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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line initial and four 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initial and three 1-line initials in ...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground, five 1-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds and two line filler ...
Place & Date: France c.1450
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the recto has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours*, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. The first thing we observe is the elaborate pen work decoration in red, blu...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $220
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a cock and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.RECTO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1600
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a cock and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.RECTO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1450
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours*, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. The first thing we observe is the elaborate pen work decoration in red, blu...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $230
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Leaf on vellum from a French Book of Hours, written around 1450. The decoration on the verso has flowers and leaves in bright colors and gold. There is 1 large initial de...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $180
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: Three 2-lines capitals.VERSO: One 2-lines capital.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $220
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: A 5-lines capital "O" and a 1-line capital.VERSO: 19 lines of text in brown ink.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $220
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful manuscript on vellum with a wonderful initial I on the verso and a border decoration with acanthus leaves in many colors, green leaves, red flowers, etc. On t...
Place & Date: France, ca.1450
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the recto has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Place & Date: Rouen, ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
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Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the verso has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2008
Manuscript Music Page
This is a single music leaf on vellum from Italy in the 15th Century. Four line staves, ink in Black with red rubrics.
Place & Date: Italy, ca. 1450
Selling price: $125
Sold in 2008
Handwritten leaf on vellum.
RECTO": justfication: 140 x 85 mm.16 lines of text in a good gothic bookhand, black ink.Large Initial "D"eus, 50 x 35 mm. 4 lines high in blue and purple w...
Place & Date: Paris, 1450
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2008
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and one line-filler in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in bu...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2009
Extremely large leaf from a book of hours on vellum.
15 lines of text, written in dark brown ink, in a well accomplished gothic book hand. RECTO: Five 1-line initials in burnished gold, on a blue and red ground and white pe...
Place & Date: France/Flanders ca. 1450
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2013
Grotesque marginal drawing
There is an ornate marginal design at the right column with a fanciful creature holding a long stemmed flower.
Place & Date: France (?) c. 1450
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2008
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
Two sheets. RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive pinwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in burnished gold.Page 2 : RECTO : Two 2...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $115
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on both sides have leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ma...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen? It is for the Month MarchThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves with gold lea...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen? It is for the Month FebruariThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves with gold ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month AugustThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves wi...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month SeptemberThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on both sides have leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ma...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on both sides have leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ma...
Place & Date: Rouen, ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month OctoberThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves w...
Place & Date: Rouen, ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month NovemberThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves ...
Place & Date: Rouen, ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on both sides have leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There is one...
Place & Date: Rouen, ca. 1450
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2008
A manuscript leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 4-line initials in burnished gold on colored grounds. colorful border extension of the initial G. One 2-line initial in red and four one line initials in red o...
Place & Date: Northern Netherlands, Holland, ca. 1450
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
Calendar leaf for December from manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Calendar leaf for December. RECTO: One 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds. colorful panel border in he left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with blac...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2022
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial in blue with red penwork extending into left margin and four 1-line initials in red or blue.VERSO: Three 1-line initials in red or blue as on re...
Place & Date: Bologna, ca. 1450
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2011
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen or Paris? It is for the Month FebruariThe red-letter days [ here in gold!] ...
Place & Date: Rouen/Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Very nice vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in a regular Gothic bookhand in Paris, around 1450. The leaf has a panel border on the verso with pasted on gol...
Place & Date: France, ca.1450
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Very nice vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in a regular Gothic bookhand in 2 sizes. The leaf has elaborate penwork decoration in red, blue, black and gold...
Place & Date: France, ca.1450
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month JuneThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves with...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month JulyThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves with...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on both sides have leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ma...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2008
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial in in liquid gold with blue pen work extending into left margin and two 1-line initials in blue and red.VERSO: Three 1-line initials in gold or ...
Place & Date: Naples, ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 3-line and three 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds. VERSO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold or blue.
Place & Date: Naples, ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2008
BOOK OF HOURS
Manuscript leaf from a book of hours, on vellum.12 lines of text, written in brown ink and in a very neat gothic bookhand. RECTO:Litany of all saints, with \"All Con...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2009
Leaf from a French Missal.
Large leaf from a French Missal, on vellum, written in dark brown ink, parts of the text in red ink. 29 lines in two columns. The missal is a service book containing the ...
Place & Date: France, probably Rouen ca, 1450
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2009
BOOK OF HOURS
Manuscript leaf from a book of hours, on vellum. 15 lines of text, written in brown ink in an upright gothic bookhand. RECTO: six large 1-line capitals in highly burnish...
Place & Date: Northern France/Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2010
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month AprilThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves wit...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A vellum leaf from a calendar of a French Book of Hours, written in the north of France, Rouen? It is for the Month MayThe decoration on one of the sides has leaves with ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2009
Double-leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A double-leaf from a book of hours, written in nearly black ink, in a large gothic book hand. 16 lines to the page. RECTO: one 2-line capital “K”yrieleyson ……in b...
Place & Date: Northern France, maybe Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2009
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum from the middle of the 15th century. Text in latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2010
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum from the middle of the 15th century. Text in latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $480
Sold in 2010
Manuscript leaf from a Flemish Breviary.
RECTO: Two 2-line initials "Qui confidunt in domino..." , "In convertendo dominus...." eleven 1-line initials in colors and burnished gold. VERSO: t...
Place & Date: France / Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 1-line capital in blue with extensive contrasting penwork in red and two 1-line capitals in burnished gold, with extensive contrasting penwork in blue.VERSO: T...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2012
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line initial in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and one line-filler in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: One 2-line initial in burnished gold with...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2011
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum featuring the Parisian style from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2011
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum featuring the Parisian style from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2011
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum featuring the Parisian style from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2011
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum featuring the Parisian style from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2011
Manuscript leaf from a book od hours, written in Latin, in a neat gothic bookhand.
20 lines of text in darkbrown ink, in an upright script. Eight 1- and 2-line capitals, four of them are in highly burnished gold and contrasting penwork, extending into ...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2013
A large leaf from an Italian manuscript on vellum in Latin.
Choirbooks were and are the main books used to celebrate mass, arranged according to the liturgical year. The choirbook contains introits, tracts, alleluias and communio...
Place & Date: Siena, Italy ca. 1450
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2013
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Nice vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours (Normandy), batarde, with initials illuminated in burnished gold and colored penwork decorations. The text is from Canticum E...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2013
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum similar to the production of the north of France, from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2012
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Typical manuscript leaf on vellum similar to the production of the north of France, from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $370
Sold in 2012
Bi-folium manuscript leaf on vellum.
2 sheets. RECTO: 14 lines of text in Latin.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in burnished gold.Page 2 : RECTO : 14 lines of text in Latin.
Place & Date: Flanders, ca.1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2017
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.VERSO: 7 o...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours wtritten in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 8 ...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: Six 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white. Line fillers in same. An illuminated panel on the right-hand side, consis...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2013
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: One 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and a flower. An illuminated panel on the right-hand side, consisting of b...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
VERSO: One 2-line illuminated initial in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and a flower. An illuminated panel on the left-hand side, consisting of bla...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2013
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
VERSO: Five 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and line fillers in same. An illuminated panel on the left-hand side, con...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2013
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 1 t...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2013
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 1 t...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2013
Double-page from a 15th. century book of hours.
Double-page from a 15th. century book of hours, written on vellum. RECTO: 13 lines of text, written dark-brown ink, in a clear gothic bookhand. The right leaf has a lar...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2018
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
VERSO: Four 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and line fillers in same. An illuminated panel on the left-hand side, con...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2014
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
VERSO: Five 1-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and line fillers in same. An illuminated panel on the left-hand side, con...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $225
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 1 t...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 8 o...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 1 t...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several Initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: 1 t...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2015
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line and eight 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers. colorful panel border in he right margin of acanthus leaves and flowe...
Place & Date: Brugge, ca. 1450
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: One...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014
Leave from a Book of Hours on vellum.
Small but exquisite leave from a Book of Hours written in the Normandy, France, ca. 1450. Each side with several initials with extensive penwork in liquid gold.RECTO: One...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Nice miniature on this typical manuscript leaf on vellum featuring the Parisian style from the middle of the 15th century.Text in Latin.
Place & Date: France, c. 1450
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2014