| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of Western manuscripts and miniatures : including the psalter of Anne Boleyn, 1529-32, in a fine English embroidered binding ; the bible of Norwich Cathedral, mid-thirteenth century ; the obit book of Monza Basilica, mid-twelfth century ; Le Neve's Equestrian book with 88 drawings of knights on horseback, c. 1460-80 ; a thirteenth- century Parisian bible with 76 historiated initials ; four thirteenth-century psalters including one with 130 historiated initials ; two manuscripts from Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria, 1813 ; manuscripts of texts by Sallust, Cicero, Usuardus, Henry de Bracton, Vincent of Beauvais and Boccaccio ; manuscripts in Latin, Greek, French, German, Spanish and Russian ; fine bindings, including one of the early twelfth century, on dated 1468, and a fourteenth-century manuscript which has never been bound ; a pontifical, two missals, processionals, breviaries, choir-books, and a fine series of books of hours, including two Dutch examples and one in humanistic script, Florence, c. 1450; Spanish confirmations of nobility ; charters and documents, including several monastic grants and a long run of the court rolls of Cressingham in Norfolk ; single leaves and miniatures, including a historiated initial by Giovanni di Paolo, Siena, c. 1440, and a fragment in Beneventan script, c. 1100 |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 1982 |
| Physical desc. |
135 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
07/12/1982 |
| Property of Mrs. M.J. Hughlock, the late J.C. Thomson, the late Brigadier W.G. Carr, D.S.O., and others. |
| Includes a loosely inserted price list. |
| Reference to a former manuscript in the possession of A. Chester Beatty, page 8, lot 5 (Book of Hours, Boucicaut Master; purchased from Edward Arnold (via Chaundy), Sotheby's, 6 May 1929, lot 240; sold, Sotheby's, 24 June 1969, lot 58. |
| Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 7 December 1982, London |
| Person as subject |
Hughlock, M.J. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Thomson, J.C. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Carr, W.G. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Bible -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, European -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Latin -- Catalogs |
