Eighth Lot: 14 Items

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.