Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
Title |
Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts |
Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2016 |
Physical desc. |
84 pages ; colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Note |
06/12/2016 |
Also includes lots 1-12 from: The Bible collection of Dr. Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Sotheby's New York, 5 December 2016. |
Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 49, lot 56 (CB W 103: 'Leaves from the 1408 Chester Beatty Book of Hours', dated 1408; 'his W MS 103, who took the volume apart; parts were sold in our rooms, 24 June 1969, lots 58 and 58A-K'; three further leaves on sale ['foliated 113, 144, and 129(?), f.144 was the first leaf of quire 19 ... beginnings of Psalms 5, 148, and 39 respectively']; p. [58], lot 1 (Gospel of Matthew, in Coptic: 'The hand bears some resemblance to the Saqqara Coptic Codices divided between Michigan and the Chester Beatty Library'.). |
Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 6 December 2016, London |
Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 103 |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, European -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French -- Catalogs |
Books of hours -- Catalogs |
Historiated initials -- Catalogs |
Fine bindings -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Latin -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Greek -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Armenian -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts (Papyri) -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Catalogs |
Coptic language -- Papyri -- Catalogs |