- Auction
12584
Script and Illumination: Leaves from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
24 November 2015 - 3 December 2015, London
SALE TOTAL: 307,812 (GBP)
|
34 Lots for Sale 12584
|
||
|---|---|---|
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 1 A PALAEOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, including a NINTH-CENTURY FRAGMENT from Gregory the... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,034 - $4,551) price realized £2,500 ($3,767) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 2 ST BARTHOLOMEW, initial miniature ‘I’ on a cutting from an illuminated... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($75,850 - $121,360) price realized £62,500 ($94,187) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 3 INITIALS ‘H’ AND ‘V’ on a leaf from a Giant Bible, illuminated manuscript on... |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($22,755 - $30,340) price realized £18,750 ($28,256) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 5 A LEAF FROM A TWELFTH-CENTURY CISTERCIAN MISSAL, in Latin, [southern Germany or... |
estimate £1,200 - £1,500 ($1,820 - $2,275) price realized £1,750 ($2,637) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 6 TWO BIFOLIA AND A LEAF WITH TWO HISTORIATED INITIALS AND TWO PENWORK INITIALS... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($45,510 - $75,850) price realized £80,500 ($121,313) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 7 KING DAVID, a large historiated initial from an illuminated pocket Psalter... |
estimate £2,800 - £3,200 ($4,247 - $4,854) price realized £4,750 ($7,158) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 12 A BIFOLIUM FROM AN ILLUMINATED BIBLE with unusual decorative penwork borders... |
estimate £2,200 - £3,000 ($3,337 - $4,551) price realized £3,500 ($5,274) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 13 THREE HISTORIATED INITIALS AND ONE ILLUMINATED INITIAL on six leaves from an... |
estimate £5,500 - £8,000 ($8,343 - $12,136) price realized £6,250 ($9,418) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 14 A LEAF FROM THE BEAUVAIS MISSAL, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern... |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,034 - $4,551) price realized £4,000 ($6,028) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 15 A ROMAN CONSUL CREATING NEW TRIBUNES, miniature on a leaf of Livy, Histoire... |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($9,102 - $13,653) price realized £7,500 ($11,302) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 16 ILLUMINATED INITIAL 'D' on a leaf from an Italian Gradual [Florence, last... |
estimate £700 - £1,000 ($1,061 - $1,517) price realized £2,250 ($3,390) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 17 THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS, historiated initial on a leaf from an... |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,730 - $3,792) price realized £3,250 ($4,897) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 18 THE CRUCIFIXION, miniature on a leaf from the Chester Beatty Book of Hours,... |
estimate £25,000 - £35,000 ($37,925 - $53,095) price realized £32,500 ($48,977) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 19 A LEAF FROM A LARGE ENGLISH MISSAL [England, first quarter 15th century] |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,730 - $3,792) price realized £2,250 ($3,390) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 20 TWO LEAVES FROM AN ILLUMINATED ENGLISH PSALTER [Southern England, first half... |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($5,309 - $7,585) price realized £3,750 ($5,651) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 21 PENTECOST and CHRIST BEFORE CAIAPHAS, two miniatures from an Amiens Book of... |
estimate £2,200 - £3,000 ($3,337 - $4,551) price realized £3,500 ($5,274) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 22 ANNUNCIATION and CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, two miniatures on two leaves from an... |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($5,309 - $7,585) price realized £5,000 ($7,535) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 24 MASS OF ST GREGORY, A PRIEST HOLDS ALOFT HIS SOUL IN THE FORM OF A BABY BEFORE... |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($5,309 - $7,585) price realized £5,250 ($7,911) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 25 NOLI ME TANGERE, THE RESURRECTION, THE VIRGIN BEFORE GOD, three miniatures on... |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($5,309 - $7,585) price realized £3,750 ($5,651) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 27 A BIFOLIUM WITH THREE HISTORIATED INITIALS FROM THE BREVIARY OF LIONELLO... |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($10,619 - $15,170) price realized £7,500 ($11,302) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 28 A LEAF FROM THE BREVIARY OF LIONELLO D’ESTE, DUKE OF FERRARA (also known as THE... |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($2,275 - $3,792) price realized £2,250 ($3,390) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 29 AGNUS DEI, historiated initial ‘G’ cut from a choirbook [Lombardy, perhaps... |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,820 - $2,730) price realized £1,875 ($2,825) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 30 PENTECOST, a large historiated initial on one of two leaves from a Dutch Book... |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,820 - $2,730) price realized £2,375 ($3,579) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 31 ILLUMINATED INITIAL ‘A’ on a leaf from a very large noted Missal [northern... |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,820 - $2,730) price realized £1,375 ($2,072) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 32 ST FRANCIS AND ST BERNARDINO, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in... |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($9,102 - $13,653) price realized £8,750 ($13,186) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 33 KING DAVID, THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, A NUN and THREE ANGELS, four leaves from a... |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($5,309 - $7,585) price realized £3,750 ($5,651) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 34 ST JAMES THE PILGRIM, a leaf from a Book of Hours illuminated by the Master of... |
estimate £4,500 - £6,000 ($6,826 - $9,102) price realized £6,875 ($10,360) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 36 THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE, miniature on a leaf from an illuminated Book of... |
estimate £800 - £1,200 ($1,213 - $1,820) price realized £1,875 ($2,825) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 37 THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours [Paris,... |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,820 - $2,730) price realized £5,000 ($7,535) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 38 ILLUMINATED INITIAL ‘D’ on a leaf from a Psalter, in Latin, [Germany or... |
estimate £700 - £1,000 ($1,061 - $1,517) price realized £1,187 ($1,789) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 39 A GROUP OF TWELVE ILLUMINATED AND HISTORIATED INITIALS, cut from an illuminated... |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,068 - $9,102) price realized £4,375 ($6,593) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 40 A LEAF OPENING THE HOURS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT from an illuminated Book of Hours,... |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($5,309 - $7,585) price realized £4,000 ($6,028) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 41 A GROUP OF LEAVES FROM MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS, including a Bible,... |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,820 - $2,730) price realized £1,750 ($2,637) |
.jpg?mode=max&Width=77)
|
Lot 42 A MONK READING A BOOK, historiated initial ‘G’ cut from an illuminated... |
estimate £700 - £1,000 ($1,061 - $1,517) price realized £1,375 ($2,072) |
The currency conversion rates on Christies.com are updated daily. Any conversion
of a pre-sale estimate or price realized into a currency different from that of
the saleroom site is solely for your convenience. Errors may occur in such conversion
and currencies fluctuate. We do not accept liability for such errors or fluctuations
or for any reliance you or others may have on the converted currency amounts. All
purchase must be made in the currency of the country where the saleroom is located.