mediocre quality, with numerous natural flaws, Exodus 38:2–Leviticus 21:21 missing after f.28; part of the prologue to I Chronicles, and I Chronicles 1–10:3 missing after f.99; ending imperfectly at Revelation 22:1 ; 19th-century binding of pale brown leather over wooden boards with remains of 18th-century spine laid on, two metal clasps

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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