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Atlantic Bible leaf in fine, regular, late Carolingian minuscule [or early 'Romanesque' script], Samuel II, circa 1100 - 1150.
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Atlantic Bible leaf in fine, regular, late Carolingian minuscule [or early 'Romanesque' script], Samuel II, circa 1100 - 1150.

by [Bible]

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Used
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First
Published
1100
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No binding
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Single leaf, on vellum, Carolingian script on both sides, in two columns, 48 lines. 415 mm x 308 mm (16¼" x 12"). Some discoloration and wear, several brown spots, a few small holes in margins, trimmed close; very good. A rare and striking leaf from an early Atlantic Bible, so-called because of their large dimensions. (see previous item). The Bibles, about a hundred examples of… Read more about this item
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Book of Hours, Use of Thérouanne, in Latin and French Illuminated manuscript on parchment France, Hainault c.1470s
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Book of Hours, Use of Thérouanne, in Latin and French Illuminated manuscript on parchment France, Hainault c.1470s

by Book of Hours

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Used - Very Good+
Published
1470
Binding
17th(?)-century German(?) black leather over wood boards, each cover with a gilt panel and a central stamp of the Virgin and Ch
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Parchment, c.175×140mm, i (paper) + 107 + i (paper) leaves; foliated in modern pencil i, 1 108; COMPLETE; collation: 16 (fols.1-6) | 28 (fols.7 14), 3 78 (fols.15 54), 84 (fols.55 58) | 9-138 (fols.59 98), 144-1 (last leaf cancelled with no apparent loss of text or decoration; fols.99 101), 158-2 (6th and 8th leaves cancelled without loss of text… Read more about this item
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Bifolium from a Vita Sancti Stephani, including an abridgement of Evodius, Miracula Facta Uzali [Bi-folium manuscript]
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Bifolium from a Vita Sancti Stephani, including an abridgement of Evodius, Miracula Facta Uzali [Bi-folium manuscript]

by St. Stephen [Life]

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Published
1100
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Bifolium from a Vita Sancti Stephani, including an abridgement of Evodius, Miracula Facta Uzali, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment[Germany (perhaps Rhineland), c. 1100] Bifolium (consecutive leaves and hence innermost leaves of a gathering), each leaf with single column of 30 lines of a rounded proto-gothic minuscule, with slightly tremulous aspect, an ampersand whose loops sit high above the baseline… Read more about this item
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Leaf from a commentary on Matthew 2:11-18 [manuscript]
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Leaf from a commentary on Matthew 2:11-18 [manuscript]

by [Bible]

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Published
1200
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Leaf from a commentary on Matthew 2:11-18, in Latin, from a large decorated manuscript on parchment[England, c. 1200] Single leaf, with double column of 45 lines in a handsome English gothic bookhand (textualis libraria), capitals touched in red and sometimes with leafy vine-stem terminals, one small red initial, marginalia including diagrams for the words "fuga" and "Moratus", recovered from a… Read more about this item
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A single leaf - Enarrationes in Psalmos, for Psalm 41:6-8 [manuscript]
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A single leaf - Enarrationes in Psalmos, for Psalm 41:6-8 [manuscript]

by St, Augustine

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Published
1150
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Leaf from Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos, for Psalm 41:6-8, in Latin, from large manuscript on parchment[England, mid-twelfth century] Complete single leaf, with double column of 39 lines in a formal and angular proto-gothic bookhand, with pronounced wedges to ascenders and a residual ct-ligature, pale red rubrics, English pencil notes on text in lower margin of recto, recovered from a binding… Read more about this item
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St. Paul in a historiated initial on a leaf from an illuminated choirbook, on vellum [northern Italy (perhaps Milan), c.1500]
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St. Paul in a historiated initial on a leaf from an illuminated choirbook, on vellum [northern Italy (perhaps Milan), c.1500]

by Illuminated manuscript from a Choirbook c. 1500

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Published
1500
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St. Paul in a historiated initial on a leaf from an illuminated choirbook, on vellum [northern Italy (perhaps Milan), c.1500] single leaf, 559mm. by 340mm., with a large historiated initial 'S' (probably opening "Scio cui credidi ..." the Psalm for the Night Office on the Feast of St. Peter, 29 June), 75mm. high, in pink with blue background heightened with scrolling… Read more about this item
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Youth and Old Age, a miniature on a cutting from an illuminated manuscript, in French [France, Tours?, 1470s]
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Youth and Old Age, a miniature on a cutting from an illuminated manuscript, in French [France, Tours?, 1470s]

by Cicero [Illuminated miniature]

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Published
1470
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Parchment, a cutting with a miniature and side borders, c.215×155mm, pasted to a wood panel (so the text is not identifiable), the back of which has an 18th(?)-century collection number [N]o475 , in a carved giltwood frame, with a hanging loop at the top, with some overall rubbing and loss of pigment particularly, it seems, in the faces of the… Read more about this item
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The Annunciation to Zechariah, on a bifolium from an Antiphonary, in Latin [Germany or Austria, (mid-?)15th century]
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The Annunciation to Zechariah, on a bifolium from an Antiphonary, in Latin [Germany or Austria, (mid-?)15th century]

by Choirbook in Latin [manuscript]

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Published
1450
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Parchment bifolium, c.500×720cm, complete except for one excised corner, ruled in ink and written with nine lines of text and music on four-line staves, with music in square notation, the c , f , or g line indicated as appropriate at the left. As the text on the present bifolium is continuous, it must have been the central bifolium of… Read more about this item
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Glossed fragment of Zechariah
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Glossed fragment of Zechariah

by Zechariah [Bible] Manuscript

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Published
1200
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18cm x 7cm. A fragment written on parchment c.1200. A side-gloss from a larger glossed portion of Zechariah Chapter 14. Almost certainly France, probably Paris. One painted red paragraph mark
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A large illuminated initial “S”, on a cutting from a fine Romanesque New Testament in Latin
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A large illuminated initial “S”, on a cutting from a fine Romanesque New Testament in Latin

by [Illuminated initial]

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Published
1170
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Parchment, a cutting, c.160×130mm, ruled in plummet and written in two columns of which 19 lines of one column are preserved, chapter and verse initials alternately red or blue, the start of the book with an 8-line inhabited initial in gold and colours, formerly pasted-down and consequently with traces of paper glued to the reverse. It is not known when the… Read more about this item
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Leaf of Passionale in Latin [Italy, 12th century, first half]
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Leaf of Passionale in Latin [Italy, 12th century, first half]

by [St Felicity & St Clement]

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Published
1125
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Physical description and Materiality Parchment, a substantially complete leaf, c.260×375mm, but the corners trimmed to allow mitering and one margin cropped to reduce the width to the required size, ruled in dry-point on the hair-side for two columns of 36 lines written above top line in a fine regular rounded late Caroline bookhand, with a rubric in red and an… Read more about this item
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Commentary on Isaiah, in Latin [single leaf]
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Commentary on Isaiah, in Latin [single leaf]

by Jerome [Hieronymous]

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Published
1100
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Parchment, a substantially complete leaf, c.310×230mm, the corners and inner margin cropped to allow mitering, with the loss of a few letters at some line-ends but otherwise apparently preserving the full width of the outer and lower margins, ruled in drypoint for two columns of 37 lines written above top line, in a fine rounded Caroline bookhand, marginal notes are… Read more about this item
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'The Death of Ptolemy' miniature from Du cas des nobles hommes et femmes.
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'The Death of Ptolemy' miniature from Du cas des nobles hommes et femmes.

by Laurent de Premierfait, [Boccaccio]

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Published
1470
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The Death of Ptolemy, a miniature on a cutting from Laurent de Premierfait, Du cas des nobles hommes et femmes (his translation into French of Boccaccio's Latin De casibus vivorum illustrium) [France, probably Troyes, c.1470] PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND MATERIALITY Parchment, a cutting, c.105×80mm, with a miniature on one side and 17 lines of text on the other, ruled in pale red… Read more about this item
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The Phillipps Manuscripts : Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt., Impressum Typis Medio-Montanis, 1837-1871
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The Phillipps Manuscripts : Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt., Impressum Typis Medio-Montanis, 1837-1871

by PHILLIPPS, Thomas (Munby, A.N.L, Introduction)

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2001
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Orskey-Johnson, 2001. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small folio, 29cm x 22cm, fine cloth in a fine dustwrapper protected with archival mylar. Collates 436, [62] pp. with 23,837 entries. "This is an exact reprint of the famous catalogue of manuscripts originally printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps at his Middle Hill Press,… Read more about this item
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The Manuscripts of Early Norman England (c.1066-1130)
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The Manuscripts of Early Norman England (c.1066-1130)

by GAMESON, Richard

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Used - Fine
Published
1999
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Large quarto. 29cm x 23cm. A virtually unread copy in fine dustwrapper. Cloth bound. 190pp+24 mono plates. Fine. This book might require additional postage.
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Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library [3 volumes] [with] Illuminated Manuscripts in Oxford College Libraries, The University Archives and the Taylor Institution
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Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library [3 volumes] [with] Illuminated Manuscripts in Oxford College Libraries, The University Archives and the Taylor Institution

by PACHT, Otto; ALEXANDER, JJG, TEMPLE, Elzbieta

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st
Published
1969
Binding
Near fine dustwrappers covered with protective mylar.
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4 volumes. The first 3 volumes 28cm x 19cm 1) German, Dutch, Flemish, and Spanish Schools. 108+plates; 2) Italian school. 161+plates. 3) British, Irish and Icelandic schools. 167+plates. All in near fine d/w and nr fine text. Volume 4 is 'Oxford College Libraries, University Archives and Taylor Institution' 29cm x 23cm in nr fine d/w and nr fine text. All… Read more about this item
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A Manuscript Lectionary, C13th, France
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A Manuscript Lectionary, C13th, France

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1250
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1250. No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Lectionary. A single leaf on parchment. Double columns with blue and red penwork and rubricated initial in Gothic lettering. Damaged to lower outer half of one column otherwise good. 225mm x 158mm. France, thirteenth century. From a small European private collection
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Missal bi-folium, c.1400, Germany
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Missal bi-folium, c.1400, Germany

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1400
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Missal bifolium. On vellum. c.1400 Red and blue initials with some lettering in red. Gothic hand. Good condition. Each leaf 210 x 180mm. [Germany or Low Countries, fifteenth century] From a small European private collection.
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[Gradual] Illuminated inital 1500 huge leaf on vellum, from Siena
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[Gradual] Illuminated inital 1500 huge leaf on vellum, from Siena

by [MS] Gradual

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Published
1500
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54cm x 38cm. Huge leaf from a Gradual with a beautiful illuminated large initial 'G' in gold leaf, pink, blue and green. Probably Siena or perhaps Florence written about 1500 on parchment. Text in red, blue and black ink with musical staves. This leaf is from the same as that in Sotheby's 2 December 2014, Lot 21 and Bloomsbury, 8… Read more about this item
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Nicolas de Lyra Commentary on Psalm 148, early C15th
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Nicolas de Lyra Commentary on Psalm 148, early C15th

by [MS] Psalms, Bible

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310mm x 120mm. On parchment, 44 lines a single leaf cut down the centre margin and ruled, underlinings in red. In an unusually fine hand. France. Early C15th. This is the Glossa ordinaria text by Nicolas de Lyra commenting on Psalm 148. From a small private European collection.
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