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Auction dates
06 Jul 2022 14:00 BST
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02 Jul 2022 11:00 - 16:00 BST
03 Jul 2022 11:00 - 16:00 BST
04 Jul 2022 10:00 - 17:00 BST
05 Jul 2022 10:00 - 17:00 BST
06 Jul 2022 10:00 - 17:00 BST
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We found 131 items matching your search
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Ɵ Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, in an early example of Beneventan minuscule
0 GBP
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Two small cuttings from Hrabanus Maurus
650 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Two cuttings from an early Liber Pontificalis
3,000 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Single leaf from a Homiliary by either Haimo of Halberstadt or Haimo of Auxerre
2,600 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Substantial remains of a single gathering from a large manuscript of Augustine
7,500 GBP
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Ɵ Jerome, Commentarius in Sophoniam 3:1-7, in Latin with a few words in Greek
2,000 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Two leaves from a large Romanesque Bible
3,000 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Leaf from a Bible, with Mark 14:68-15:41, including Christ's heart-rending words on the Cross
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Leaf from an early Noted Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
800 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Bifolium from a Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
0 GBP
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Leaf from a Romanesque Lectionary
800 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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‡ Cutting from an 'Atlantic' Bible, with remnant of a large interlace initial in Carolingian style
550 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Leaf from a gargantuan 'Atlantic' Bible
1,900 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Bifolium from a Sacramentary, in Latin, manuscript on parchment
900 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Small cutting from an early choirbook
950 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Two large cuttings from German service books
500 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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‡ Notker the Stammerer, Liber sequentiarum, an important work for the Carolingian history of music
8,000 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Fragment with Werner von Ellerbach
1,500 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Two leaves from a Gospel Lectionary
0 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Palladius of Cappadocia, Historia Lausiaca, in Latin translation, cutting from a large leaf
550 GBP
700 - 900 GBP
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Ɵ Ambrose, Expositio Evangelii Secundum Lucam, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Bifolium from a herbal glossary in the Synonyma tradition, in Latin
1,800 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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‡ Small decorated initial on a cutting most probably from a manuscript Legendary
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400 - 600 GBP
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Fragment of a manuscript of the works of John Damascene
420 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Leaf from Peter Lombard, Magna Glossatura in Epistolas Pauli, in Latin
550 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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‡ Leaf from a decorated manuscript of Petrus Comestor
0 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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‡ Two leaves from a Glossed Psalter, one with elegant coloured initials, in Latin
1,700 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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‡ Three leaves from a Noted Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
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1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Leaf from a Psalter or Psalter-Hours, with large illuminated initial, in Latin,
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Bifolium from a large illuminated manuscript of Laurent de Premierfait's French translation of Bocca
1,900 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Leaf from an early Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment
0 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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‡ Leaf from a manuscript of Alexander de Villa Dei
380 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Five leaves from an extremely large codex of John of Freiburg
1,300 GBP
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Bifolium from a large and handsome Missal
400 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Seven leaves from a Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
0 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Leaf from a large illuminated Pontifical, in Latin, manuscript on parchment
0 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Two leaves from liturgical books, in Latin, illuminated manuscripts on parchment
350 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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‡ Small collection of thirty-six cuttings from four illuminated medieval manuscripts
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500 - 700 GBP
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Leaf from a Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, in Latin,
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Two leaves from a large English manuscript of Petrus Riga
1,500 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Leaf from the gargantuan 'Bohun Bible', with an illuminated initial
1,700 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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‡ Leaf from an English Psalter, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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‡ Leaf from an English Psalter, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Leaf from a Missal, with a charming decorated initial, in Latin,
280 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Limp parchment binding formed from three bifolia reused from a Glossed Biblical manuscript
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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‡ Two leaves from a Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Bifolium with the capitula list of a manuscript of Augustine
350 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Leaf from the Psalter with Passion Sequences copied by Pietro Ursuleo of Capuo
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Bifolium from a large humanist manuscript of Fazio degli Uberti
2,600 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, in Latin, a leaf and a book-board
350 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Leaf from a copy of William Durandus, Rationale divinorum officiorum, in Latin
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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‡ Leaf from a large manuscript of Peter Lombard
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800 - 1,200 GBP
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‡ Leaf from a vast Lectern Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
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500 - 700 GBP
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‡ Leaf from the Ordinary of a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Sixteen cuttings from bifolia from a manuscript of a Latin wordlist based on Balbus' Catholicon
3,200 GBP
700 - 900 GBP
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‡ Leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Two near-complete leaves from a manuscript of Gratian's Decretum
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1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Fragments of bifolia from a manuscript of Gratian
500 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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