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3. Bruges Hours, Mid 15th Century [Book of Hours, in Latin with sections in Flemish and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Southern Netherlands (Bruges), ca. 1450–70]
Four large initials (3-line) with thick ivy-leaf borders in all margins, 28 large initials with half or three-quarter borders, 13 very large initials with full borders, the initials 5-line or 6-line, and the borders often including grotesque animals and birds, etc., 5 full-page miniatures in arched compartments within full borders. $145,000
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4. Vrelant-style Hours, ca. 1460 [Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Southern Netherlands (Bruges), ca. 1460]
A charming little book in the early style of Willem Vrelant with 14 very large initials with full illuminated borders, the initials in gothic ivy-leaf designs in colors on burnished gold grounds, the borders with blue and liquid gold acanthus leaves and small colored flowers and strawberries infilled with black dots and gold bezants, 14 full-page miniatures in arched compartments. $187,500
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5. Martin Hours, Paris, ca. 1495 [Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Atelier of Jean Coene in Paris, ca. 1495–1500]
The Martin Hours, with 14 large miniatures within Renaissance borders, and 23 small miniatures, in astonishingly good condition: still in its original binding, with clasps on the manuscript’s binding ingeniously designed to include all the letters of the Martin name.
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6. Auvergne Hours in Fanfare Binding [Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. Southern France (probably Auvergne), ca. 1500] With 13 small miniatures with panel borders, 17 large miniatures with full borders, the miniatures in arched compartments in full color and liquid gold with initial and 3 lines below each miniature and full borders on parti-colored grounds, 16th-century Parisian olive-brown morocco gilt, ca. 1575, tooled “à la fanfare” and stamped Marie on the upper cover and Demonsoy on the lower cover. $135,000
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