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Catalogue of Western manuscripts and miniatures, and a Hebrew manuscript: including a highly important and hitherto unknown Pontifical, (England, c. 1000), Raymundus de Pennaforte's Summa de paenitentia, (?England, before 1291), Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, (England, 14th century), and other English manuscripts and charters; Bruni's De primo bello punico, Florence, 1469, The epistles of St. Paul, (France, c. 1520), in the style of Geofroy Tory; a fine Flemish Hours of the Virgin, (c. 1440), probably from the atelier of the master of the golden scrolls, an attractive small book of hours, (Paris, c. 1470), with decoration of high quality, a good Rouen book of hours, (c. 1435), a Bavarian Diurnal, (c. 1450) and other Spanish, Italian, Flemish, English, French and German books of hours and psalters; Maimonides's Guide to the perplexed, Spain 1476

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Catalogue of Western manuscripts and miniatures, and a Hebrew manuscript : including a highly important and hitherto unknown Pontifical, (England, c. 1000), Raymundus de Pennaforte's Summa de paenitentia, (?England, before 1291), Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, (England, 14th century), and other English manuscripts and charters; Bruni's De primo bello punico, Florence, 1469, The epistles of St. Paul, (France, c. 1520), in the style of Geofroy Tory; a fine Flemish Hours of the Virgin, (c. 1440), probably from the atelier of the master of the golden scrolls, an attractive small book of hours, (Paris, c. 1470), with decoration of high quality, a good Rouen book of hours, (c. 1435), a Bavarian Diurnal, (c. 1450) and other Spanish, Italian, Flemish, English, French and German books of hours and psalters; Maimonides's Guide to the perplexed, Spain 1476
Publisher London : Sotheby & Co., 1971
Physical desc. [48] pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates ; illustrations (2 color) ; 25 cm.
Note 12/07/1971
Including property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Tollemache, Brodie of Brodie, the Cathedral of St. James, Bury St. Edmunds (sold by direction of Cathedral Council), and others.
Reference to CB manuscript: lot 54 (book of hours, Sotheby sale, 24 June 1969, part II, lot 72).
Date & place of sale Monday 12 July 1971, London
Person as subject Tollemache, Bentley Lyonel John Tollemache -- Baron -- 1883-1955 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Corporate name Cathedral of St. James -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts, European -- Catalogs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Catalogs
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