Manuscripts, Literature, History, Childrens & Illustrated
Catalog Information: 487 lots | 151 with images
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Lot 1: [ Illuminated Manuscripts ]
Gregory I (the Great, Saint, Pope) [Homilia in Evangelia], the greater part of two bifolia, from Homilia XXII, manuscript on vellum, written in dark brown ink, in a handsome caroline hand, double column, 41 or 42 lines, with part of another at head, [...more]
Lot 2: [ Illuminated Manuscripts ]
Qur'an, section only, manuscript, 19pp., decoration at beginning and title, traces of gilding, some tears and cracking, extensively browned, later limp leather, 97 x 147mm., [North Africa and Mediterranean, perhaps early medieval]
Lot 3: [ Illuminated Manuscripts ]
Breviary, Bifolium, decorated manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 28 lines, written in black ink in 2 sizes of a gothic liturgical hand, 1 page largely take up with the first half of the hymn 'Te Deum laudamus...', with music on a 4-line stave, large ini [...more]
Lot 4: [ Illuminated Manuscripts ]
Al-jazuli. Dala 'il Al-Khayrat [Prayers], Arabic manuscript, 150 leaves, within gilt borders, 6 headpieces in gold and colours, 2 full page illustrations of the Holy Shrines of Mecca and Medina, some marginal stains, at the end an arabic inscription [...more]
Lot 5: [ Manuscripts ]
Guglielmo Gonzaga (Duke of Mantua, 1538-1587) grant of citizenship to Nestor Maranti, document on vellum, intact red seal in metal skippet (without lid) on double cord, holed with loss to several words, folded and marked, c. 265 x 490 mm., Mantua, 23 [...more]
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