Ninth Report: 15 Items

Ninth Report: 15 items (15 lots).

[1] 7 June 2017. London, Sotheby’s. Sale L17409.

(a) Lot 289

Ramón de Peñafort, Decretals. France (Paris?), c.1260s?  Illustrated in catalogue.

Vellum MS, i + 295 + i ff., l;acking first leaf; medieval binding.

Estimate £3000-5000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2017060702890032.

[2] 23 May 2017. London: Sotheby’s, Sale L17403.

(a) Lot 14.

Single leaf from a French MS (Avignon, c. 1320-25), the Colombina Pontifical.

Historiated initial showing consecration of a bishop. Formerly in the collection of Fernando Colón, the MS suffered loss of leaves in the XIXth century at the Biblioteca Colombina, Sevilla. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £5000-7000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2017052300140033.

(b) Lot 50.

Carta executoria de hidalguía for Juan Bautista Gallo, Valladolid, 1590. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £2000-3000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2017052300500034.

(c) Lot 83.

Three documents on paper: (1) Fernando el Católico, 20 October 1514; (2-3): Charles V and Juana la Loca, dates unspecified because of loss. First only illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £1500-2000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2017052300830035.

[3]. 7 December 2016. London, Bloomsbury, Sale 3628.

(a) Lot 58.

Romanesque Catalan copy (s.XII) of a charter confirmation of Charles the Bald from 844, reiterating earlier privileges in favour of the monastery of Santa Maria de Amer, Catalonia. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £4000-6000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2016120700580036.

(b) Lot 59.

Charter of Alfonso X in favour of the Cistercians of Zamora, 12 June 1268. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £700-900.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2016120700590037.

(c) Lot 69.

Abdication deed of Charles V,1555, in later Italian copy in translation (c. 1600).

36 leaves. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £2000-3000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2016120700690038.

(d) Lot 80.

Breve raguaglio et historia dell’Almirante Don Ferdinando di Aldana, generale di tutti di mari della Spagna, Italian, paper MS, late s.XVi-early s.XVII, 50 fols.

An account of the history of the Aldana family.  Additional correspondence copied at end.

Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £2000-3000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2016120700800039.

[4] 6 December 2016. London, Sotheby’s, Sale L16241.

(a) Lot 36.

Latin choirbook containing offices for Passiontide, vellum, 64 + ii  ff., complete. Spain or Mallorca, s.XVI (?). Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £1500-2000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2016120600360040.

(b) Lot 37.

Catalan and Latin Book of Hours, c. 1460.

Vellum, i + 41 + i ff. Decorated initials. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £2000-3000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2016120600370041.

[5] 15-16 November 2016. London, Forum Auctions, Sale 5.

(a) Lot 18.

Latin Antiphoner, Spain, early s.XVI. Vellum, 110 ff., lacks 1 leaf. Original binding. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £3000-4000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LF2016111500180042.

[6] 6 July 2016. London,. Bloomsbury, Sale 36220.

(a) Lot 4.

Single leaf from a Latin Acta Sanctorum. Visigothic script, probably Silos, c. 1080. The leaf was later used to wrap accounts at the Colegiata de SS. Cosme y Damián, Covarrubias. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate: £10000-15000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2016070600040043.

[7] 5 July 2016. London, Sotheby’s, Sale L16240.

(a) Lot 7.

Single vellum leaf with miniature depicting St Margaret and the dragon, from a Latin Book of Hours, Spain, probably Toledo, c. 1500. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £3000-5000.

MIMSS Catalogue number LS2016070500070044.

(b) Lot 8.

Single vellum leaf from a Latin liturgical/devotional manuscript, miniature depicting St John the Evangelist, Spain, probably Valencia or Toledo, c. 1475. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £5000-7000.

MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2016070500080045.

(c) Lot 9.

Four cuttings from choirbook of King Manoel I of Portugal; previously offered on 8 December 2015; see entry for MIMSS LS2015120800200026 below. Illustrated in catalogue.

Estimate £3000-5000.