John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, Rare Books and Manuscripts: Illuminated Manuscripts

Catalogue 44: Illuminations

Catalogue 44: Illuminations, with complete descriptions and images of all the miniatures, can be viewed now by clicking the PDF icon at right (the file is large and may require a little patience while downloading). To request a copy of the catalogue on CD-ROM, click here.

Items for Sale

1. Composite Mass Book, 1400–1480 [Book of Hours, use of Paris, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Paris, ca. 1400–10, and Anjou or Poitou (perhaps Poitiers), ca. 1480] A remarkably interesting composite Book of Hours comprising four parts, with 239 leaves and 34 full-page miniatures, including 14 miniatures in the style of the Luçon Master, a group of very unusual miniatures more like colored drawings than finished pictures, and a final section of 11 imaginative and dramatic miniatures. RESERVED

2. Southern Netherlands Book of Hours, ca. 1420 [Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Southern Netherlands, ca. 1420] A well-preserved manuscript of the period of the van Eycks, illuminated by two artists in the early style of the so-called Master of the Gold Scrolls with 17 very large illuminated initials with full borders, and 14 full-page miniatures in arched compartments within full borders. SOLD

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