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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
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
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
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penworkVERSO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2020
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penworkVERSO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penworkVERSO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2024
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: $250
Sold in 2015
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: 7 o...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $180
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: 7 o...
Place & Date: France, Normandy, c. 1450
Selling price: $180
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: $200
Sold in 2014
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: 1 two-lines and 1 one-line illuminated initials in burnished gold with infillings in red, blue and white and a flower. An illuminated panel on the right-hand side,...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2014
Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours on vellum.
RECTO: 5 one-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: $210
Sold in 2014
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Dutch Book of Hours.
RECTO: Two 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penworkVERSO: One 1-line capitals in red, blue or burnished gold with extensive penwork.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2018
BOOK OF HOURS
Manuscript leaf from a medieval book of hours on vellum, 11 lines of text, written in black ink,in a fine gothic hand. RECTO: A large 2-line illuminated Initial "L&q...
Place & Date: France/Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2016