Reference to manuscripts formerly in the collection of A. Chester Beatty: p. 10, lot 5 ([W 63] 1932 Sotheby's sale, lot 15, with provenance information); p. 11, lot 9 (three leaves [ff. 237, 243, and 297] from 'The Chester Beatty Bible' (France, c.1300) [W 116], sold at Sotheby's, 24 June 1969, lot 57); p. 26, lot 36 (leaf [Annunciation to the Shepherds] 'from a Book of Hours, in Latin, [France (Paris), 1405-10]' [formerly W 104; includes post-1917 provenance of the miniatures, including a gifting of one miniature to Harold K. Hochschild and exchanges with A.S. Yahuda in 1931). |