Eighth Report: 14 items (15 lots).
[1] 7 July
2015. London, Sotheby’s, Sale L15240.
(a) Lot 64.
Single vellum document authorised by
Juan I of Aragón, dated at Vimpelech, 30 December 1394, recording sale of
jurisdictions at various places near Lérida, involving Bartholomaeus de Sancto
Martino, Bernardus del Coll, and Berengarius de Cortilles, the last-named a
merchant of Zaragoza. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £3000-£5000.
MIMSS Catalogue number:
LS2015070700640018.
(b) Lot 65.
Letters patent signed by Alfonso V of
Aragón, dated 7 March 1456 from Puçol, Valencia, to Micer Dr Johan Pages,
‘conseller’ and ‘vicicanceller’, on a dispute involving Francesch Burgues and
Gregori Burgues versus Luys de Perellos. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £2000-3000.
MIMSS Catalogue number:
LS2015070700650019.
(c) Lot 66.
Latin document dated Murviedro, 17 May
1490, receipt from Salomon Cavaler to Graciano de Monsuriu, attesting payment
in a transaction involving three Jewish merchants (Salomon Astor, Salomon
Cavaler, Salomon Çaporta), a Muslim butcher (AmerAlffarras), and three
Christians (Graciano de Monsoriu, Bartholomeus Castellnou, and Salvador
Iacobum). Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £1500-2000. Unsold; subsequently
offered again at Lot 48 at the sale of 8 December 2015 (see item [4].(l) Lot
48, below).
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015070700660020.
(d) Lot 68.
Gradual, vellum, Latin, use of Palencia
Cathedral.
200 leaves extant; many others missing; s.
XVI. Strapwork initials. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £2000-3000.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015070700680021.
(e) Lot 80.
The Hours of Doña Violante (Yolant).
Use of Rome, in Latin and Catalan;
newly-discovered. iii + 259 + ii leaves; some losses. Miniatures, historiated
initials, armorial initials. Contemporary blind stamped leather binding over
wooden boards, within a red velvet chemise. Thirteen single-page Netherlandish
miniatures (by the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook and the Master of Edward
IV), some details overpainted and additional decoration produced in Spain in a
Valencian school showing influence of Juan Rexach; c. 1480. Illustrations in
catalogue (front cover; pp. 56-59). A major discovery of an artistically
significant manuscript possibly associated with the aristocratic Centelles
family.
Estimate: £300,000-500,000.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015070700800022.
[2]. 8 July 2015. London, Bloomsbury, Sale 36180.
(f) Lot 31.
Single vellum leaf of a capbreu, from an
original MS dated 4 September 1329. Parish of SantBoi de Lluçanès, Catalonia.
Text in Catalan, recording settlement of dispute over ownership of Montorroell.
The whole volume was formerly in the collection of Herman Scheuch, but was later
divided and leaves and sections were sold separately into various private
collections. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £400-600.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2015070800310023.
(g) Lot 44.
Single vellum document recording sale of
property in Canavels, by Trubadus, son of Petrus Raimundus, to John, son of
Dominicus de Villa. Dated 27 August 1197. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £1000-1500.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2015070800440024.
[3] 7
December 2015. London, Sotheby, Sale L15406.
(h) Lot 38.
Letter of Fernando and Isabel, Reyes
Católicos, signed and dated, Medina del Campo, 14 February 1504, concerning
Beatriz Galindo. Countersigned by Gaspar de Grizio. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £6000-8000.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015120700380025.
[4] 8
December 2015. London, Sotheby, Sale L15241.
(i) Lot 20.
Four fragments from an illuminated
choirbook of King Manoel I of Portugal, c. 1520. Cuttings from borders with
illuminated floral and armorial motifs. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £3000-£5000.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015120800200026.
(j) Lot 46.
Document in Portuguese of Afonso V, King
of Portugal, signed, and dated Sintra, 16 September 1450. Confirmation of
privileges to Nuno Fernandes de Chaves. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £1000-£1500.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015120800460027.
(k) Lot 47.
Fernando I, King of Naples, Latin
document confirming rights for Ludovico de Melioratis de Sulmone, signed and
dated, Castel Nuovo, 6 June 1470. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £3000-£5000.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015120800470028.
(l) Lot 48.
See item [1](c) Lot 66 above; re-offered
here as Lot 48.
New estimate: £1200-1400.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LS2015070700660020.
[5] 9
December 2015. London, Bloomsbury, Sale 36196.
(m) Lot 90.
Single vellum leaf from an Antiphoner,
Spanish, c. 1500. Initial letter ‘S’ with Mudejar-style strapwork ornament. Illustrated
in catalogue.
Estimate: £400-£600.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2015120900900029.
(n) Lot 91.
Cutting of an historiated initial of the Resurrection,
Spanish, vellum, late s. XV. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £3000-£5000.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2015120900910030.
(o) Lot 105.
Fragment (6 parchment membranes) of a
Sefer Torah roll, containing Genesis 28:7 to 47:3, Hebrew, Spain, late s. XIII
to s. XIV. Illustrated in catalogue.
Estimate: £30,000-£50,000.
MIMSS Catalogue number: LB2015120901050031.
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