Leaf with prayers that follow a Litany, from a Book of Hours...

Leaf with prayers that follow a Litany, from a Book of Hours with border scenes most probably from the life of St. Alexius, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France, mid-fifteenth century] Single leaf, with full borders of acanthus le...

Collection of leaves from Books of Hours, in Latin and Frenc...

506321-126Collection of leaves from Books of Hours, in Latin and French, decorated or illuminated manuscripts on parchment [fifteenth and early sixteenth century] Eighteen leaves (including 2 bifolia): (1) leaf with prayers that follow a Litany, with...

Leaf from a Book of Hours

Leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (probably Cremona or Ferrara), second half of fifteenth century] Single leaf, with single column of 12 lines in a late gothic bookhand (written space: 46 by 33mm.), red r...

Leaf from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a min...

Leaf from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a miniature of the Virgin, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [England (probably London), c. 1420] Single leaf, with a large initial 'O' (opening the Obsecro te prayer), in blue and pi...

Leaf from a lavishly illuminated Book of Hours

Leaf from a lavishly illuminated Book of Hours, with its miniature filled in by a modern artist, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [northern France (Paris), c. 1420, and twentieth century] Single leaf, with a 3-line initial 'I' (opening "In principiu...

Leaf from a Book of Hours, with a two-faced drollery in the ...

Leaf from a Book of Hours, with a two-faced drollery in the border, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (probably Paris), 1460s] Single leaf with single column of 14 lines of a late gothic bookhand, initials in blue touched with whi...

Leaf from an early Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manu...

Leaf from an early Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (probably Paris), last quarter of fourteenth century] Single leaf, with single column of two sizes of 11 lines in a large and grand gothic bookhand of the highest...

Leaf from a finely illuminated Book of Hours

Leaf from a finely illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [England (perhaps London or Oxford), fifteenth century (probably 1410s or 1420s)] Single leaf, with large initial (near half page in height) 'D' ("Deus in adiutorium ..."...

Leaf from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a min...

Leaf from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a miniature of a Dominican friar in prayer, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [England (probably London), c. 1420] Single leaf, with a large rectangular miniature of a tonsured friar ...

Leaf from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a min...

Leaf from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a miniature of a funeral scene, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [England (probably London), c. 1420] Single leaf, with a large initial 'D' (opening "Dilexi quoniam exaudiet ..."., t...

Leaf from a Book of Hours, Use of Paris, with a hound chasin...

Leaf from a Book of Hours, Use of Paris, with a hound chasing a stag and a bird catching a frog, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (probably Paris), c. 1500] Single leaf, in notably long and tall format, with single colum...

Bifolium from a Renaissance Book of Hours

Bifolium from a Renaissance Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (probably Paris), c. 1520] Two conjoined leaves, each with single column of 20 lines of text in two sizes of a late gothic hand showing substantial influ...

A saint in an initial on a leaf from an early Book of Hours ...

A saint in an initial on a leaf from an early Book of Hours or a Psalter-Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Low Countries, late thirteenth century] Single leaf, with single column of 13 lines in two sizes of good early gothic bookh...

Leaf from an opulently illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, ...

Leaf from an opulently illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment [France (Paris), c. 1430] Single leaf, with single column of 16 lines in an excellent late gothic bookhand, rubrics in liquid gold, one- and 2-line initials in blue and pink on ...

Leaf from an opulently illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, ...

Leaf from an opulently illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment [France (Paris), c. 1430] Single leaf, with single column of 16 lines in an excellent late gothic bookhand, late medieval single-word correction in margin, single catchword touc...

The Agony in the Garden, a large miniature from a Book of Ho...

The Agony in the Garden, a large miniature from a Book of Hours, with a text leaf from the same, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (probably Paris, c. 1510-20] Single leaf, with large miniature of Christ kneeling in the Garden of ...

Leaves from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin...

Leaves from an English Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [England (probably London), c. 1420] Ten leaves, including the complete Calendar from the parent volume, a bifolium from the Office of the Dead and the ...

Single leaf from a Book of Hours with young male and female ...

Single leaf from a Book of Hours with young male and female saints in the initials, in the hand of the Renaissance master-scribe Bartolomeo Sanvito, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy (Rome), early 1480s] Single leaf with a historiated initial ...

Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook, with rabbits playing mus...

Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook, with rabbits playing music and dancing in the margin, in Latin, opulently illuminated manuscript on parchment [Germany (probably Hildesheim, or vicinity), parent manuscript dated 1524] Single leaf, with single colu...

Judgement Day, - large miniature on a leaf from the Uphollan...

Judgement Day, - large miniature on a leaf from the Upholland Hours large miniature on a leaf from the Upholland Hours, illuminated manuscript in Latin on parchment [northern France (Amiens), c .1430-40] Single leaf, with full-page arch-topped miniat...

Job on the Dungheap, large miniature on a leaf from a Book o...

Job on the Dungheap, large miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (Paris or Rouen), c. 1475] Single leaf, with a large arch-topped miniature showing Job in the dungheap with three men looking o...

Leaf from the Psalter with Passion Sequences copied by Pietr...

Leaf from the Psalter with Passion Sequences copied by Pietro Ursuleo of Capuo, in Latin, opulently illuminated manuscript on parchment [southern Italy (Naples), c. 1460]Single leaf, with single column of 19 lines of a fine and accomplished humanist ...

Calendar leaf for December, from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ...

Calendar leaf for December, from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Southern Netherlands (Bruges, for the British market), c. 1460] Single leaf, with two small square miniatures (each approximately 33mm. high), showing (i...

The Virgin within a mandorla, adored by angels, on a leaf fr...

The Virgin within a mandorla, adored by angels, on a leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours, in Latin, on parchment [Central France (probably Bourges), c. 1480-90] Single leaf, with a large half-page arch-topped miniature enclosing the Virgin in blue...

Leaf from an early Book of Hours, with a yellow rabbit, in L...

Leaf from an early Book of Hours, with a yellow rabbit, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France, late thirteenth or perhaps early fourteenth century] Single leaf, with single column, 19 lines in a professional early gothic bookhand, cap...

‡ Leaf from the Llangattock Breviary, manuscript (Italy, 15t...

‡ Leaf from the Llangattock Breviary, with two historiated initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Ferrara), 1441-48] Single leaf with double column of 30 lines of a rounded late gothic bookhand (text for Feasts of SS. Praxede...

Leaf from an illuminated Breviary, most probably produced fo...

Leaf from an illuminated Breviary, most probably produced for use in a cathedral, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [England, fourteenth century]single large leaf, with double columns of up to 36 lines in a good gothic bookhand with pronounced wedgin...

Leaf from a Book of Hours, Use of Paris, in Latin, illuminat...

Leaf from a Book of Hours, Use of Paris, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (probably Paris), c. 1500] Single leaf, in notably long and tall format, with single column of 34 lines of a rounded and angular late gothic bookh...

Leaf from a Psalter or Psalter-Hours, with large illuminated...

Leaf from a Psalter or Psalter-Hours, with large illuminated initial, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [north-east France, second half of thirteenth century] Single leaf, with single column of 10 lines in two sizes of a notably high grade of bookhan...

Ɵ Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript...

Ɵ Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (most probably Paris), c. 1400]To view a video of this lot, click here.196 leaves (plus an seventeenth-century endleaf at each end), wanting single leaves (probably onc...