• Auction 21173

    The Collection of Marvin L. Colker

    28 November 2022 - 12 December 2022, London

    SALE TOTAL: 720,342 (GBP)
161 Lots for Sale 21173
Lot 1
Babylonian Lunar Theory
Babylonian lunar theory, an astronomical table in Greek, manuscript on papyrus...
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($120,600 - $180,900)

price realized
£201,600
($246,355)
Lot 2
St Jerome (d.420); Gregory II (669-731)
Palimpsest: three fragments of a single bifolium from works by Jerome and...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,442 - $12,060)

Lot 3
De Poenitentia
Four fragments of a work De Poenitentia in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,134
($1,385)
Lot 4
A Gloss on the Psalms
Fragment of a Gloss on the Psalms in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 9th...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£630
($769)
Lot 5
Christmas Liturgy
Leaf from a Lectionary in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern(?) Italy, 9th...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,236 - $10,854)

price realized
£6,300
($7,698)
Lot 6
A fragment from a Missal
Fragment of a leaf from a Missal in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 10th...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£4,410
($5,389)
Lot 7
Bede (673-735)
Fragment from Bede, Super Epistolas Catholicas in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£2,142
($2,617)
Lot 8
Regino of Prüm (d.915)
Two partial bifolia from De Synodalibus Causis et Disciplinis...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£2,016
($2,463)
Lot 9
Gregory the Great (590-604)
A fragment from Moralia in Iob, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,809 - $3,015)

price realized
£630
($769)
Lot 10
A decorated Homiliary
Leaf from a Homiliary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, 11th...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 11
Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
A half-leaf fragment from Moralia in Iob, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,030 - $9,648)

Lot 12
Fragments from a Carolingian Bible
Two large fragments of a Lectern Bible, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,638
($2,001)
Lot 13
Fragments from a Carolingian Homiliary
Three fragments of bifolia from a Homiliary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£630
($769)
Lot 14
Haimo of Halberstadt (778-853)
A leaf from his Homily for Septuagesima Sunday, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 15
Rufinus of Aquileia (c.344-411)
A partial bifolium from Historia Monachorum in Aegypto, in Latin,...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£756
($923)
Lot 16
Attributed to Bede (673-735)
A bifolium from the Passio Sancti Andreae Apostoli, in Latin, manuscript...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£2,268
($2,771)
Lot 17
Sulpicius Severus (c.363 - c.425)
A fragment from his Dialogues, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France,...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($844 - $1,206)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 18
Pseudo-Abdias
A leaf from a Homiliary or a Martyrology, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£882
($1,077)
Lot 19
Thietmar of Merseburg (975-1018)
A leaf from Chronicon (Corvey recension), in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£7,560
($9,238)
Lot 20
A Scandinavian Psalter
Leaf of a Psalter in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Scandinavia, Norway(?), 12th...
estimate
£4,000 - £8,000
($4,824 - $9,648)

price realized
£11,340
($13,857)
Lot 21
Rupert of Deutz (c.1075/1080 - c.1129)
A bifolium from his commentary on the Song of Songs, in Latin,...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 22
Priscian (fl. 6th century)
A bifolium from the Institutiones Grammaticae, in Latin and partially...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£1,638
($2,001)
Lot 23
A Homiliary written in Farfa-type minuscule
Fragment of a Homiliary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£3,024
($3,695)
Lot 24
Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
A bifolium from Registrum Epistolarum, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£882
($1,077)
Lot 25
Titus Flavius Josephus (37-100)
A fragment from De bello Judaico in Latin, decorated manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£4,788
($5,850)
Lot 26
Gregory the Great (c.590-604)
A leaf from Dialogi Miraculorum, in Latin, decorated manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 27
A fragment from a Missal
Fragment of a Missal in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France or Flanders, late...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£630
($769)
Lot 28
Fragments from a Romanesque Bible
Two fragments of a leaf from a Bible in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,260
($1,539)
Lot 29
A fragment from a Spanish Gospel book
Fragment of a bifolium from the Gospels, in Latin, decorated manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 30
Ekkehard of Aura (d.1126)
Two leaves from the Chronicon universale, in Latin, illuminated...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,764
($2,155)
Lot 31
Ps.-Autpert Ambrose
A leaf from Sermo De Assumptione Sanctae Mariae, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,260
($1,539)
Lot 32
Bede (673-735)
A large bifolium from his Commentary on Luke, in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,260
($1,539)
Lot 33
A leaf from a Carolingian Homiliary
Leaf from a Homiliary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, middle...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£1,260
($1,539)
Lot 34
Pseudo-Chrysostom
Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£756
($923)
Lot 35
Paschal Vigil for SS. Rufina e Seconda in Trastevere
Fragment of a leaf of the Paschal Vigil from a Liturgical book in Latin,...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£882
($1,077)
Lot 36
Beneventan script
Leaf from a Noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern...
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($21,708 - $30,150)

Lot 37
Priscian (fl. 6th century)
Two fragments from Institutiones Grammaticae in Latin and transliterated...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£2,016
($2,463)
Lot 38
Romanesque Lives of Saints
Two fragments of bifolia of the Lives of Sts Sylvester, Felix, and...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£882
($1,077)
Lot 39
Visigothic script
Grant of Arias Arias, owner of the Castle Moreda, who bequeaths it to the...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£11,340
($13,857)
Lot 40
Leaves from a Glossed Psalter
Two consecutive leaves of a Glossed Psalter in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£1,386
($1,693)
Lot 41
Leaf from a Glossed Gospel book
Leaf from a Glossed Gospel of St John, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,890
($2,309)
Lot 42
A leaf from a Caroligian Homiliary
A very large leaf from a Homiliary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£2,772
($3,387)
Lot 43
Arnulf (d. 1183), bishop of Lisieux (1141–81)
Letter confirming the ownership by the cathedral of Chartres of churches in the...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£4,032
($4,927)
Lot 44
Readings for Holy Week
Two bifolia from a Lectionary in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid?...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£756
($923)
Lot 45
Bifolium from a large Bible
A huge bifolium from a Bible in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,260
($1,539)
Lot 46
Hermann of Carinthia (c.1105-after 1154)
A bifolium from De Essentiis, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£8,190
($10,008)
Lot 47
A leaf from an imposing Gospel Lectionary
Leaf from a Gospel Lectionary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£756
($923)
Lot 48
A fragment of a German Carolingian Bible
Fragment of a Bible, in Latin and transliterated Greek, decorated manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£882
($1,077)
Lot 49
Uguccione, bishop of Vercelli (d. 1170)
A settlement of a dispute between the monks of Torcello and of Casale, in...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£6,048
($7,293)
Lot 50
An unusual Spanish Psalter
Two bifolia from a Psalter in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Spain,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£3,024
($3,695)
Lot 51
A Commentary on the Apocalypse
Leaf from an unidentified Commentary on the Apocalypse in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,386
($1,693)
Lot 52
A Romanesque Sacramentary
Leaf from a Sacramentary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany or...
estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,206 - $2,412)

price realized
£630
($769)
Lot 53
An Andorran Grant
Grant of Bernardus de Granana and his wife Saurina of a tithe from the Valley...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,638
($2,001)
Lot 54
Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
Two leaves including the start of Regula pastoralis in Latin, decorated...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 55
Ovid (43 BCE - 17/18 CE)
Three fragments from the Metamorphoses, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£9,450
($11,547)
Lot 56
Alain of Lille (c.1128-1202/03)
De Sex Alis Cherubim, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, c.1200]
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£2,016
($2,463)
Lot 57
An English bequest of Land
Bequest of Land at Eakring to the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary’s, Rufford,...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£7,560
($9,238)
Lot 58
A commentary on Maccabees
A commentary or sermon on I Maccabees 6:39, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£2,772
($3,387)
Lot 59
Urine for medical diagnosis
Fragment of an unidentified medical treatise concerning urine, in Latin,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£882
($1,077)
Lot 60
German private devotion
Three fragments from a book of private devotion(?), in Latin and German,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£630
($769)
Lot 61
An Umbrian Rental Roll
A Rental Roll, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [central Italy, possibly Orvieto,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£3,528
($4,311)
Lot 62
An Austrian or Bohemian Missal leaf
Leaf from a Missal in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Austria or...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 63
Gerland the Computist (d.1102?)
Four leaves from Computus Gerlandi, in Latin, decorated manuscript on...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£7,560
($9,238)
Lot 64
Erotic poetry
Erotic verses, in Latin heroic couplets, manuscript on vellum [France, 13th...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£4,788
($5,850)
Lot 65
Leaves from a Spanish Psalter-Hymnal
Three leaves from a Psalter-Hymnal in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£2,016
($2,463)
Lot 66
Zodiac Signs and Occupations of the Months
Zodiac Signs and Occupations of the Months on two leaves of a...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£2,142
($2,617)
Lot 67
A German Ferial Psalter
A Bifolium of a Ferial Psalter in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 68
Peter Lombard (d. 1160)
Fragment from his Commentary on the Psalms (Magna glossatura) in...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£756
($923)
Lot 69
Peter Riga (d. 1209)
Two Leaves of his Aurora in Latin verse, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£2,268
($2,771)
Lot 70
A transfer of books
Agreement to transfer to the Cathedral of Como certain books that are in the...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£4,032
($4,927)
Lot 71
Leaf from an Obituary Book
Leaf from the Obituary Book of the Church of St Evodius, Le Puy, in Latin,...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 72
A high-grade French Psalter
Leaf from a Psalter in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 73
An illuminated French Bible leaf
The Creation in a historiated Genesis initial on a leaf from a Bible, in...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,890
($2,309)
Lot 74
St Jerome (d.420)
Fragmentary bifolium from his Commentary on the Minor Prophets in Latin,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,890
($2,309)
Lot 75
Anonymous Parisian illuminator
God Addressing Joshua in a historiated initial on one of two leaves of a...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 76
Pseudo-Origen
A leaf from the Homily De Maria Magdalena in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£756
($923)
Lot 77
A letter with the seal of an Irish bishop
Letter relaxing twenty days of penance for those praying for the soul of Ralph...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£7,560
($9,117)
Lot 78
A document with pendent seals of two brothers
Confirmation of a tithe to the monastery of St Lambert, diocese of Speyer, in...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£3,024
($3,695)
Lot 79
Anonymous Bolognese illuminator
Two Historiated and Two Decorated Initials on Three Leaves from a Bible in...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£3,528
($4,311)
Lot 80
Aristotle (384 - 322 BCE)
Two consecutive fragmentary bifolia from his Nicomachean Ethics, in the...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,764
($2,155)
Lot 81
Fines and Punishments in San Ginesio
Quaternus Condepnationum et Absolutionum, a record-book of punishments...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£3,024
($3,695)
Lot 82
Anonymous English illuminators
Leaf of the ‘Whitby Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£2,142
($2,617)
Lot 83
Martin of Opava (d. 1278/9)
Chronicle; and a List of bishoprics, in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£3,024
($3,695)
Lot 84
A Franciscan compendium
Exempla, in Latin, illuminated...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,442 - $12,060)

price realized
£10,080
($12,317)
Lot 85
Votive Masses against the Saracens
The Common of Saints and Votive Masses from a Missal in Latin, decorated...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£2,016
($2,463)
Lot 86
Vincent of Beauvais (d. 1264); Anoymous Parisian illuminators
The Emperor Henry V in a historiated initial on a bifolium from...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£8,190
($10,008)
Lot 87
Justinian I (482-565)
Leaf from the Digest, with Gloss, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£6,930
($8,468)
Lot 88
Justinian I (482-565)
Two gatherings from the Codex Justinianus, in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£2,772
($3,387)
Lot 89
Account Book of Sant'Andrea in Mels
Account Book of the Church of Sant’Andrea in Mels, in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£3,024
($3,695)
Lot 90
Boethius (d. 524)
Two consecutive leaves from De Consolatione Philosophiae with commentary...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 91
English Statutes
Two leaves from a Book of Statutes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,008
($1,231)
Lot 92
A new liturgical Use
Leaf from an unfinished Office of the Dead, Unidentified (Peterborough or Ely?)...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£3,780
($4,619)
Lot 93
Gregory IX (c.1145-1241)
A fragment from the Decretales, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£882
($1,077)
Lot 94
Ovid (43 BCE - 17/18 CE)
A leaf from the Metamorphoses, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£6,930
($8,468)
Lot 95
English 14th-century decoration
Cutting from the ‘St-Jacques III’ biblical concordance, in Latin, decorated...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£2,268
($2,771)
Lot 97
East Anglian School
An unrecorded leaf from the ‘Hungerford Hours’, in Latin, illuminated...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 98
Peter Riga (d. 1209)
A leaf from Aurora, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [France or...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,764
($2,155)
Lot 99
Mahiet
Leaf from the ‘St Albans Bible’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,260
($1,539)
Lot 100
Tithes, vineyards, and wines
A list of tithes collected on fields and vineyards by the church of St-Marcel,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£7,560
($9,238)
Lot 101
Adultery in Persiceto
A legal deposition regarding an accusation of adultery, in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£756
($911)
Lot 102
Peter Riga (d. 1209)
A leaf from Aurora in the first redaction by Aegidius of Paris, in...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,134
($1,385)
Lot 103
Évrart de Trémaugon?
A leaf from the Somnium Viridarii, in...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,134
($1,385)
Lot 104
Bandino Brazzi
Notarial Register of Bandino Brazzi, of Padua, in Latin, manuscript on vellum,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£4,410
($5,389)
Lot 105
Anonymous Paduan workshop
Psalter, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Padua?, c.1400]
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($14,472 - $21,708)

price realized
£15,120
($18,476)
Lot 106
Coelius Sedulius (fl. 5th century); Alcuin of York (d.804)
Carmen Paschale, and Hymns; Conflictus Veris et Hiemis; in Latin,...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,236 - $10,854)

price realized
£15,120
($18,476)
Lot 107
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.69-c.122)
De Grammaticis et Rhetoribus, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy, 15th...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,236 - $10,854)

Lot 108
Alexander of Villedieu (c.1170-1240)
Doctrinale puerorum, in Latin, partly glossed, manuscript on paper...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,236 - $10,854)

price realized
£12,600
($15,397)
Lot 109
Marcus Junianus Justinus (fl. 2nd century)
Historiarum Philippicarum, in Latin, fragment of an illuminated...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£2,520
($3,079)
Lot 110
Inventory of San Benedetto in Orsago
Inventory of possessions, holdings, bequests and tithes of the Church of San...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£4,410
($5,389)
Lot 111
Vincent of Beauvais (d.1264)
Two bifolia from Speculum Historiale (Flores Helinandi) in Latin,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£4,410
($5,389)
Lot 112
Register of the Hospital of San Francesco in Perugia
Notarial register of the Hospital of San Francesco in Perugia, in Latin,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£3,780
($4,619)
Lot 113
The inheritance of Danolo
Witness statements in the inheritance of Danolo, in Latin, manuscript on paper...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£882
($1,063)
Lot 114
A Catalan Breviary-Missal
Leaf of a Breviary-Missal, in Latin and some Catalan, decorated manuscript on...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£756
($923)
Lot 115
Anonymous northern English illuminators
St Michael the Archangel in a historiated initial on one of two leaves...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,030 - $9,648)

Lot 116
Workshop of the Mazarine Master
A bifolium from a Book of Hours, Use of Paris, in Latin, illuminated manuscript...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,764
($2,155)
Lot 117
Anonymous Bruges illuminator
The Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket, a miniature on a bifolium from a Book...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£5,292
($6,466)
Lot 118
Workshop of the Master of the Ghent Privileges
Six miniatures from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,015 - $4,221)

price realized
£2,016
($2,463)
Lot 119
Lucan (39-65)
Pharsalia (De bello civili) in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£2,520
($3,079)
Lot 120
Cicero (106-43 BCE)
A bifolium from the Epistolae ad Familiares, in Latin, decorated...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£2,772
($3,387)
Lot 121
Cicero (106-43 BCE)
Tusculanae Disputationes, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on paper...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($24,120 - $36,180)

Lot 122
Bartolomeo Pisano (d.1401)
Summa de casibus conscientiae, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,236 - $10,854)

price realized
£13,860
($16,936)
Lot 123
Cicero (106-43 BCE)
De Officiis, Paradoxa Stoicorum and De Amicitia, preceded by the...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($14,472 - $21,708)

price realized
£20,160
($24,635)
Lot 124
Lactantius (240-320)
Two bifolia from the Divinae Institutiones, in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£1,764
($2,155)
Lot 125
A German culinary calendar
Fragment of a Calendar, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, late 13th or...
estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,206 - $2,412)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 126
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)
A bifolium from De Otio Religioso, in Latin, manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£5,040
($6,158)
Lot 127
Cicero (106-43 BCE)
A bifolium from De Natura Deorum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£2,772
($3,387)
Lot 128
Maximianus (c.250-310); Ovid (43 BCE - 17/18 CE); Pseudo-Ovid
Maximianus, Elegiae; Ovid, Amores; and Pseudo-Ovid, Nux;...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,442 - $12,060)

price realized
£12,600
($15,397)
Lot 129
Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE)
Leaf from Epistolae Morales in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£3,780
($4,619)
Lot 130
A 15th-century Commonplace book
Commonplace book, including Agostino Dati,
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,809 - $3,015)

price realized
£3,024
($3,695)
Lot 131
Johannes von Gmunden (attr.), Nicolaus Asculanus and others
Sermons, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Germany], 1472.
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,236 - $10,854)

price realized
£21,420
($26,175)
Lot 132
Giovanni Collodi of Lucca
A bifolium from a Notarial Register of Giovanni, son of the late Antonio...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£378
($455)
Lot 133
Gilles van Delft?
A bifolium of a Commentary on Ovid’s Remedia Amoris, in Latin,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£630
($769)
Lot 134
Antonio Loschi (1369–1441)
Leaf from Epistolae ad familiares in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,206 - $1,809)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 135
A Venetian Commonplace book
Commonplace Book, in Latin and Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy, Venice?,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£3,528
($4,311)
Lot 136
A Rent Roll concerning rural Ireland
Fragment of a rent roll concerning a rectory at Kilfinny, near Limerick, in...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£378
($461)
Lot 137
Jacques Gohory?
Arbatel, De Magia, seu Pneumatica Veterum, in Latin, decorated...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£9,450
($11,547)
Lot 138
A modern forgery?
Fragment with excerpts from Carmina by Horace and Tibullus, in Latin,...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($844 - $1,206)

price realized
£126
($153)
Lot 139
Arabic manuscripts
A Qur'an and a Prayerbook, two Arabic manuscripts on paper [Ottoman Turkey,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,412 - $3,618)

price realized
£6,300
($7,698)
Lot 140
A Judaica group
A collection of leaves and fragments, in Hebrew [Mid-East and Europe, 10th to...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,648 - $14,472)

price realized
£17,640
($21,556)
Lot 141
Yorkshire deeds and documents
Ten Deeds and Documents, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [England, Yorkshire,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£2,394
($2,925)
Lot 142
Music
A study group of noted medieval fragments and leaves, in Latin, manuscripts on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£4,410
($5,389)
Lot 143
Music
A study group of noted medieval fragments and leaves, in Latin, manuscripts on...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,890
($2,309)
Lot 144
Early Italian leaves
ITALY: a teaching collection of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,442 - $12,060)

Lot 145
Early German leaves
GERMANY: a study collection of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,030 - $9,648)

Lot 146
English manuscripts
ENGLAND: a study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,030 - $9,648)

price realized
£5,040
($6,158)
Lot 147
French manuscripts
FRANCE: a study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,030 - $9,648)

Lot 148
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 149
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,618 - $6,030)

price realized
£1,764
($2,155)
Lot 150
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin and French, manuscripts on...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,764
($2,155)
Lot 151
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,386
($1,693)
Lot 152
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,638
($2,001)
Lot 153
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [c.1100...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,512
($1,847)
Lot 154
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,638
($2,001)
Lot 155
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [11th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,638
($2,001)
Lot 156
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [10th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£1,638
($2,001)
Lot 157
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [c. 1100...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£2,142
($2,617)
Lot 158
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, Dutch, and Middle English,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£3,528
($4,311)
Lot 159
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£4,032
($4,927)
Lot 160
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£2,268
($2,771)
Lot 161
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin and Greek, manuscripts on...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£2,268
($2,771)
Lot 162
A Study Group
A study group of leaves and fragments, in Latin, manuscripts on vellum [12th to...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,824 - $7,236)

price realized
£4,788
($5,850)
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