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749 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1300 B   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 3.6 x 4.5 inches) Vellum leaf from a Breviary written in Flanders, probably Bruges, by Dominican or Franciscan monks, who traveled throughout Europe. Every breviary begins with a Psalter and this leaf is from this section. The most striking feature of this leaf is the large, full length, initials on both sides that are painted in mauve, blue and gold leaf. The text is from Psalms 126, 127 and 128.

750 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1400 A+   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 2.7 x 4 inches) Very decorative small leaf from a French breviary written on fine vellum. The text is in a single column in black ink with red rubrics. Two delicately painted illuminated initials adorn each side. The illuminations are in several colors on a background of polished gold leaf. In the margins on both sides are flowers and leaves on very thin tendrils in gold, blue and red.

751 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1450 B   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.2 x 7.5 inches) This vellum leaf is from a Book of Hours written in Normandy, for the use of Coutances. It was once owned by Seigneur Richard du Mesnildot, Provost Royal of Coutances in 1489. The leaf is embellished on verso with an illuminated initial with decoration extending into the margin, in red, blue, white and burnished gold leaf. The text is from the Hours of the Virgin.

752 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1450 A   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.6 x 7.7 inches) A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours, written in Paris or perhaps Rouen. The text is written in a neat, regular script in brown/black ink. Each verse begins with a large initial in red, blue or gold leaf and embellished with elaborate pen work extending into the margins.

753 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1450 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.7 x 6.7 inches) A beautifully decorated vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours. Both sides are finely illuminated with line fillers and a total of seventeen initials in red, blue and black and burnished gold leaf. The text is from the Seven Penitential Psalms, Psalm 31 and part of 37.

754 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1450 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5 x 7.2 inches) A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in a regular gothic bookhand, in Latin. Both sides are beautifully decorated with ten initials, seven line fillers and margins filled with tendrils of leaves and flowers in many bright colors. The text is from the Seven Penitential Psalms, Psalm 37.

755 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1460 A+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 2.2 x 3 inches) A very pretty tiny leaf from an Italian Book of Hours, written in Naples. There is one large initial in gold with beautiful blue and red pen work extending into the margin, and smaller initials painted in blue or gold. The text is written in a regular gothic bookhand in brown ink with the rubrics in red. The text is from the Hours of the Virgin, Vespers, part of the Canticle of the Blessed Virg...

756 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1470 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.8 x 6.7 inches) A wonderful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours. The text is written in French instead of Latin, which indicates it was produced at the end of the Middle Ages when there was a movement to use the vernacular in religion. The leaf is finely illuminated in a multitude of colors and sparkling gold leaf. Each initial (6 in all) is decorated with tiny flowers and each side is embellished with a w...

757 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1480 A+   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 6 inches) A fine vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in Angers on the river Loire. This region was well known for the many scriptoriums and famous masters. Both sides are embellished with initials ( 7 in all) and line fillers in blue, red and gold. This leaf is from the Hours of the Virgin, Lauds, the Psalms 62 and 66.

758 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1480 A   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 3.6 x 5.8 inches) A wonderful vellum leaf from an Italian Book of Hours written in a very fine humanistic bookhand with superb Renaissance illumination. Inside the large initial ‘D’ is a painting of King David cowering before God’s wrath in the form of an arm with arrows threatening to kill him. Panels emulating bejeweled bindings surround the text of the recto. The text is from one of the Penitential Psalms, Ps...

759 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1480 B   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.5 x 6 inches) A beautiful vellum leaf from the calendar section of a Book of Hours. This leaf contains the calendar for the month of December and is written in French, at the end of the Middle Ages when the vernacular played an increasingly important role. The text begins with KL (Latin word kalend) followed by the name of the month, written in brown ink with the more important dates in red. The illuminated ...

760 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1485 A   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 5.6 inches) A beautiful and rare leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in French. During the Middle Ages the Latin language was used in the Roman Catholic church and all religious books were written in that language. At the end of the period there was a movement to make use of the vernacular in religious works. The fine vellum is lavishly illuminated with initials and line-fillers in red, blue, white ...

761 Illuminated Leaf Medieval Manuscripts Anonymous 1500 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.8 x 13.2 inches) A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Breviary. Written in two columns in bold gothic bookhand with four large decorative initials. Includes part of a song from the Canticle of Simeon [Luke 2, 32] Lumen ad revelationem gentium. Et gloria[m] plebis tue Israel (A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.) The leaf is numbered cccxiii (313).

762 Illuminated Leaf Manuscripts Anonymous 1628 A+   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 12 inches) This is a large vellum leaf from a Spanish manuscript, probably a legal document, made in Granada. The Spanish text is written in black/brown ink on lines ruled in red. One side is beautifully decorated with a very large (11-line) initial 'D' in green and white on a ground of burnished gold leaf.

763 Blat XXII Incunabula Schedel 1493 B   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.4 x 15.5 inches) Great leaf with woodcut illustrations on both sides. On the recto is a full length portrait of Abraham and an imaginary view of Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt. On verso is the scene of Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son for God. German text.

764 [Lot of 2] Folio LXXXIII [with] Folio CXLI Incunabula Schedel 1493 A   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 17.5 inches) Pair of fine leaves from a Latin edition of this milestone in the history of printing. Both sides include numerous portraits of kings, nobles, saints and popes.

765 Rauenna (Folio CXLII) Incunabula Hartmann Schedel 1493 B   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 16 inches) Nice sheet featuring an imaginary view of the hillside town on one side, with portraits of popes on the verso.

766 Folio XIX Incunabula Schedel 1493 B   $110.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.7 x 16.4 inches) Fine leaf from a Latin edition of the Chronicle. On verso is an imaginary view (8.7" x 5.5") of a walled and fortified town with turreted towers, bridge, church and numerous smaller buildings.

767 Blat XI Incunabula Schedel 1493 B   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.2 x 16.7 inches) Superb woodblock view of the building of Noah's Ark. In the foreground two men prepare timber's under the watchful eye of Noah. In the background carpenters complete the finishing touches, while others load stores. At top is a dove with an olive branch in its beak. In the text below the illustration a rainbow symbolizes the contract between God and man. German text.

768 Tiburtina civitas (Folio CXIII) Incunabula Schedel 1493 B   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.7 x 16.4 inches) Includes a woodcut view (9 x 8") of Tivoli, just outside of Rome. The hillside town is walled and fortified with numerous tall and turreted buildings. On a full sheet with Latin text and portrait above. On verso are nine engraved portraits of doctors, scholars, popes and cardinals.

769 Missale - CCLXXXIII Early Printing Anonymous 1507 A   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 10 inches) Printed on fine hand-laid paper with black and red ink. One side containing a large eight-line woodblock illustration of a knight. An extremely fine example of early printing and gothic illustration.

770 Missale - CCXXXIIII Early Printing Anonymous 1507 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 10 inches) Printed on fine hand-laid paper with black and red ink. One side containing a five-line woodblock illustration of what appears to be a person being boiled in a large kettle (medieval torture or simply taking a bath?).

771 Illuminated Leaf Printed Leaves Gilles Hardouin 1510 A+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.2 x 6.7 inches) A vellum leaf from an early printed Book of Hours. Gilles Hardouin's designs incorporated the traditions of Medieval manuscripts with illustrated panels printed from metal plates. The initial were written by hand in red, blue and gold.

772 Illuminated Leaf Printed Leaves Gilles Hardouin 1510 A+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.7 x 9 inches) A large vellum leaf from a Book of Hours produced during the transitional period when both manuscript and printing methods were employed. The text was printed from moveable type that was designed to emulate the medieval scribes and the panels of illustrations were printed from metal plates. However the illuminated initials and miniature paintings inside the text were painted by hand in the tradi...

773 [Plate 47] Early Printing Melchior Pfintzing 1519 A   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.2 x 13.5 inches) This extremely rare leaf is from one of the greatest illustrated books of the first half of the sixteenth century. This extraordinary work was inspired and written with the assistance of the court poet, Melchior Pfinzing, in the tradition of the heroic epics, by Emperor Maximilian I [1459-1519]. This poem describes the courtship of young Maximilian (Theuerdank) and Maria, heiress of the K...

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