$861
Manuscript Leaves. Seven leaves on parchment from manuscripts, and one paper leaf from a printed book; the manuscript leaves varying in size and content: one very large gradual leaf with music and illuminated initials decorated with gold, 27 x 20 in.; one bifolium (two connected leaves) from a smaller and less ornate song book, 19 1/2 x 14 in.; one leaf from the New Testament with several red and blue initials, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.; an Old Testament page from Numbers, chapters twenty-seven through thirty-one, in a gothic hand, black ink, with large original page margins, prick marks in gutter, the text ruled and framed in plummet, alternating red and blue initials, sixty lines per page, in two columns, 12 3/4 x 9 in.; two leaves from different Books of Hours, both with initials in gold, red, and blue, and line-fill; one leaf with the litany of the saints, the other with prayers 6 3/4 x 5 in. each, approximately; and one leaf printed on paper from a late 15th to early 16th century Latin prayerbook, the woodcut border colored by hand, text printed in red and black, 4 x 6 in. (8)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
