Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Maps and Atlases
Catalogue Information: 231 lots | 180 with images
Lot 1: LEO IV, Pope and Saint (d.855), Acts of the Synod of Rome of 853, two bifolia, manuscript on
LEO IV, Pope and Saint (d.855), Acts of the Synod of Rome of 853, two bifolia, manuscript on vellum[Rome, mid-9th century]216 x 169mm (per page overall), 216 x 348mm (per bifolium). Two complete bifolia recovered from a binding. Single column of 15 l [...more]
Lot 2: CHRIST IN JUDGEMENT, historiated initial D, cut from a Psalter, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Germany, 1st half 13th century]147 x 98mm. The initial staves are made up of the scaly body of a blue dragon with red legs and a white head, within the bow the risen Christ sits on a cushioned bench displaying his wounds, two swords spread from his [...more]
Lot 3: THE THREE MAGI, on a leaf from a Psalter, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Germany, c.1300]155 x 120mm (leaf), 112 x 90mm (painted area). Three young magi stand before a ground of burnished gold surrounded by a blue frame with a double fillet border; on the recto 19 lines in a gothic bookhand in brown ink on a brown ruling [...more]
Lot 4: CHRIST IN GLORY, in an initial B on a leaf from a choir Psalter, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Florence, 1380s]514 x 382mm (leaf), 128 x 138mm (initial). The initial, with staves of pink supporting curling acanthus leaves of blue and green, contains the seated figure of Christ blessing surrounded by a mandorla of winged seraphim, both the fig [...more]
Lot 5: PROPHET WITH SCROLL, historiated initial A from a choirbook, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Lombardy, Milan, c.1500]158 x 165mm. Against a ground of burnished gold, the initial staves, largely made up of attenuated acanthus and composite jewels, enclose a turbanned prophet-like figure standing in a loggia where the renaissance architecture [...more]
