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Auction Database -> Auction calendar in July -> Sotheby`s -> Western Manuscripts and Miniatures

Sotheby`s	7/6/2010 - 7/6/2010
Western Manuscripts and Miniatures (L10240)	Auction Report

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Lot#	Author	Title	Place	Date	Estimate	Actual Price
1		BEDE, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPELS, IN LATIN, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[GERMANY (MOST PROBABLY FULDA)]	[SECOND OR THIRD QUARTER OF THE NINTH CENTURY]	GBP 10,000-15,000	GBP 31,250
2		LACTANTIUS, DE OPIFICIO DEI, VEL FORMATIONE HOMINIS (ON THE WORKMANSHIP OF GOD, OR THE FORMATION OF MAN), IN LATIN, LEAVES FROM A DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[ITALY]	[FIRST HALF OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 3,000-5,000	Not Sold
3		THE PIETA AND SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST, ON A LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[SOUTH-WEST FRANCE (PERHAPS GRENOBLE)]	[C.1480-85]	GBP 3,000-5,000	Not Sold
4		THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS, MINIATURE ON A LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[NORTHERN FRANCE (DOUBTLESS PARIS)]	[C.1430]	GBP 3,000-5,000	Not Sold
5		THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN, HISTORIATED INITIAL ON A CUTTING FROM AN ILLUMINATED ANTIPHONER, ON VELLUM	[ITALY (TUSCANY)]	[LATE FOURTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 5,000-7,000	GBP 8,750
6		A BISHOP-SAINT, HISTORIATED INITIAL ON A BIFOLIUM FROM AN ILLUMINATED ANTIPHONER, ON VELLUM	[NORTHERN ITALY (FLORENCE)]	[C.1490]	GBP 3,000-5,000	GBP 5,313
7		KING DAVID, MINIATURE ON A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[SPAIN (PERHAPS CASTILE)]	[C.1480]	GBP 5,000-7,000	GBP 5,625
8		HARVESTING GRAPES IN A VINEYARD, MINIATURE ON A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS (PERHAPS TOURNAI)]	[C.1500]	GBP 3,000-5,000	Not Sold
9		SPANISH FORGER, HISTORIATED INITIALS WITH SCENES FROM LIFE OF CHRIST, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM	[PROBABLY FRANCE]	[LATE NINETEENTH OR EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY]	GBP 3,000-5,000	GBP 3,125
10		THREE MARIES AND THE FIERY ANGEL AT THE TOMB, AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM AN ILLUMINATED CHOIR BOOK, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[ITALY (BOLOGNA)]	[C.1310]	GBP 12,000-18,000	GBP 15,000
11		ST. PAUL PREACHING, HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM AN ILLUMINATED CHOIRBOOK, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[NORTHERN ITALY (PROBABLY VERONA)]	[SECOND HALF OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 10,000-15,000	GBP 20,000
12		ALL SAINTS, AN INITIAL ON A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MISSAL, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[ITALY (PROBABLY SIENA),	[C.1460-70]	GBP 3,000-5,000	GBP 7,500
13		VIRGIN AND CHILD, HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM AN ILLUMINATED CHOIR BOOK, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[NORTHERN ITALY (LOMBARDY)]	[MID FIFTEENTH CENTURY (MOST PROBABLY BEFORE 1449)]	GBP 5,000-7,000	Not Sold
14		SAINT HOLDING A CASKET, HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM AN ILLUMINATED ANTIPHONER, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[NORTHERN ITALY (PERHAPS CREMONA)]	[C.1460-80]	GBP 7,000-10,000	GBP 8,750
15		SAINT DOMINIC, HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM AN ILLUMINATED GRADUAL, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[NORTH EAST ITALY (VERONA)]	[C.1500]	GBP 8,000-12,000	GBP 10,625
16		SAINTS JOHN AND PAUL, LARGE INITIAL ON A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED ANTIPHONER, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[ITALY (PROBABLY ROME)]	[C.1570]	GBP 10,000-15,000	Not Sold
17		DESCENDING TO CHRIST'S TOMB, LARGE INITIAL ON A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED GRADUAL, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[ITALY (LOMBARDY)]	[LATE FIFTEENTH OR VERY EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 8,000-12,000	GBP 11,875
18		THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE, FULL-PAGE MINIATURE ON A LEAF FROM A LARGE ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[SPAIN]	[SECOND HALF OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 5,000-7,000	GBP 10,000
19		THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST, LARGE MINIATURE ON A LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[NORTHERN FRANCE (DOUBTLESS PARIS)]	[C.1450]	GBP 10,000-15,000	GBP 16,250
20		CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, LARGE MINIATURE ON A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[NORTHERN FRANCE (DOUBTLESS ROUEN)]	[C.1510]	GBP 3,000-5,000	GBP 3,500
21		LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS WITH LADYBIRDS AND A DRAGONFLY, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[FRANCE (PROBABLY PARIS, POSSIBLY TOURS)]	[C.1520-30]	GBP 6,000-8,000	GBP 9,375
22		LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS, SHOWING A NECKLACE OF FLOWERS, WITH BIRDS, AND CATERPILLARS, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS (GHENT OR BRUGES)]	[EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 6,000-8,000	GBP 6,875
23		THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN, MINIATURE ON A CUTTING FROM AN ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[FRANCE (PROBABLY PARIS, POSSIBLY TOURS),	[C.1520-30]	GBP 20,000-30,000	Not Sold
24		GENEALOGICAL CHRONICLE ROLL, IN LATIN, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM	[LONDON OR WESTMINSTER,	[1461-66]	GBP 5,000-7,000	GBP 25,000
25		GOSPEL SERMONS, IN LATIN, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER	[GERMANY]	[MID-FIFTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 3,000-5,000	GBP 3,250
26		ECCLESIASTICAL COMMONPLACE BOOK WITH A COMMENTARY ON THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL AND QUOTATIONS FROM CASSIODORUS, ISIDORE OF SEVILLE AND VIRGIL'S AENEID, IN LATIN AND ITALIAN, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER AND VELLUM	[NORTH-EAST ITALY (PERHAPS PADUA OR VICENZA)]	[SECOND HALF OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 3,000-5,000	GBP 3,250
27		THE ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR OF SAN ZENO, WITH PAINTINGS OF ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM LAID DOWN ON WOOD	[NORTH EAST ITALY (VERONA)]	[MID FIFTEENTH CENTURY (ALMOST CERTAINLY 1455)]	GBP 40,000-60,000	GBP 253,250
28		LIBER ABACI (ON PRACTICAL MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION), IN ITALIAN, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER	[ITALY (PERHAPS FLORENCE)]	[LAST QUARTER OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 6,000-8,000	GBP 8,750
29		A LARGE SIGILLOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM AND PAPER		[FOURTEENTH TO NINETEENTH CENTURY]	GBP 3,000-5,000	GBP 4,250
30		TWO EARLY HEBREW FRAGMENTS, ON VELLUM		[ELEVENTH CENTURY AND C.1200]	GBP 3,000-5,000	Not Sold

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