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14501058951450. Dutch school: c. 1450 or later. <br /> <br /> Single leaf 138 x 98 mm. Miniature without text image of Christ before Caiaphas being held by a soldier with a jester dancing behind him disciples and a cockerel seen through a doorway in the courtyard beyond within a three-sided border of simple flowers. In good condition.<br /> <br /> § Origin and provenance unknown; from a private California collection. unknown
1415ST19350-056Germany and Low Countries 14th & 15th centuries. Smallest piece: 209 x 152 mm. 8 1/8 x 5 7/8"; largest piece: 372 x 235 mm. 14 3/4 x 9". <br/> Recovered from bindings and thus with uneven trimming and occasional small holes resulting in loss staining and toning to vellum some leaves with remnants of pastedowns obscuring the script but generally the leaves quite legible substantially complete and in presentable condition.<br/> <br/> This packet contains five vellum manuscript leaves all complete or nearly so all with musical notation and all serving as linings or covers of a binding when reused in their second lives. Prepared with an academic audience in mind the group presents an excellent opportunity for libraries teachers and students to develop or expand their teaching or personal collections. In addition to their obvious value as manuscripts containing the text and music of the Medieval period these leaves are also of educational importance as physical artifacts demonstrating the reuse of manuscript material in the production of later bindings. The shape of each binding is still easily discernable and a few of these specimens even include early spine labels and ink notations as well as paper remnants used in the bookbinding process. unknown
1440ST11459-11Paris ca. 1440. 121 x 89 mm. 4 3/4 x 3 1/2". Single column 15 lines of text in a very fine gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red with multiple one-line initials and line fillers all in blue maroon and burnished gold and with two-line initials in the same colors and gold but also enclosing charming flowers on scrolling stems with marginal extension in the form of gilt ivy leaves on sinuous stems and WITH A FINE SWIRLING PANEL BORDER ON EACH SIDE featuring flowers leaves strawberries and many burnished gold ivy leaves on hairline stems. IN FINE CONDITION with the paint and gold bright fresh and entirely intact.<br/> <br/> This is a lovely little leaf from a fragment of a Book of Hours that obviously was produced for a client of considerable means by skilled craftsmen in a Parisian studio probably a little before the middle of the 15th century. This was clearly intended to be put into a book that could be carried easily on one's person and part of what makes it so charming is this portable size. unknown
1480ST18547Northern France ca. 1480. 164 x 111 mm. 6 1/2 x 4 3/8". Single column 17 lines in a gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in blue many leaves with line fillers in pink and/or blue with gilt bezants and white tracery each leaf with at least one and often many one- or two-line initials in burnished gold on blue and pink ground with white tracery every side with a panel border consisting of colorful acanthus and different types of flowers on a ground that is either entirely painted gold or with a pattern of painted gold and bare vellum. A few leaves with light wrinkling or a hit of soiling or foxing a couple of leaves with inoffensive marginal repairs but IN VERY FINE CONDITION EXTREMELY CLEAN AND BRIGHT.<br/> <br/> Featuring both burnished and painted gold in their decoration and offering a multitude of border patterns to choose from these are extremely attractive leaves that are all the more appealing for their fine condition. unknown
1450ST12778-0485-05BFrance ca. 1450. 97 x 61 mm. 3 3/4 x 2 5/8". Single column 20 lines in an attractive gothic book hand. <br/> Each leaf with two or more one- to two-line initials painted in blue or maroon with delicate white tracery and charming enclosed flowers all on a field of burnished gold the left or right margin on one or both sides with a bar border of blue and white terminating in gold ivy leaves in the upper and lower margins. ◆The bar borders just slightly trimmed by the binder otherwise in excellent condition the text well preserved the vellum unusually clean the colors quite bright and the glistening gold without any erosion or loss of brilliance.<br/> <br/> Taken from an intact manuscript we sold in 2006 that was subsequently dismembered these lovely leaves have considerable aesthetic appeal and charm as well as notable interest because of their surprising size distinctive musical and textual content and peculiar hypothetical provenance. In origin the collectarium sometimes called a collectar collectarius collectaneum orationale or capitulare was a compilation of the collects or prayers said during the various hours of the Divine Office. But over time it came to comprise an ad hoc collection of the prayers and ceremonies not found in other service books that were specific to the uses of a particular house congregation or religious order. The presence of music throughout the original book indicates that our leaves were part of a choir book; however unlike most choir book leaves which range from very large to enormous in order to allow simultaneous use by a number of singers the present pocket-size manuscript is quite atypical in that it could only have been used by a single person at any one time. These leaves are also highly unusual and therefore most interesting in that we know from consulting other portions of the original that this collectarium was written not for a monastic house but for a community of religious women who are referred to in other parts of the manuscript as "sisters." Judging from the frequency with which she is mentioned in the original members of that community using the present choirbook seem clearly to have identified closely with the penitent Magdalene the original book containing a portion of the double feast they celebrated for her and her presumed sister Martha. This suggests a fascinating possibility in terms of the manuscript's provenance: beginning in the 13th century houses of penitential sisters known as Magdalens were established in many European cities often by wealthy lay persons with the aim of providing former prostitutes with a safe haven in a religious community. It is just possible that our manuscript leaves were part of a book that was used in such a convent. unknown
1440ST12158bAParis ca. 1440. 222 x 162 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8". Single column 16 lines of text in a beautiful gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red leaves with varying numbers of line fillers and one- and two-line initials in burnished gold blue and magenta highlighted with white tracery and WITH LOVELY RINCEAU BORDERS on one or both sides these composed of delicately twining hairline stems bearing red and blue blossoms and FEATURING A PROFUSION OF BURNISHED GOLD IVY LEAVES. IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION the vellum extraordinarily bright fresh and clean and WITH MARGINS AS VAST AS ONE COULD EVER HOPE FOR.<br/> <br/> Commissioned for use by a woman as indicated by the feminine form in the "Obsecro te" the Book of Hours from which these leaves come could only have been a manuscript of great beauty prepared for a household of very substantial wealth and importance. The level of achievement manifested here in both the scribal hand and the execution of the illuminated decoration clearly indicates that some of the best artisans money could buy were at work on this book and only a powerful family could afford to pay their price. Further corroboration of this fact is seen in the leaves' noticeable size and immense margins which are at least as wide as on any Book of Hours leaves we have ever owned. Such a conspicuous display of purchasing power those extra millimeters meant the slaughtering of extra animals and that meant greater cost announces an owner's self-congratulatory consequence that is uncommon except in the grandest of prayer books of the period. Happily the condition here matches the importance of the manuscript which was obviously considered from the beginning--and ever after--an object to be carefully preserved. For additional leaves from this Book of Hours at different price points please check our website. unknown
1450ST11774DParis ca. 1450. 159 x 108 mm. 6 1/4 x 4 1/4". Single column 15 lines per page in an excellent gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red each leaf with two or more two-line initials in burnished gold on red and blue ground with white tracery some also with one-line initials and line fillers similarly decorated one or both sides with a swirling panel border featuring flowers leaves strawberries and many burnished gold ivy leaves on hairline stems. Isolated trivial stains or imperfections but VERY BRIGHT CLEAN AND FRESH.<br/> <br/> In fine condition beautifully decorated and sparkling with gold these leaves are marvelous examples of a high-quality Parisian Book of Hours made for a person of means. The borders here are especially pleasing with skeins of hairline vines accented by burnished bezants and ivy bright blue and gold acanthus pale green leaves and cheerful red blossoms. For leaves at other price points please check our website. unknown
1450ST11774EParis ca. 1450. 159 x 108 mm. 6 1/4 x 4 1/4". Single column 15 lines per page in an excellent gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red each leaf with line fillers and multiple one- and two-line initials in burinshed gold on red and blue ground with white tracery one or both sides with swirling panel border featuring flowers leaves strawberries and many burnished gold ivy leaves on hairline stems. Isolated trivial stains or imperfections but VERY BRIGHT CLEAN AND FRESH.<br/> <br/> In fine condition beautifully decorated and sparkling with gold these leaves are marvelous examples of a high-quality Parisian Book of Hours made for a person of means. The borders here are especially pleasing with skeins of hairline vines accented by burnished bezants and ivy bright blue and gold acanthus pale green leaves and cheerful red blossoms. For leaves at other price points please check our website. unknown
148552035France c.1485-1515. Small8vo. 80 x 12 mm. 1 leaf in vellum single column with text to both verso and recte. Fine flower ornamentation in red blue and gold to outer margin both verso and recte. Horisontal catchword. Small worm-hole to upper right corner far from affecting text. hardcover
1500150799Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150797Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150798Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150808Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150809Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150810Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150803Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150796Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150856Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150805Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150812Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150821Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150795Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150794Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150811Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
1500150804Frankreich (wohl Vienne-Lyon), ca. 1500. Blattgröße: 18,5 x 12,5 cm. Schriftspiegel: ca.10,5 x 6,5 cm. Blatt aus einem schönen französischen Stundenbuch um 1500 mit teils großen ausgeschmückten Initialen.
