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Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with scenes from the life of Christ.In the long series of Pigouchet-Vostre Books of Hours, this edit...
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1508
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2010
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with animals and flowers.In the long series of Pigouchet-Vostre Books of Hours, this edition is appa...
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1508
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2010
Page from a printed Book of Hours.
Vellum leaf from a printed book of hours, printed in Paris by Gilles Hardouyn "demeurant au bout du pont Nostre Dame, devant Sainct Denis de la Chartre, a l'enseigne...
Place & Date: Paris 1510
Selling price: $325
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Leaf from a Book of Hours.
Book of Hours (Horae use of Rome) printed page from the Hardouyn Workshop.
Place & Date: Paris, 1510
Selling price: $50
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Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
Book of Hours leaf, printed by Thielman Kerver* in 1507. It is printed on vellum in black and red with many initials hand painted in red, blue and gold.Around the text ar...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1510
Selling price: $100
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Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
Book of Hours leaf, printed by Thielman Kerver* in 1507. It is printed on vellum in black and red with many initials hand painted in red, blue and gold.Around the text ar...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1510
Selling price: $80
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Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
Book of Hours leaf, printed by Thielman Kerver* in 1507. It is printed on vellum in black and red with many initials hand painted in red, blue and gold.Around the text ar...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1510
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
The Judas Kiss, hand colored!!!Wonderful leaf from a Paris Book of Hours, printed around 1510, [by Hardouin ??] The coloring by hand makes it very like a miniature: brigh...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1510
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2008
Calendar Leaf from a Book of Hours
Book of Hours (Horae use of Rome) printed page from the Hardouyn Workshop the calendar for April.
Place & Date: Paris, 1510
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2008
Calendar Leaf from a Book of Hours
Book of Hours (Horae use of Rome) printed page from the Hardouyn Workshop the calendar for May.
Place & Date: Paris, 1510
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
Wonderful vellum leaf from a Paris Book of Hours, printed around 1510, [by Hardouin ??] the largest miniature depicts Mary and Elisabeth, the so-called Visitation, at the...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1510
Selling price: $430
Sold in 2008
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum. The recto is highlighted by illuminated capitals painted in red, blue, and liquid gold. At the same time, the ver...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1510
Selling price: $410
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum.
Vellum leaf from a printed Book of Hours. The miniature in the text depicts God the Father, on the right side of the recto are noble men in wonderful clothes. On the vers...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1510
Selling price: $370
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
> Miniature on vellum from a printed book of hours, painted over a printed scene, as was usually done in early 1500 in imitation of the painted miniatures in manuscrip...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1510
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
A printed leaf from a Book of Hours : when printing became the normal way of producing books, Books of Hours were also printed, but in the beginning still on vellum, just...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1510
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
A printed leaf from a Book of Hours : when printing became the normal way of producing books, Books of Hours were also printed, but in the beginning still on vellum, just...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1510
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2009
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum. This leaf is from the beginning of the book, it is a calendarleaf of the month March, April, May and June. Create...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1510
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2009
BOOK OF HOURS
A large leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, with printed text. RECTO: A large hand painted miniature, showing the announcement of the angel to the virgin Maria. ...
Place & Date: Paris, pre 1510
Selling price: $1250
Sold in 2013
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
Vellum leaf from a printed Book of Hours. The miniature in the text depicts God the Father, on the right side of the recto are noble men in wonderful clothes. On the vers...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1510
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2018
BOOK OF HOURS.
A large leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, with printed text underneath.ON RECTO: A large hand painted miniature, showing the visitation of Mary to her cousin E...
Place & Date: Paris, pre 1510
Selling price: $1025
Sold in 2019
Legal Writing by an English Scribe.
A single leaf from a Renaissance Treatise on Canon Law, in Latin on paper. The manuscript's predominately legal content and lack of illumination indicate it was likely wr...
Place & Date: London, 1510
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2020
Leaf on vellum from a printed book of hours.
RECTO: Twenty 1-line capitals in colors and gold. On the right and bottom border there are small biblical scenes in black and white (metal cut). VERSO: One 2-line and eig...
Place & Date: Paris, 1510
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2023
Leaf on vellum from a printed book of hours.
RECTO: Seventeen 1-line capitals in colors and gold. On the right and bottom border there are small death of dance scenes in black and white (metal cut). VERSO: Two 2-lin...
Place & Date: Paris, 1510
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2023
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A large vellum leaf from a Book of Hours. Printed in Paris , around 1512, by Hardouin who had his workshop near the Notre Dame in Paris and printed Books of Hours: he tri...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1512
Selling price: $140
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A printed leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: Four 2-line and twenty-three 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers. Decorative panel border in he right and lower margins.VERSO: ...
Place & Date: Paris, G. Hardouin, 1512
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2016
A printed leaf from Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line and fifteen 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers. Decorative panel border in he right and bottom margin.VERSO: One 2-...
Place & Date: Paris, G. Hardouin, 1512
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2018
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated birds and flowers. Interesting are the 2 panels with skeletons, showing the famous cycle of the &quo...
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1515
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2010
Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.
21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and a figure playing a sort of Medieval fiddle.In the long series of Pigouchet-V...
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1515
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2017
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
"A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne sa...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1518
Selling price: $850
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
"A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne sa...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1518
Selling price: $50
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne saincte ...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1518
Selling price: $350
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne saincte ...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1518
Selling price: $50
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne saincte ...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1518
Selling price: $50
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne saincte ...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1518
Selling price: $150
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne saincte ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1518
Selling price: $50
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn "librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l'enseigne sai...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1518
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2008
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne saincte ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1518
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2008
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ?librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l?enseigne saincte ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1518
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2008
Chroniques de France.
Leaf from a book describing the history of France, England, Scotland. Here a part of the history of Philppe "Le Bel". Large woodcut showing king Philippe "...
Place & Date: Paris 1518
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2010
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A wonderful leaf from a Book of Hours printed on vellum by Gilles Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn ‘librayre demourant entre les deux portes du Palays en l’enseigne sain...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1518
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2013
Bible leaf
1519 Bible leaf from the Biblica Latina printed in Venice in 1519 by Lucantonio Giunta. The page is from the Book of Isaiah.
Place & Date: Venice, 1519
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2013
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $130
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Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $130
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A manuscript leaf in a very good condition from a Book of Hours, written in Paris around 1520. The text is in a very regular hand in classic script in brown/black with th...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1520
Selling price: $180
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and seven 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and three linefillers in sa...
Place & Date: France, 1500-1520
Selling price: $150
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Two 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and three linefillers in same.VE...
Place & Date: France 1500-1520
Selling price: $230
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a book of hours.
VERSO: Three 2-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.RECTO: One 2-lines capital and seven 1-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.Initials...
Place & Date: Flanders c. 1520
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2018
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $130
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Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $70
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
A beautiful leaf from a Paris Book of Hours, printed on vellum by Hardouin, who had his workshop near Notre Dame. The many initials are done by hand in bright colors : re...
Place & Date: Paris 1520
Selling price: $70
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Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on paper.
A very fine incunabula leaf, printed on paper in Hardouyn's unique style. The verso contains a full-page printed illustration of the Presentation in the Temple. Before th...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1520
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a book of hours.
VERSO: Nine 1-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.RECTO: Eight 1-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.Initials very finely executed. Th...
Place & Date: Flanders c. 1520
Selling price: $80
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a book of hours.
VERSO: One 2-line capital and eight 1-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.RECTO: Nine 1-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.Initials v...
Place & Date: Flanders c. 1520
Selling price: $80
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five linefillers in same.VERSO: Seven 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and one linefill...
Place & Date: France, 1500-1520
Selling price: $165
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and two linefillers in same.VERSO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and two linefillers ...
Place & Date: France, 1500-1520
Selling price: $165
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Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Wonderful intial with in top a dragon.Tex...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $1500
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and seven 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and six line-fillers in sam...
Place & Date: France c. 1520
Selling price: $210
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and three line-fillers in same.VERSO: Four 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and one line-fil...
Place & Date: France 1500-1520
Selling price: $190
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Hand-painted miniature of Christ on printed leaf.
On recto a fine miniature (30x15mm) of crucifixion of Christ. Three 2-line initials painted in red and blue, heightened with liquid gold. Two 1-line initials in same. Wit...
Place & Date: France/ Paris ca.1520
Selling price: $275
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Calendar Leaf for Jan. Feb. March, April 1520
Germain Hardouyn, with his brother Gilles, published editions of the Book of Hours during the Renaissance in France. They published only about 1,000 copies for each editi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1520
Selling price: $75
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Manuscript leaf on vellum from a book of hours.
Manuscript leaf, in a Bâtarde bookhand from a book of hours. One line filler in blue and white on liquid gold. The vellum is of an excellent type.VERSO : Blank.
Place & Date: Flanders c. 1520
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2017
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a book of hours.
VERSO: Eight 1-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.RECTO: Eight 1-line capitals in blue and white on liquid gold ground.Initials very finely executed. T...
Place & Date: Flanders, c. 1520
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2013
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and four line-fillers in same.VERSO: One 2-line initials and two 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored g...
Place & Date: France, 1500-1520
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2016
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Nine 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds.VERSO: One 2-line initials and five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and two line-fillers i...
Place & Date: France 1500-1520
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Leaf from a printed Book of Hours on vellum.
An early printed leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours.This leaf was printed by Simon Vostre in Paris, around 1520. The demand for Books of Hours increased after the invent...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1520
Selling price: $310
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Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $160
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The Golden Legend (in English)
The Golden Legend - the Lives of the Saints, was originally written about 1260 in Latin. This page is in English and is an early English language printing.
Place & Date: England, 1480 - 1520
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO and RECTO:: On each side one 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds, very good condition.
Place & Date: France, c.1520
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds.VERSO: One line-fillers in same.
Place & Date: France, 1500 - 1520
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2011
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 410x270mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2011
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
2 sheets. RECTO: Two 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds.VERSO: One 2-line initials and two 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds.Page 2 : RECTO...
Place & Date: France, 1500-1520
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and four line-fillers in same.VERSO: One 2-line initial and five 1-line initials, one line-filler in same.
Place & Date: France, 1500-1520
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2010
Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.
A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2009