Lot 143
Early manuscripts including miniature from a Book of Hours,
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
£3,250
Description
French, 15th century, 173 x 120mm., two monks reading from a liturgical ms. on a lectern, edge mounted on two small tags; Leaf from a late 13th century French missal, 290 x 200mm., edge mounted on three small tags; [Persian miniature] painted frontispiece from a manuscript of Hafiz, probably 17th century, 158 x 120mm., firmly glued into mount; [Antiphonal] 16 vellum leaves from an antiphonary, 16th century, probably French of Flemish, 490 x 350mm., [Psalter] 3 leaves from a Spanish psalter, with one illuminated letter, 17th century, 510 x 350mm., some soiling and staining, loose in a worn 17th century vellum binding; sold not subject to return