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De proprietatibus rerum.
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 30 May 1483

BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS

De proprietatibus rerum. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 30 May 1483, 1483.

THE GREATEST MEDIEVAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes Lucilius Santritter).
Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 14 October 1482.

HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.

THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans defeated Hasdrubal, a miniature from the Romuléon, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[Eastern France, c. 1480]

GARNIER (Pierre)

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME

Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum.
Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 8 March

CORNELIUS NEPOS

Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum. Venice, Nicolaus… 1471.

EDITIO PRINCEPS - THE PEMBROKE COPY

The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum.
[France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]

The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book… 1470.

FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial… 1450.

EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION

Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
Bruges, c. 1440-1450

Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.

FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours. France, c.

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1430.

St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours . Amiens, c.

St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.

WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND

King Robert II of France accepts the surrender of Melun, an illuminated miniature on vellum from the Grandes Chroniques de France.
[Paris, c.1400-1410]

REMIET (Perrin)

King Robert II of France accepts the surrender… 1410.

A SUPERB MINIATURE FROM THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES DE FRANCE

The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from an early Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern France (Picardy, Noyon?), 14th century (c. 1370s)]

NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from… 1370.

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial

CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial… 1330.

UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION

Leaf from a finely illuminated manuscript Missal - with an almost nude man and two men’s heads within the initials, in Latin on vellum
[Italy, Umbria (probably Assisi), c. 1290]

ITALIAN ILLUMINATOR

Leaf from a finely illuminated manuscript Missal -… 1290.

UNRECORDED LEAF FROM AN OPULENTLY DECORATED MISSAL

Historiated initial

STONING OF ST. STEPHEN

Historiated initial "S" with small miniature of the… 1280.

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin with rubrics in French and a prayer in Middle English, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[France, Rouen, c. 1440]

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin…

THE FITZ-RALPH HOURS

Apophthegmatum opus cum primus frugiferum, vigilanter ab ipso recognitum autore . . . tum duobus libris in fine adiecta. Basle, H. Froben & N. Episcopius, 1532.

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Apophthegmatum opus cum primus frugiferum, vigilanter ab ipso…

SAMMELBAND OF THREE IMPORTANT EDITIONS

A leaf from Aurora in the first redaction by Aegidius of Paris, in Latin, manuscript on vellum.
[England, second half or late 14th century].

A leaf from Aurora in the first redaction by Aegidius…

Paschal Vigil for SS. Rufina e Seconda in Trastevere. Fragment of a leaf of the Paschal Vigil from a Liturgical book in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum.
[Italy, probably Rome, 12th century].

Paschal Vigil for SS. Rufina e Seconda in…

Pseudo-Chrysostom Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in Latin, manuscript on vellum.
[Italy, 12th century].

PSEUDO-CHRYSOSTOM

Pseudo-Chrysostom Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in…

Calendar, apparently from a Breviary of the Use of Cologne, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum.
[Germany (doubtless Cologne), 14th century]

Calendar, apparently from a Breviary of the Use…

C14th MANUSCRIPT CALENDAR, IN USE A CENTURY LATER

The Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, with the commentary of Bernard of Parma, in Latin, illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum [France (Paris), c.1300 or early 14th century]

RAYMOND OF PENAFORT

The Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, with the…

ILLUMINATED OPENING LEAF OF THE DECRETALS

A prophet pointing to his eyes, historiated initial 'D' on a leaf from an illuminated choirbook on vellum.
[Veneto, second quarter 15th century]

CORTESE (Cristoforo)

A prophet pointing to his eyes, historiated initial…

Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum. [France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]

Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a…

FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM

Pentecost, an historiated initial on a vellum leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin.
[Italy (Emilia-Romagna, perhaps Bologna), c. 1260-70]

Pentecost, an historiated initial on a vellum leaf…

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two Men on a leaf from the Mailhac-Faber Bible, illuminated manuscript in Latin on vellum. [Southern France, late 13th or early 14th century]

SOUTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two…

TWO SUPERB LARGE INITIALS, ONE OF ST. MARK

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