Saturday 27 June 2020

Sixteenth Report: 5 lots, 5 items


Thursday 18 June 2020
Report 16
5 lots, 5 items


1.  London: Bloomsbury Auctions, sale no. 14328, Wednesday 8 July 2020, a.m..
(a) Lot 59: Statutes of the Confraternity of the Archangel Michael, Valencia, c. 1400.
Single leaf from a vellum MS in a rounded Gothic bookhand with decorated initials. Leaf size 243x185mm. Ex-Schøyen Collection, MS 1283. Plate in catalogue.
Estimate: £600-800.
MIMSS Catalogue Number: LB2020070800590060.

2.  London: Bloomsbury Auctions, sale no. 14280, Wednesday 8 July 2020, p.m..
(a) Lot 122: Cuttings from the choirbook of King Manoel I of Portugal, c. 1520.
Group of four cuttings of decorative borders from the choirbook, one containing the royal arms, all on vellum. Plate in catalogue. Previously offered twice in London salerooms; see 9th Report, 7(c), Lot 9 (LS, 5 July 2016) and earlier MIMSS entry LS2015120800200026.
Estimate: £3000-5000.
MIMSS Catalogue Number: LB2020070801220061.

(b) London: Bloomsbury Auctions, sale no. 14280, Wednesday 8 July 2020, p.m..
Lot 126: Deed conferring rights in vineyards, October 1312.
Vellum document, text in Spanish, with signatures of Muslim witnesses in Arabic script. Central Spain, possibly Segovia or Toledo. Plate in catalogue.
Estimate: £700-900.
MIMSS Catalogue Number: LB2020070801260062.

(c) London: Bloomsbury Auctions, sale no. 14280, Wednesday 8 July 2020, p.m..
Lot 129: Statutes of the Confraternity of St Nicholas of Tolentino, s. XVI.
Parchment MS, 13 leaves, complete, possibly from Zaragoza. Leaf size 245x180mm. Contemporary limp parchment binding. Plate in catalogue.
Estimate: £1500-2000.
MIMSS Catalogue Number: LB2020070801290063.

3. London: Bloomsbury Auctions, 12 June 2020.
(a) Lot 34: Bifolium from a Qur’an, Andalusia, s.XII.
Parchment bifolium in Maghribi script, from an elegant Qur’an; leaf size 260x205mm. Plate in catalogue.
Estimate: £1000-1500.
MIMSS Catalogue Number: LB2020061200340059.

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