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The History of Western Script: A Selection from The Schøyen Collection, in Celebration of the Collector’s Eightieth Birthday
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The History of Western Script: A Selection from The Schøyen Collection, in Celebration of the Collector’s Eightieth Birthday

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Auction dates
Jul 08, 2020 10:30 AM BST
Viewing dates
Jul 04, 2020 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM BST
Jul 05, 2020 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM BST
Jul 06, 2020 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM BST
Jul 07, 2020 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM BST
Auction currency
GBP
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There are 80 lots within this auction
Category
Brand
Item Type
Sorted by
‡ Stamp seal with quadrupeds, on steatite or chlorite block [Near East, 5th or 4th millennium BC]
3,800 GBP
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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‡ Stamp seal with Ibex, carved on black steatite or chlorite [Near East, fourth millennium BC.]
4,000 GBP
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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‡ Omens from the behaviour of birds of prey, in cuneiform, clay tablet [Babylonia, 7th century BC.]
32,000 GBP
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Book of the Dead, in Heiratic, section of linen wrapping [Egypt, probably fourth century BC.]
5,000 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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‡ Homer, Iliad XI:1-5, in Greek, epic verse, manuscript on papyrus [Egypt, 2nd century AD.]
12,000 GBP
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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‡ Quotations from Isocrates and Menander, in Attic Greek, wooden tablet [Egypt, 4th or 5th century]
13,000 GBP
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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‡ Votive text, in Latin, punched with dots into thin gold plate [probably England, 3rd century AD.]
20,000 GBP
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Record of testamentary charities, in Latin, manuscript on bronze [Mediterranean, dated 209 AD.)]
7,000 GBP
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Ɵ A homily discussing adultery, in Greek, manuscript on parchment [Greece, 11th century]
3,500 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Coptic Psalter, manuscript on parchment [Egypt (probably White Monastery), 1st half of 5th century]
8,000 GBP
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Breviary, in Syriac, decorated manuscript on parchment [Near East (probably Syria), twelfth century]
0 GBP
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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‡ Hebrew Bible, Amos 5:7-7:11, manuscript on parchment [Oriental, tenth or eleventh century]
42,000 GBP
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Hebrew Bible, with Kings Chronicles and Isaiah, manuscript on parchment [Germany, 12th/13th century]
0 GBP
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Yačaxapatoum čark, Armenian sermons, manuscript on parchment [Greater Armenia, 12th century]
0 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Ɵ Canon of Odes 3-7, in Middle Georgian, manuscript on parchment [Georgia, 13th or 14th century]
4,000 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Southern Italy, 11th century]
4,200 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Augustine, Tractatus in Johannem, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Southern Italy, 11th century]
750 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Collectarium, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [southern central Italy (perhaps Sulmona), c. 1200]
850 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Passional, with an animal initial, manuscript in Latin, on parchment [Southern Italy, c. 1100]
15,000 GBP
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Ɵ Gregory the Great, Homily, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Southern Italy, 13th century]
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Southern Italy, 14th century]
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Athanasius, Life of St. Anthony the Great, manuscript on parchment [France, 9th century]
5,000 GBP
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Bede’s commentary on Luke, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [most probably Germany, 9th century]
0 GBP
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Ɵ Bible, in Latin, in Carolingian minuscule, manuscript on parchment [France, 9th century]
0 GBP
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Ɵ Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli, manuscript on parchment [Italy (probably Bobbio), 10th century]
15,000 GBP
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Ɵ Lectionary leaf, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [probably Italy, tenth century]
3,800 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Early Medieval Penitential, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [France/Low Countries, 11th century]
0 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Low Countries or Germany, early to mid-11th century]
1,000 GBP
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Ɵ Lectionary in Latin, manuscript on parchment [southern Germany, 11th century (probably 1st half)]
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Augustine, Epistulae, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [France (perhaps Loire), 11th century]
0 GBP
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Ɵ Augustine, Sermones, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Low Countries, 2nd half of 11th century]
580 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Paul the Deacon, Homiliary, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Germany, early 11th century]
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Vita Sancti Stephani, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Germany (perhaps Rhineland), c. 1100]
1,800 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Isidore of Seville, Etymologiarum, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [France, 12th century]
3,500 GBP
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Ɵ Sulpicius Severus, Life of St. Martin, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [St Albans, 12th century]
8,600 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [England, 12th century]
1,800 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Vergil, Georgics, in Latin, leaves in situ in an Oxford binding by D. Pinart [England, c. 1200]
17,000 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Matthaeus Platearius, De Medicinis, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [England or France, 12th centu
1,500 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Atlantic Bible leaf with white vine initial, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy, 12th century]
3,000 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Sermons on the Annunciation of the Virgin, manuscript in Latin on parchment [Italy, 12th century]
2,600 GBP
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Ɵ Vast white vine initial in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy, 12th century]
0 GBP
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Homilies, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [northern Italy (perhaps the Veneto), c. 1200]
1,100 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Ɵ Glossed Bible, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Northern France, 13th century]
800 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Leaf from the Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Bible, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [France, 13th century]
1,500 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Ɵ Commentary on Matthew 2:11-18, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [England, c. 1200]
1,800 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Aristotle, Priora Analytica, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [France/England, thirteenth century]
2,000 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Lectern Bible, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [southern Flanders (perhaps Tournai), c. 1275]
2,000 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Commentaries on Luke, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [France/Low Countries, 13th or 14th century]
0 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Ɵ Bulls of Pope Boniface VIII, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [northern France, c.1300]
950 GBP
700 - 900 GBP
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Ɵ Decretals, in Latin, from a large manuscript on parchment [Italy, 14th century]
1,500 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Ɵ Guillelmus Durandus, Repertorium juris, manuscript on parchment [Italy & England, 14th century]
1,200 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Ɵ Hercules Oetaeus, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy, later 14th century or c. 1400]
2,000 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ Vitae sanctorum, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Germany, Rhineland, c.1300]
3,000 GBP
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Ɵ Confraternity of the Archangel Michael, in Spanish, manuscript on parchment [Valencia, c.1400]
800 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Ɵ Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Germany, fifteenth century]
700 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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