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AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH SMALL MINIATURE OF ST. ANNE FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
Verlag: late 15th century, Northeastern France, probably Arras
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146 x 95 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4"). Single column, 15 lines in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Attractively matted. Rubrics in red, one- and two-line initials in brushed gold on a red or blue ground, EACH SIDE OF LEAF WITH A BRUSHED GOLD PANEL BORDER, WITH VERY PRETTY ILLUSIONISTIC FLOWERS OR COMPLEX KNOTWORK; WITH ONE SMALL MINIATURE (measuring approximately 40 x 25 mm.) depicting St. Anne. Headlines written in French in a later (18th century?) calligraphic hand. â A stain in about half the lower margin (not affecting decoration or text), light general soiling, rubrics faded and gold a little dulled in places, image of the young Mary a little rubbed in one place, but still a very attractive specimen with an especially touching miniature. From a charmingly decorated 15th century prayer book, this lovely leaf offers the opportunity to acquire a very nice miniature with considerable gold ornamentation at an attainable price. The image depicts St. Anne, venerated as the mother of the Virgin, shown here with daughter Mary at her side. This tender scene between mother and child is accentuated by the warm glow of the saint's beautiful gold robes. For other leaves from this same manuscript, please check our website. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12668bA
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Verlag: late 15th century, Northeastern France, probably Arras
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146 x 95 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4"). Single column, 15 lines in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red, one- and two-line initials in brushed gold on a red or blue ground, EACH SIDE OF EACH LEAF WITH A BRUSHED GOLD PANEL BORDER WITH VERY PRETTY ILLUSIONISTIC FLOWERS; EACH LEAF WITH ONE SMALL MINIATURE (measuring approximately 40 x 25 mm.). Headlines written in French in a later (18th century?) calligraphic hand. âLight soiling, a couple small stains in margins, Trinity leaf with one initial a bit rubbed and a few very tiny chips of paint to miniature, otherwise excellent specimens, generally clean and smooth, with ample margins and attractive decoration. From a charmingly decorated 15th century prayer book, these lovely leaves offer the opportunity to acquire a miniature with considerable gold ornamentation at an attainable price. One leaf depicts an image of the Trinity in which God the Father holds the body of a crucified Christ in his arms; the other leaf depicts St. James, patron saint of Spain, shown in bright green and red robes and holding a long staff. For other leaves from this same manuscript, please check our website. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12668bD
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mid-15th century, France
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155 x 113 mm. (6 1/8 x 4 1/2"). Single column, 14 lines in a gothic book hand. Rubrics in red, one two-line initial in pink with white tracery, filled with painted ivy vines and on a gold ground, BOTH SIDES WITH THREE-QUARTER BORDER composed of hairline vines, gold ivy and bezants, and painted flowers, fruit, and acanthus, outer margin near text column with a thin blue and gold bar terminating in colorful acanthus, recto with A SMALL (40 x 35 mm.) MINIATURE OF ST. CHRISTOPHER CROSSING THE RIVER WITH THE CHRIST CHILD ON HIS BACK. Verso with remnants of mounting tape on four corners. âGeneral faint soiling and a few negligible marginal spots, small area of dampstaining on lower corner and margins, but a very attractive leaf with no serious issues, and the miniature in excellent condition, very bright and fresh. This charming miniature depicts the most well-known episode from the life of St. Christopher, in which he carries the "weight of the world" across a perilous river (part of the charm here is that the river as depicted in the small space available to the miniaturist presents no more peril than a puddle). According to Catholic tradition, St. Christopher was a man of extraordinary size who, after converting to Christianity, served God by acting as a ferryman of sorts, using his bulk to help people cross a particularly dangerous stretch of water. During one such crossing, the weight of one of his smallest passengers became almost too much to bear; after he arrived safely on the other side of the river, it was revealed that his passenger was the Christ Child, and that Christopher had been carrying both the weight of the world and its savior. The artist of the present miniature emphasizes the burden felt by the saint, depicting him with a bent back and knees, relying heavily on his walking stick as he makes his way through the water. Christ sits confidently astride the saint's shoulders, holding a golden orb in one hand and making the sign of benediction--his two fingers pointing toward the opposite shore--with the other. Though the miniature is small, the story is immediately grasped and the artist makes excellent use of the space with harmonious shapes and bright colors. The unusual format of this leaf is also interesting, with the borders being quite thick and the miniature situated outside the text rather than within it. The overall design is pleasing, and dozens of gilt bezants and leaves on both recto and verso add an extra touch of luxury. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST17076b
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146 x 95 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4"). Single column, 15 lines in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red, one- and two-line initials in brushed gold on a red or blue ground, EACH SIDE OF EACH LEAF WITH A BRUSHED GOLD PANEL BORDER, WITH VERY PRETTY ILLUSIONISTIC FLOWERS, and one panel with acanthus apparently unfinished; EACH LEAF WITH ONE SMALL MINIATURE (measuring approximately 40 x 25 mm.) DEPICTING SAINTS. Headlines written in French in a later (18th century?) calligraphic hand. âLight soiling, otherwise excellent specimens, generally clean and smooth, with ample margins and attractive decoration. From a charmingly decorated 15th century prayer book, these lovely leaves offer the opportunity to acquire a miniature andconsiderable gold ornamentation at an attainable price. One leaf depicts Sts. Peter and Paul in a single frame, and the other shows St. Vedast (or Waast)--a saint that was particularly venerated in France, especially in the Arras region, whence we be believe these leaves originated. For other leaves from this same manuscript, please check our website. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12668bK
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TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS
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ca. 1460s, Northern France [probably Paris], 1460
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130 x 98 mm. (5 1/8 x 3 7/8"). Single column, 14 lines in a fine gothic book hand. Attractively matted. The text similarly decorated as in the previous entry, but with the panel border on the verso inhabited by a leaping dog, the same side WITH A GOLD-FRAMED MINIATURE (measuring 35 x 33 mm.) OF SAINT CLAUDE OF BESANÇON attired in his bishop's regalia, standing in a hallway between two arch-topped doors, reading a book. âA fine, fresh leaf, with only the vaguest sense of soiling. Born in 603 and living well into his 90s, Saint Claude (or Claudius) became Archbishop of Besançon in 685 and after his death was so popular that his shrine became one of the major destinations for pilgrims in France, the town where he was buried actually changing its name from Condate to Saint Claude. Lore surrounding this saint strains credulity, and the historian Henry Wace has said that "on this saint the inventors of legends have compiled a vast farrago of improbabilities." Perhaps chief among the myths is the belief that his body remained in an incorruptible state (at least until it was destroyed during the French Revolution). However well preserved his corpse remained, his feet were exposed three times each day to be kissed by the many pilgrims who flocked to his shrine. In the Hours of Henry VIII in the Morgan Library, there is a miniature showing Claude resuscitating a dead man. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12021-239
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ca. 1460s, Northern France [probably Paris], 1460
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130 x 98 mm. (5 1/8 x 3 7/8"). Single column, 14 lines in a fine gothic book hand. Attractively matted. The text similarly decorated as in the previous entry, but with the panel border on the verso inhabited by a long-necked hybrid beast, the same side WITH A FINE, SMALL MINIATURE (measuring 35 x 33 mm.) OF SAINT ANTHONY THE GREAT, the Desert Father seated on a broad wooden bench beneath a red and gold canopy, one hand upraised in blessing, the other holding an open book, the saint flanked on either side by a fierce demon, one raising a stick with which to beat him, and in the foreground, a pig sniffing around the saint's feet. âMinor loss of paint in a small spot on the miniature, affecting the head of one demon, one initial faintly blurred, otherwise fresh, clean, and altogether pleasing. This is a memorably animated miniature showing the father of Christian monasticism serenely ignoring the demons sent to taunt and tempt him. The patron saint of swineherds (thus the pig as his attribute), Saint Anthony withstood many years of demonic torments, and offered advice and encouragement to others in their own trials. While the artist was restricted by an expected reverence toward the saint, he felt no such constraint in depicting the devils, and the one on the left--with a chest resembling the red scales of an alligator--is a particularly successful expression of artistic license exercised in the name of droll malevolence. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12021-241
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146 x 95 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4"). Single column, 15 lines in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red, one- and two-line initials in brushed gold on a red or blue ground, EACH SIDE OF EACH LEAF WITH A BRUSHED GOLD PANEL BORDER, WITH VERY PRETTY ILLUSIONISTIC FLOWERS; EACH LEAF WITH TWO SMALL MINIATURES (measuring approximately 40 x 25 mm.) depicting saints shown with their attributes. Headlines written in French in a later (18th century?) calligraphic hand. âLight soiling, rubrics faded, otherwise excellent specimens, generally clean and smooth, with ample margins, attractive decoration, and shining gold. From a charmingly decorated 15th century prayer book, these lovely leaves offer the opportunity to acquire a miniature and considerable gold ornamentation at an attainable price. One leaf depicts St. Andrew (holding an "X" shaped cross) and St. Etienne (i.e. St. Stephen, here shown with three stones on his body), and the other shows St. Remigius (the so-called "Apostle of the Franks") and St. Quentin--a saint that was particularly venerated in France, especially in the north, whence we be believe these leaves originated. For other leaves from this same manuscript, please check our website. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12668bJ
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TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS
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Northern France [probably Paris], 1460
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130 x 98 mm. (5 1/8 x 3 7/8"). Single column, 14 lines in a fine gothic book hand. Attractively matted. The text similarly decorated as in the previous entry, but with panel borders on both sides inhabited by a friendly peacock, one with a bright green tail, the other with a brushed gold tail, the recto also WITH A BLOODY MINIATURE (measuring 35 x 33 mm.) OF SAINT SEBASTIAN'S MARTYRDOM, the half-naked saint tied to a tree, bleeding from numerous arrow wounds, his two tormentors a study in contrasts: one a large, uncouth fellow with a plain bow, the other a dandy in pink tights and a blue and gold doublet shooting a crossbow, the scene set in a meadow with rolling green hills leading to a turreted town in the distance. âOne tiny hole to the background landscape, minor flaking of paint, peacock on the recto a little rubbed, otherwise a fine, fresh leaf. Although the martyred Saint Sebastian is invariably pictured as shot full of arrows, he did not die from these punctures, but rather was actually nursed back to health by Saint Irene, then returned to serve the emperor, who had him clubbed to death. As Wieck says in "Time Sanctified," the story of these double miseries of our third century captain in Diocletian's army had already made Sebastian one of the two or three most popular of Christian martyrs. But in addition to the wide regard that had accrued from his martyrdom, "the opportunity that Sebastian provided for portraying a beautiful nude youth ensured his popularity among artists and many of their clients . . . from the late Middle Ages, through the Renaissance, to the 19th century." One of the archers in the Sebastian miniature is usually depicted wearing an elaborately decorated doublet, and in that tradition, the artist here has done an impressive job of showing carefully defined gold embroidery on the garment of the figure in the foreground. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12021-244
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146 x 95 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4"). Single column, 15 lines in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red, one- and two-line initials in brushed gold on a red or blue ground, EACH SIDE OF LEAF WITH A BRUSHED GOLD PANEL BORDER, WITH VERY PRETTY ILLUSIONISTIC FLOWERS AND FRUITS, and intricate strapwork design in colors; WITH TWO SMALL MINIATURES (measuring approximately 40 x 25 mm.) depicting John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, shown with their attributes. Headlines written in French in a later (18th century?) calligraphic hand. âLight soiling, a touch of paint loss to frames and background (not very noticeable and not affecting the figures, otherwise an excellent specimen, generally clean and smooth, with ample margins, winning decoration, and shining gold. From a charmingly decorated 15th century prayer book, this leaf offers the opportunity to acquire two particularly nice miniatures, each depicting an important saint. The recto shows St. John the Baptist with a lamb at his side and a book balanced on his knee; and the verso depicts St. John the Evangelist as a young man, holding a chalice with what ought to be snakes emerging from it (in reference to the poisoned cup he was invited to drink as a test of faith), but which instead look more like tendrils of smoke. For other leaves from this same manuscript, please check our website. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12668bH
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TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS
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ca. 1460s, Northern France [probably Paris], 1460
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130 x 98 mm. (5 1/8 x 3 7/8"). Single column, 14 lines in a fine gothic book hand. Attractively matted. The text similarly decorated as in the previous entry, but with the panel border on the verso inhabited by a long-tailed pheasant, the same side WITH A DRAMATIC MINIATURE (measuring 35 x 33 mm.) OF SAINT GREGORY CELEBRATING MASS, the saint holding aloft the communion wafer WHILE THE FIGURE OF CHRIST RISES FROM THE ALTAR, BLOOD FROM THE WOUND TO HIS HAND CASCADING INTO THE CHALICE on the altar surface, the wall behind displaying the "Arma Christi," Gregory's doubting deacon kneeling behind him, and beside the deacon, a noblewoman recognizable as the owner of the Book of Hours. âA little faint soiling near edges, otherwise in fresh, bright, and altogether pleasing condition. Representing the most heightened of religious moments in general as well as a key point in the life of Saint Gregory specifically, this leaf features compelling actions being witnessed by the woman for whom this Book of Hours was made. According to the doctrine of Transubstantiation, the Communion wafer becomes the body of Christ once the priest blesses it with the words "this is my body," and this dramatic transformation is revealed publicly at the moment when the wafer is raised; similarly, when the wine is blessed by the priest, it becomes the Christ's blood, a transmutation that is obviously being symbolized by the spouting blood in the present scene. For Gregory (ca. 540-604), this miniature represents the occasion for gratitude toward God. Faced with doubts expressed by his deacon about the validity of Transubstantiation, Gregory had prayed for a sign that the doctrine was true, whereupon the bread was transformed in the deacon's presence into Christ in the visible guise of the Man of Sorrows rising from the altar, clad only in a loincloth and displaying the wounds left by the Crucifixion (here, the wound on just the right hand suffices). The miniature is full of absorbing details, including the "Arms of Christ" (symbols from the Passion) displayed on the wall, the gold hatching and black embroidery on the altar cloth, the line of text and closure tabs on the Missal lying on the altar, and the architectural elements of the chapel (including a rooster standing on a pedestal, one more item in the "Arma Christi"). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12021-233
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TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES
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ca. 1480, France, 1480
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155 x 108 mm. (6 1/8 x 4 1/4"). Single column, 18 lines in a fine bâtarde hand. Attractively matted. Rubrics in blue, a two-line initial in brushed gold on a red ground, BOTH SIDES WITH A PANEL BORDER of alternating squares of purple with sprays of blue violets and brushed gold with pink lotus flowers, recto with AN EIGHT-LINE HISTORIATED INITIAL in red and brushed gold on a blue and gold ground DEPICTING JOHN THE BAPTIST, VERSO WITH A SMALL MINIATURE (measuring approximately 35 mm. square) OF ST. ANTHONY. âA little soiling and wrinkling to edges, tiny erosion to paint in the larger scene, otherwise a clean, smooth, altogether pleasing leaf. The quality of the painting here is extremely good, with deft strokes that allow for convincing, emotional portrayal. John the Baptist is shown standing in a field in his ragged tunic, apparently lecturing the small white lamb lying on the open book held in the saint's left hand. St. Anthony the Great, the hermit and Desert Father venerated as the founder of monasticism (and the patron saint of basket makers, brush makers, gravediggers, and those afflicted with skin diseases), is shown with a long beard and monk's robes. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ST12740
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