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Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures
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Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures

Auction dates
10 Jul 2018 11:00 BST
Viewing dates
06 Jul 2018 09:30 - 17:30 BST
07 Jul 2018 11:00 - 16:00 BST
08 Jul 2018 11:00 - 16:00 BST
09 Jul 2018 09:30 - 17:30 BST
Auction currency
GBP
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There are 154 lots within this auction
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Brand
Item Type
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Presentation in the Temple, composite miniature from a Book of Hours
1,500 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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A Doctor with Two Amputees, miniature from an early copy of Bartholomaeus Anglicanus,
0 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Grant issued by Tescelinus abbot of the monastery of Ferrières, to Ada
0 GBP
700 - 900 GBP
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Grant issued by the abbot of the monastery of Sainte Marie in Sauve Majeure
0 GBP
700 - 900 GBP
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Rental roll for a French estate
200 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Grant of Nicholas son of Thomas, son of Herbert, to Walter of Saundeby, witnessed by Lord Ralph “
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Grant of Thomas ‘de le Lec’ to his son William and Agnes his wife
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Grant of Thomas, son of Herbert, to Walter of Saundeby (perhaps Saundy, Nottinghamshire),
0 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Grant of William of Kingston to Walter of Saundeby, for a halfpenny rent
0 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Grant of William son of Richard of Kingston (probably that in Staffordshire) to the son of Lord
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Grant by John Harpedale of Uttoxeter to Walter, son of Herbert of Somersal, for an annual rent of
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Opening leaf of a finely illuminated Venetian ducal commission appointing Aloysius Contarenus to
600 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Ɵ Two medieval account books in contemporary wallet-bindings
3,200 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Two collections of legal documents for the Suardi family
0 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Twelve leaves from an Armenian Gospel Book, in Armenian, illuminated manuscript on paper [Armenia,
2,900 GBP
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Ɵ Mashtots (rituale)
0 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Monumental Lectionary,
7,000 GBP
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Ɵ Niketas Akominatos Choniates, Chronike diegesis
48,000 GBP
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Ɵ Presbyter Leo of Naples, Historia Alexandri Magni (Historia de preliis)
30,000 GBP
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Ɵ The Canterbury ‘Trussel’ Bible, with prologues of Jerome and Interpretation of Hebrew Names
100,000 GBP
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Ɵ William Peraldus, Summa de vitiis
25,000 GBP
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Ɵ Bernardinus of Siena, Sermones extraordinarii
8,500 GBP
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Ɵ Leaves from a Missal
0 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Ɵ Processional, of Augustinian Use
0 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Tibullus, Elegae ad Messalam Corvinum
20,000 GBP
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Ɵ Basil of Caesarea, Epistola ad Adolenscentes, in the Latin translation of Leonardo Bruni
70,000 GBP
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Ɵ Humanist Compendium including Pseudo-Pliny, De viris illustribus, Leonardo Bruni, Commentariorum
14,000 GBP
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Ɵ Valerius Probus, De notis romanis,
5,200 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ The Hours of Isabella d’Este, Use of Rome,
340,000 GBP
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Ɵ Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht, in the Dutch translation of Geert Grote
30,000 GBP
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Ɵ Compendium of English and Welsh armorial material
7,000 GBP
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Ɵ Breve Trattato della Poetica Volgare,
0 GBP
700 - 900 GBP
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Ɵ Large Practical Calligraphic Album,
550 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Ɵ Nicolo Baldelli, Tractate on moral theology
400 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Bernardo Gaviani, Carmina
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Ricerche storiche sopra la Bolla in Cena Domini (a historical work on papal bulls)
190 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Ɵ Armorial of Francesca Isabella di Giovanni Nicolo Righi, third wife of Alfonso di Vicenzo
0 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ ‘Delle Macchie delle Unghie’ (on Uncumancy, divination through the interpretation of fingernails)
1,800 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Breve Istruzione per L’inteligenza della Fortificazione Moderna secondo il metodo Di Mre
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Ɵ Osservazioni aritmetiche scelte dalla practica del P. Clavio, mathematical text
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Ɵ Luigi Fantini, Elementi di Matematica
0 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Ɵ Study on fireworks and recent innovations in the field
800 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Ɵ Khairat al-Mo'atij fi al-Sal'at ila al-awal wa'atta (Collected prayers for the Prophet Muhammad)
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Ɵ A Maghtibi Treatise on Sunni Jurispudence
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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A Sub-Saharan Qur'an
3,000 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani, Kitab al-Mizan al-Sha'raniya
0 GBP
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Large leaf from a monumental Qur'an, possibly from the Rasulid period
0 GBP
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Ɵ Kitab Jash'at al-Muktamal ila Sharh al-Mutul (On the Science of Rhetoric and Religious Practices)
5,000 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Six leaves from an early Ottoman Qur'an
370 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Kitab Al-Farayid (Inheritance Laws in accordance with Islamic Fiqh)
450 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Ɵ Nata'ij al-Funun bound with a historical treatise
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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An Illuminated Ottoman Ijaza, or Calligrapher's Diploma
0 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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A monumental illuminated miniature with fine calligraphy
800 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Two leaves from Qur'an in Eastern Kufic script
0 GBP
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Ɵ Kitab al-Aistaquisa' li'badhabib al-Fiqa'
2,600 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Two leaves from a monumental Safavid Qur'an
0 GBP
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Ɵ Sharah al-Irshad al-Sah al-Imam al-Himmam (A Treatise on Shia Imamate Jurispudence),
0 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Ɵ Ghazaliyaat Kan'at al-Arabi (Divan of Poetry written in Arabic), in Arabic
13,000 GBP
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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A Chagan Bazi scene (Polo Match)
0 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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