• Auction 12851

    SCRIPT AND ILLUMINATION: LEAVES FROM MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS

    29 November 2016 - 8 December 2016, London, South Kensington

    SALE TOTAL: 159,312 (GBP)
17 Lots for Sale 12851
Lot 1
Anonymous Spanish artist
DECAPITATION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, initial ‘M’ cut from an antiphonal [Spain,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,738 - $6,230)

price realized
£3,750
($4,740)
Lot 3
Parisian atelier
VIRGIN AND SAINTS, initial ‘P’ cut from a bible [Paris, 2nd half 13th C]
estimate
£300 - £500
($373 - $623)

price realized
£812
($1,027)
Lot 5
The Master of the Assisi Choirbooks (active final quarter 13th century)
ST FRANCIS’ STIGMATISATION and PREACHING TO BIRDS, initial ‘F’ from an...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($49,840 - $74,760)

price realized
£93,750
($118,500)
Lot 6
Master of Sant’Agnese (active end of 13th-beginning of 14th century)
DOMINIC ADDRESSING DOMINICAN NUNS, initial ‘M’ on a choirbook leaf [Bologna,...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,722 - $12,460)

price realized
£9,375
($11,850)
Lot 7
Master of Sant’Agnese (active end of 13th-beginning of 14th century)
TOBIT AND TOBIAS, initial ‘P’, with an initial ‘I’, two fragments of a...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,984 - $7,476)

price realized
£4,750
($6,004)
Lot 10
Anonymous Spanish artist
ST PAUL, initial 'P' on a bifolium from a Giant Bible [Spain, ?Castile, c.1300]
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,492 - $3,738)

price realized
£2,750
($3,407)
Lot 13
Neri da Rimini (fl. 1300-1338)
ST DOMINIC TEACHING, initial ‘O’ cut from a choirbook [Rimini, first quarter...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,242 - $3,115)

price realized
£1,875
($2,370)
Lot 15
Berardo da Teramo (fl. 1325-1350)
BAPTISM OF CHRIST, initial ‘B’ on an antiphonal leaf [Teramo, 1st half 14th C]
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,968 - $14,952)

price realized
£8,125
($10,270)
Lot 16
Anonymous northern Swiss or southern German artist
RESURRECTION and TRINITY, two initials cut from a gradual [diocese of...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,968 - $14,952)

price realized
£8,750
($11,060)
Lot 18
Anonymous Lombard artist
INITIAL 'S' on a leaf from a Gradual [Lombardy, final quarter 14th C]
estimate
£500 - £800
($623 - $996)

price realized
£562
($711)
Lot 20
Bartholomaeus Anglicus (c.1203-1272) [author]; Perrin Remiet (1386-1428)
THE AGES OF MAN, miniature from Le Livre des propriétés des choses...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,476 - $11,214)

price realized
£7,500
($9,480)
Lot 25
Anonymous northern Italian artist
TWO INITIALS ‘M’ and ‘E’ on a leaf from a gradual [northern Italy, 15th...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($872 - $1,246)

price realized
£687
($869)
Lot 27
A MANUALE, including the Rite of Baptism, in Portuguese, decorated manuscript...

estimate
£500 - £800
($623 - $996)

price realized
£625
($790)
Lot 29
Master of the Franciscan Breviary (active 1440-1460)
ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN, initial 'A' from a Bessarion antiphonal [Lombardy or...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,230 - $9,968)

price realized
£5,625
($7,110)
Lot 33
Benvenuto da Imola (1330-1388) [author]; Pierre Garnier (active 1470-1490)
HANNIBAL DEFEATING THE ROMANS, miniature from the Romuléon [eastern...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,476 - $11,214)

price realized
£7,500
($9,480)
Lot 38
Anonymous French artist
ST LOUIS ADORED BY A BENEDICTINE, initial ‘G’ from a choirbook [northern...
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,242 - $3,115)

price realized
£1,875
($2,370)
Lot 39
Anonymous Spanish artist
BENEDICTINE NUNS holding emblems of Faith, Charity and Justice [Spain, late...
estimate
£700 - £900
($872 - $1,121)

price realized
£1,000
($1,264)
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