The Christmas Collection of Jock Elliott
Catalog Information: 259 lots | 137 with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: ADORATION OF THE MAGI
Netherlands, probably Bruges, c. 1430-1450Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, 8vo (5 ½ x 4 in.; 140 x 102 mm.). Half-page miniature in full colors and liquid gold within a gold-framed compartment, 4 lines of text beneath, 4-line initial "D" in blu [...more]
Lot 2: HORAE B.M.V.
Use of Paris, in Latin and French. ?Paris, c. 14708vo (6 3/8 x 4 ¼ in.; 162 x 108 mm.). collation: 112, 28, 34, 48, 58, 67, 7-118, 122, 13-148, 154, 16-218, 227, 238, 242 = 174 leaves, written in a gothic bookhand in dark brown ink, 16 lines, calenda [...more]
Lot 3: NATIVITY
Rouen, c. 1480Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, 8vo (6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.; 176 x 126 mm.). Full-page miniature in an architectural frame, the Virgin and Joseph adore the Christ Child, below the Horned Moses seated talking to God perched in a tree w [...more]
Lot 4: CALENDAR LEAVES
Normandy, late 15th CenturyTwo Illuminated manuscript leaves on vellum, 8vo (6 ¼ x 3 ¾ in.; 160 x 95 mm), from a Calendar for April and December, each with a two-part miniature in colors and liquid gold depicting the labor of the month and the sign o [...more]
Lot 5: JACOBUS DE VORAGINE
The Golden Legend. [Westminster: William Caxton, ?after 20 November 1483]Folio (11 ½ x 7 ¼ in.; 292 x 185 mm), one leaf, 55 lines, 2 columns. Framed, not examined outside of frame.LITERATUREGoff J-148; Grolier/Elliott 2NOTEA leaf from the first editi [...more]
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