- Auction
23056
Manuscript Masterpieces from The Schøyen Collection
11 June 2024, London
SALE TOTAL: 7,523,590 (GBP)
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60 Lots for Sale 23056
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Lot 1 The Crosby-Schøyen Codex The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, in Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle... |
estimate £2,000,000 - £3,000,000 ($2,541,999 - $3,812,999) price realized £3,065,000 ($3,895,615) |
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Lot 2 The Nag Hammadi Binding The Nag Hammadi Codex I Binding, sheep leather book binding with papyrus... |
estimate £100,000 - £150,000 ($127,099 - $190,649) |
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Lot 3 An early Sahidic Psalter Psalter, in the Sahidic dialect of Coptic, manuscript on vellum [Upper Egypt,... |
estimate £150,000 - £250,000 ($190,649 - $317,749) |
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Lot 4 The Codex Sinaiticus Rescriptus Codex Sinaiticus Rescriptus, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic and... |
estimate £1,000,000 - £1,500,000 ($1,270,999 - $1,906,499) price realized £1,250,000 ($1,588,750) |
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Lot 6 Haimo of Auxerre (d. c.865) Commentarium in Cantica canticorum; Latin, manuscript on vellum... |
estimate £70,000 - £100,000 ($88,970 - $127,099) price realized £88,200 ($112,102) |
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Lot 7 The 'Charles of Anjou' Gospels Gospels, in Greek, decorated manuscript on vellum [southern Italy, 10th century] |
estimate £200,000 - £300,000 ($254,199 - $381,299) |
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Lot 8 The Venerable Bede Bede (c.672-735), In Marci evangelium expositio, in Latin, manuscript on... |
estimate £300,000 - £500,000 ($381,299 - $635,499) price realized £277,200 ($352,321) |
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Lot 9 The Geraardsbergen Bible The Geraardsbergen Bible, vols II and III, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on... |
estimate £700,000 - £1,000,000 ($889,699 - $1,270,999) |
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Lot 10 A 12th-century compilation Bede (c.672-735), Wigbod (fl. 786), and Isidore of Seville (c.560–636),... |
estimate £120,000 - £180,000 ($152,519 - $228,779) |
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Lot 11 Jankos of Kobatzi's Gospel of Matthew Calendar of Service forms, Apoluses, and the Gospel of St Matthew, in Greek,... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) price realized £52,920 ($67,261) |
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Lot 12 A Byzantine Greek Psalter Psalter, in Greek, manuscript on vellum [Byzantine Empire, 13th century] |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) price realized £44,100 ($56,051) |
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Lot 13 A Greek New Testament from Mount Athos New Testament, in Greek, decorated manuscript on vellum [Monastery of Great... |
estimate £60,000 - £90,000 ($76,260 - $114,389) price realized £75,600 ($96,087) |
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Lot 14 The Holkham Hebrew Bible Pentateuch and Hagiographa, in Hebrew, with vocalisation, accentuation, Masora... |
estimate £1,500,000 - £3,000,000 ($1,906,499 - $3,812,999) |
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Lot 15 The Sassoon 'Sufficient Guide' Tanhum ben Joseph ha-Yerushalmi (c.1220-1291), Al-Murshid al-kafi or... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,710 - $19,065) price realized £32,760 ($41,637) |
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Lot 16 One of the oldest Sephardi Torah scrolls A fragment of a Sephardi Torah Scroll containing Gen 28:7-47:3, in Hebrew,... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) |
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Lot 17 The Vic Bible The Vic Bible, with the Prologues attributed to St Jerome and Interpretation of... |
estimate £70,000 - £100,000 ($88,970 - $127,099) price realized £88,200 ($112,102) |
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Lot 18 The Decretals Pope Gregory IX, (c.1145-1241), Decretales Gregorii IX, with gloss of... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) price realized £44,100 ($56,051) |
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Lot 19 The Quejana Bible Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern Spain, Basque... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) price realized £35,280 ($44,840) |
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Lot 20 The Gaetani Bible The Gaetani Bible: Bible with prologues and Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in... |
estimate £70,000 - £100,000 ($88,970 - $127,099) price realized £88,200 ($112,102) |
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Lot 21 The Ludwig-Getty Jean le Moine Johannes Monacus (Jean le Moine) (d. 1313), Apparatus sexti libri... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($63,550 - $101,680) price realized £105,840 ($134,522) |
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Lot 22 Pope Clement's Constitutions Pope Clement V (d. 1314), Constitutions, with the Bulla of Pope John... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,710 - $19,065) price realized £32,760 ($41,637) |
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Lot 24 A Serbian Octoechos Octoechos, in Church Slavonic, manuscript on vellum [Serbia, 14th century] |
estimate £8,000 - £12,000 ($10,168 - $15,252) price realized £18,900 ($24,021) |
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Lot 25 A Franciscan Breviary Breviary of Franciscan Use, Summer part, in Latin with many and extensive... |
estimate £25,000 - £35,000 ($31,775 - $44,485) |
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Lot 26 Peter the Eater's Biblical Abridgment Petrus Comestor (1100-1178), Historia Scholastica, in Middle High... |
estimate £60,000 - £90,000 ($76,260 - $114,389) price realized £75,600 ($96,087) |
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Lot 27 A chained monastic binding from Zwettl Abbey A sammelband, in Latin with some Middle High German, manuscript on paper... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($63,550 - $101,680) price realized £56,700 ($72,065) |
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Lot 28 The Middleton-Fitzhardinge Petrarch Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), Epistolae seniles, Books IX–XVII, in... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) price realized £132,300 ($168,153) |
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Lot 29 The Pliny of St James of the Marches Plinius Secundus Maior, Gaius (‘Pliny the Elder’), Naturalis Historia... |
estimate £80,000 - £120,000 ($101,680 - $152,519) price realized £176,400 ($224,204) |
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Lot 30 The Fekula Barlaam and Josephat Miscellany of texts, including the story of Barlaam and Josephat, in Serbian... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) price realized £52,920 ($67,261) |
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Lot 31 Sintram's Book of Sermons St Augustine (354-430); and Anonymous sermons, in Latin, manuscript on paper... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) price realized £37,800 ($48,043) |
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Lot 32 [Pedro IV of Aragon (1319-1387)] [Ordinacions de Pere III], in Catalan, decorated manuscript on paper and... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) price realized £47,880 ($60,855) |
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Lot 33 Cicero's Eight Speeches Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), Pro caecina etc., in Latin,... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) |
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Lot 34 A Franciscan Antiphonal Antiphonal for Franciscan use, in Latin with scribal notes in German, decorated... |
estimate £60,000 - £90,000 ($76,260 - $114,389) price realized £81,900 ($104,094) |
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Lot 35 Chained legal texts A compilation of Canon Law texts, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($25,420 - $38,130) price realized £25,200 ($32,029) |
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Lot 36 Pope Pius VI's copy of Justinian Justinian I (482-565), Institutes, and Johannes de Deo (d.1267),... |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($8,897 - $12,710) price realized £20,160 ($25,623) |
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Lot 37 Chained Canon Law texts Casus breves and other texts, in Latin and Middle High German, manuscript on... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) |
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Lot 38 Bartolomeo da San Concordio (1262-1347) Summa de casibus conscientiae, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,710 - $19,065) price realized £11,970 ($15,213) |
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Lot 39 Middle English Statutes Statutes of England, from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI, in Anglo-Norman French... |
estimate £120,000 - £180,000 ($152,519 - $228,779) price realized £289,800 ($368,335) |
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Lot 40 The Tanaglia Lactantius Lactantius (c.250-c.325), Divinae Institutiones, in Latin, illuminated... |
estimate £200,000 - £300,000 ($254,199 - $381,299) price realized £252,000 ($320,292) |
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Lot 41 Plato (c.427-347 BC) Phaedo and Phaedrus, in the Latin translation of Leonardo Bruni,... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($63,550 - $101,680) price realized £63,000 ($80,073) |
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Lot 42 An essential compilation of Greek literature Aristophanes (446-386 BCE), Plutus and The Clouds; Euripides... |
estimate £150,000 - £250,000 ($190,649 - $317,749) |
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Lot 43 An Austro-Italian Suetonius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.69-c.122), Vitae XII Caesarum, in Latin,... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) price realized £40,320 ($51,246) |
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Lot 44 A theological compendium in a chained binding Compendium including Henricus Suso (1295-1366), Horologium sapientiae... |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($19,065 - $25,420) |
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Lot 45 A Russian Aprakos Aprakos (a Gospel Lectionary), in Church Slavonic, decorated manuscript on... |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($19,065 - $25,420) price realized £20,160 ($25,623) |
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Lot 46 A Hungarian Missal Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Hungary, 15th century] |
estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($15,252 - $22,878) price realized £63,000 ($80,073) |
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Lot 47 A Tyrolese Missal Missal, use of Rome, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Eastern... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) price realized £35,280 ($44,840) |
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Lot 48 A calligraphic Bible in a dated binding 1 Ezra – 2 Maccabees from a Bible, with prologues and other accessory texts, in... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($25,420 - $38,130) |
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Lot 49 An unusual humanistic compilation Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Celsus Maffeus (c.1425–1503), et al.,... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) |
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Lot 50 The Squara Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina, illuminated manuscript on vellum... |
estimate £70,000 - £100,000 ($88,970 - $127,099) price realized £88,200 ($112,102) |
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Lot 51 The Rosmalen Breviary Breviary, for the use of Birgittine Nuns, in Latin, decorated manuscript on... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) price realized £52,920 ($67,261) |
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Lot 52 A splendid cuir-ciselé Melk binding Breviary, for the use of Melk Abbey, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Abbey of... |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($38,130 - $63,550) |
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Lot 53 The Chronique de la Bouquechardière Jean de Courcy, Chronique de la Bouquechardière, or Histoire Grecque... |
estimate £200,000 - £300,000 ($254,199 - $381,299) |
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Lot 54 The 'Marie de Medici' Hours Book of Hours, use of Paris, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on... |
estimate £120,000 - £180,000 ($152,519 - $228,779) price realized £163,800 ($208,189) |
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Lot 55 A Silesian Missal Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on paper, with some music and an... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($63,550 - $101,680) |
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Lot 56 The Haldensleben Cartulary A Cartulary, in Latin and German, manuscript on vellum [Germany, probably... |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($25,420 - $38,130) price realized £37,800 ($48,043) |
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Lot 57 Records from the Hundred Years War Records from the Hundred Years War: Journal of the Estates General of Northern... |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,840 - $76,260) |
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Lot 58 A Tournai Rosary Prayerbook Rosary Prayerbook, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum... |
estimate £50,000 - £80,000 ($63,550 - $101,680) |
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Lot 59 The Shepochkin Apostol Apostol, containing the Acts of the Apostles and all New Testament canonical... |
estimate £60,000 - £90,000 ($76,260 - $114,389) price realized £50,400 ($64,058) |
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Lot 60 A treatise for dying well Guillelmus Textoris / Wilhelm Zeewers (c.1425-1512), Preparamentum... |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($19,065 - $25,420) price realized £27,720 ($35,232) |
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Lot 61 Lives and Miracles from Däbrä Libanos Life and Miracles of Märha Krestos; Miracles of Täklä Haymanot in three... |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,710 - $19,065) price realized £44,100 ($56,051) |
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Lot 62 The Lindesiana Chronicles of Scotland The ‘Schøyen chronicle’ and John Major’s Historia Maioris Brittanniae,... |
estimate £150,000 - £250,000 ($190,649 - $317,749) price realized £277,200 ($352,321) |
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