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in a fifteenth-century pigskin binding over thick wooden boards, the endleares being portion of a tenth-century Lectionarium About 1070-80 210 0 0

This grand volume, part of a splendid "Bibliotheca," is in two hands. The first is a fine upright script; the second is sloping forwards and less elegant but striking by its wonderful regularity and uniformity. The second is suggestive of a Suabian origin, but the former seems to be of more northerly Rhenish character.

N.B. For a facsimile of one of the Miniatures see:-Quaritch's Facsimiles, N.S. part 1, price 25s.

3 BIBLIA LATINA (SINE PSALTERIO). Page 1: Epla hieroni ad paulinu de oib' diuine hystore libris. Primus Prologus. Page 915: Explicit lib' apocalipsis. Pp. 917-1006 contain the Interpretationes Hebraicorum Nominum.

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Large folio, A MAGNIFICENT ILLUMINATED MS. ON VERY FINE WHITE VELLUM, 503 leaves, written in bold round Gothic characters of perfect uniformity, in double columns, with a large number of painted and decorated capitals;

SEVENTY-FIVE BEAUTIFUL MINIATURES, all extended into decorative border-stems of various sizes; the very large one at the beginning of Genesis being in the shape of a fantastic I, about fifteen inches in length and an inch and a half in breadth, which encloses eight pictures of the Divinity and of Mary in the central row of lozanges, and fourteen medallions of saints in the interstices. On the horizontal extension of this letter below are two kneeling monks, and on pinnacled ornaments behind them a parrot and a cock.

Blue morocco extra, from the libraries of Count Boutourlin and of Lord Ashburnham 1320 330 00

This superbly written and illuminated Bible, which is in wonderfully fresh preservation, was, as the colophon informs us, finished by Bartholommeo of Bergamo (magr. bartholomeus de pgo) in the year 1320, in the month of May. Some notes at the beginning show that it was presented (about 1367) to the Monks of Mount Olivet in Perugia by Cardinal Niccolo Capocci (Nicola de Capotiis). He died in 1368 after having built a church and monastery for that order in Perugia. These notes which originally formed part of the vellum flyleaf are now pasted inside the modern binding. One of them indicates the place of the Bible as on the second bench of the library on the east side.

Some of the border-extensions are decorated with grotesque figures. The Psalter was deliberately omitted by the scribe.

N.B. For a facsimile of one of the Miniatures
see:-Quaritch's Facsimiles, N.S. part 1, price 25s.

BIBLIA LATINA (CUM PSALTERIO). Page 1: GENESIS.
Incipit epla sci ieronimi pbri ad paulinum. . Pa. 7: IN
PRINCIPIO creauit deus celum et tram.. Pa. 924: ..
Explicit apochalipsis Incipit intpretatōnes hebraico
nominum Pa. 998: Expliciunt interpretationes..

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Folio, A NOBLE ILLUMINATED MS. ON GLOSSY

WHITE VELLUM, 499 leaves in bold Gothic characters
by an Italian hand, with an immense number of decorative
painted capitals.

SEVENTY-EIGHT MINIATURES, with an equal number of
decorative part-borders; the first half of the book illustrated
in French style, the second half in Italian style; in old red
morocco extra, from the library of the Elector of Bavaria
(about 1770) whose arms are gilt on the sides

£ s. d.

Lombardy? about 1320 350 00
This grand and remarkable MS. is very curious from the com-
bination of two styles in its decoration. It belonged to the late
Mr. Stuart of Aldenham Abbey, and fetched £490 at his sale at
Christie's in March, 1895.

N.B. For a facsimile of one of the Miniatures
see:-Quaritch's Facsimiles, N.S. part 2, price 25s.
5 LIVRE D'HEURES DE JACQUES DE VILLIERS DE
LILLE-ADAM.

Small 4to. ILLUMINATED MS. ON VELLUM, 120 leaves written in batarde Gothic, 18 lines to the page; with 24 small MINIATURES in the Calendar and 39 large MINIATURES in the text, floral borders to every page, those which accompany the larger Miniatures enclosing figures of beasts and grotesques, with the escutcheons, sometimes conjunct and sometimes separate, of Villiers de Lille-Adam and of Neele (his wife was Jeanne de Neele); in the original red velvet binding with gilt clasps

1461-1471 275 0 0

A fine example of a French Livre d'Heures (à l'usage de Paris, apparently) written, decorated, and illuminated for a great French lord in the time of Louis XI. The book is illustrated with unusual splendour and richness and contains several pictures of unusual occurrence. The illumination is abundant in quantity and includes a vast number of decorative initials. As Jeanne de Neele died in 1462 it may be considered likely that the work was done before that, but it has the appearance of being a few years later although it must evidently have preceded the year (1471) in which Jacques de Villiers himself died. A striking picture of St. Adrian amongst the commemoration-services at the end may justify us in conjecturing that the book was prepared as a present for Adrien de Villiers-de-LilleAdam, son of Jacques and Jeanne.

The pictures are one on each of the 24 pp. of the Calendar, representing the customs of the month and its zodiacal symbol. Then of the 38 large ones in the text, we have: 1, St. John writing in Patmos; 2, 3, 4, pictures of Luke, Matthew, and Mark; 5, The Annunciation; 6, The Nativity; 7, The Warning to the Shepherds; 8, The Adoration of the Magi; 9, The Presentation in the Temple; 10, The Flight to Egypt; 11, Coronation of the Virgin; 12, The Crucifixion; 13, Descent of the Holy Ghost; 14, King David worshipping; 15, Christ sustained by angels; 16, Angels making music for the Virgin and Child; 17, Michael beating down the Dragon; 18, John the Baptist; 19, Peter and Paul; 20, St. James; 21, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian; 22, St. Adrian as a warrior in full armour bearing on his left arm the anvil and hammer of his martyrdom; 23, St. Christopher; 24, Cosmos and Damian; 25, St. Laurence; 26, St. George and the Dragon; 27, St. Blaise; 28, St. Nicholas; 29, St. Martin; 30, St. Antony;

31, St. Lupus; 32, St. Hubert on horseback, with hounds, hunting the
deer; 33, St. Anne and the Virgin; 34, Magdalen washing the
Saviour's feet; 35, St. Barbara; 36, St. Katherine; 37, St. Apollonia;
38, St. Margaret; 39, Mary in Heaven.

N.B. For a facsimile of one of the Miniatures
see:-Quaritch's Facsimiles, N.S. part 1, price 25s.

6 LIVRE D'HEURES (D'ARRAS?) Small 4to. SUPERBLY ILLUMIMATED MS. ON VELLUM, 166 leaves in Gothic letter, 16 lines to the page, every page enclosed by a border on one side of floral and branchy character with gold ivy leaves and fruits and flowers; 19 large and EXQUISITELY PAINTED MINIATURES, within full borders of leaves, fruits, and flowers and a magnificent inner border of gold on which, within arabesque compartments, decorative floral patterns of various colours are painted with masterly effect; in marvellously fine and fresh condition with full margins; in old red morocco gilt, bound about 1760 in Padeloup style, probably by a Spanish binder and lettered

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About 1470 480 0 0

One of the most brilliant and beautiful surviving examples of
Franco-Flemish art; the condition of the book being almost incredibly
fresh and lovely. The paintings look like the work of a great artist of
the Burgundo-Flemish school, but the precise locality of origin is better
defined by the French dialect used in the headings (such as
"Ches
psalmes chi doit on dire le merquedi" and "les ymnes re se
cangent point excepte les lichons les quelles sensieut chy apres ")
which is of decidedly Picard flavour, and the special veneration shown
for St. Josse whose office and picture are the last in the book. This
seems to belong to the region between Abbeville and Valenciennes.

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The Calendar is in the same rude French as the rubrics but is very scanty. It contains S. Antonis (17 Jan.); St. Adrian (March 4); S. Walri (April 1); Sainte Pieronne (31 May); Bieutremieu (24 August); S. Bave, S. Remi (October 1); S. Denijs (Oct. 9); S. Donaes (Oct. 14); S. Eustaes (Nov. 5). These names are chiefly given as examples of orthography, but they all point to Flanders. The pictures are: 1. A lady in her oratory kneeling before the deity who supports a St. Andrew's cross, on a chequered and diapered background. She wears a green robe with crimson sleeves, and is in a green cloak lined with ermine, and having an ermine collar. Her headdress is the high construction favored at the time, and like her face is delicately painted in grisaille. 2. The Annunciation with a chequered background, the chequers formed by a red and blue pattern over the gold. 3. The Virgin and St. Elizabeth, with a landscape background. 4. The Warning to the Shepherds, a landscape background. 5. The Adoration of the Magi, a rich diapered background. 6. Presentation in the Temple, chequered backgrounds. 7. Massacre of one of the Innocents before Herod's throne, background diapered. above and chequered below. 8. Flight into Egypt, a landscape background. 9. The Crucifixion, a diapered background. 10. Descent of the Holy Ghost, chequered background. 11. The Service for the Dead, a diapered background. 12. Three Souls borne to Heaven by angels, a diapered background. 13. St. Christopher, landscape background. 14. St. Katherine, diapered background. 15. St. Margaret, chequered backgrounds. 16. The Cross bearing a dead figure clothed in black, diapered background. 17. St. Antony, background landscape

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and chequered. 18. Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, chequered and
landscape background. 19. St. Josse as a pilgrim, with a landscape
background.

N.B. For a facsimile of one of the Miniatures
see:-Quaritch's Facsimiles, N.S. part 1, 25s.

7 LIVRE D'HEURES in Flemish. Theylich Cruys Ghetide. Dat heylich Geest Ghetide. . Onser Vrouwen Getide.

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£ s. d.

Small 4to. ILLUMINATED MS. ON VELLUM, 190 leaves, Gothic letter, 20 lines to the page; 5 LARGE AND 60 SMALL MINIATURES, with landscape on architectural backgrounds, and about 60 borders of Flemish style in which large cut flowers and fruits and insects are painted in relief mostly upon a yellow background; bound in old French red morocco extra, gilt edges About 1490 500 0 0 This is a clean, bright and well preserved example of the late Flemish school of Art, with admirable borders. The following is a list of the illustrations: 1. A Crucifixion with nine figures, and a border of pale red or pink in which there are flowers, birds, and branches. The opposite page has a white initial on a yellow ground with flowers, birds, butterflies and branches, on a light maroon ground. 2 is a picture of the Descent of the Holy Ghost, with a border of roses, other flowers, and butterflies, on a yellow ground. On the opposite is a letter in gold on a reddish ground with a border of flowers and butterflies, and a grotesque figure below. 3. The Annunciation, with a border containing peacocks and other birds on a pale reddish ground. On the page opposite are figures of peacocks painted on a border of the same tint. 4. King David kneeling in his castle yard, with a border of flowers and birds in relief on a yellow background. A border of similar kind, but including insects, on the opposite page. three Quick and the three Dead in a landscape, within a border of cut flowers and butterflies in relief on a yellow ground. On the page opposite a corresponding border. Of the smaller pictures there is a Visitation, with a border on a yellow ground; a Nativity with a similar border; a Presentation with a border of flowers and birds on a light reddish ground; Circumcision with a border of peacocks on a pale reddish ground; the Adoration of the Magi, with a border of birds, fruits, and flowers on a yellow ground; the Massacre of Innocents, with a border of insects, flowers, and fruits on a yellow ground; St. Gregory's Mass without a border; the baby Christ, without a border; Angels supporting the Chalice, with a border of flowers. and insects on a yellow ground; the Virgin and Child, with a similar border; the dead Christ with Mary and John, a border of flowers and a bird on a pale pink ground; St. Michael striking down the demon, a border of red and white roses with insects on a yellow ground; John Baptist with landscape, a decorative border with birds on a yellow ground; Peter and Paul, a similar border on a pale pink ground; John the Apostle, a border of roses and insects on a yellow ground; St. Andrew, a border of flowers on a dark ground; St. James, a border of flowers and insects on a yellow ground; St. Christopher, no border; St. Anthony, a border of leaves and flowers with insects on a pink ground; St. Roch, a border of daisies and wild flowers on alternate pink and yellow ground; St. Adrian with hammer and anvil, a border of flowers and butterflies on a yellow ground; St. Martin, a decorative border on a pink ground; St. Joos (Josse) as a pilgrim, a border of flowers on yellow ground, and decorative branches on a carmine ground; St. Anne and the Virgin and Child, no border; Mary Magdalen, a border of flowers

and insects on a yellow ground; St. Catherine, a border of white and
blue flowers on a dark ground; St. Barbara, no border; St. Margaret,
no border; St. Apollonia, a border of birds and flowers and white
decoration on a yellow ground; St. Gertrude, a border of flowers and
fruit with a butterfly, a peacock and another bird, on a yellow ground;
St. Lucy, a border of white flowers, green leaves, and a butterfly on
a dark ground; St. Ontcommere, a border of flowers and insects on
a yellow ground; St. Dympna, a border of flowers and insects on a
yellow ground; St. Brigitta, a border of white roses and fern leaves
with insects on a dark ground.

Thus it will be seen that we have here a beautiful example of the
Flemish school with an unusually large quantity of ornamental
illustration. It was executed probably somewhere in Brabant in the
last decade of the fifteenth century. An inscription on the fly-leaf
"A moy Eleonor Daça," was written about the year 1600.

N.B. For a facsimile of one of the Miniatures see-Quaritch's Facsimiles, N.S. part 1, price 25s.

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8 LIVRE D'HEURES (DE PARIS?) 8vo. A SUMPTUOUSLY ILLUMINATED MS. ON VELLUM, which, from the richness of its gilding, might be called A GOLDEN PRAYERBOOK; 86 leaves, written in batarde letters, 33 lines to the page; 44 MINIATURES PAINTED AND GILT WITH MARVELLOUS SKILL AND SPLENDOUR, every page encircled with a floral border on a gold ground, and having mottoes and citations written on the borders, usually in the lower margin; bound in olive morocco extra, lined with green, by Thouvenin About 1490 184 0 0

One of the most magnificently illustrated books of its kind; a blaze of gold and colour from beginning to end. There is not a single spot of the surface left blank. The borders are luxurious, with delicately painted flowers on a ground which is gilt and coloured in bands. The portion of the border which occupies the lower part of the page is generally arabesque work on coloured grounds. There are 18 large pictures in the Calendar; one at the head of each month, and one at the foot of each pair of months. On the first page of the text there are three pictures (the Annunciation, Purgatory, and Hell). In front of Lauds of the Virgin, there is a picture of the Nativity. At the Matins of the Cross, a full-page design of the Worship of the Virgin, this is followed by the Adoration of the Shepherds; by an armorial emblazonment of the Heart of Christ; the Presentation of Christ in the Temple; a mother with her murdered innocent kneeling before Herod; Christ preaching among the Doctors; Christ amongst the women; a Rosary of beads amid flowers; David in gold armour bearing the slain giant's head, a full-page picture; Meeting of the Quick and the Dead, also full-page; the Almighty in majesty with various worshipping figures, also full-page; the Virgin received in Heaven; Mary the Comforter; Gauds of the Virgin; an Angel in gold armour with little souls in his arms; St. Cecilia; Peter and Paul; St. John Baptist; St. Antony; Mary Magdalen; Margaret, Catherine, and Barbara.

A striking example of that school of excessive splendour which. became favoured in France towards the end of the fifteenth century.

N.B. For facsimile of one of the Miniatures see:-Quaritch's Facsimiles, N.S. part 1, price 25s.

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