Freeman's | Hindman: Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, 6388, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
July 08, 2025 - July 08, 2025
Page Size: 86 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 CENTRAL ITALIAN ILLUMINATOR

Cutting with a decorated initial 'Q' from a Moralia in Job, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Italy, Rome? c. 1100--1125 USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
2 TUSCAN ILLUMINATOR

Decorated initial 'S', from an Atlantic Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Tuscany c.1175--1200 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,792.00
3 MASTER OF PASSIONARIO 'F'

Decorated initial 'P' from a manuscript of an unknown text, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Tuscany, Lucca c.1175--1200 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
4 SIENESE(?) ILLUMINATOR

Two decorated initials 'N' and 'O' from an Atlantic Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Tuscany c.1175--1200 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,480.00
5

Florentine School, single leaf from a copy of Augustine's Tractatus in euangelium Iohanem (Homily XIIII), in Latin, manuscript on parchment

Italy, Tuscany c. 1130--1150 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,176.00
6 HORNBY-COCKERELL GROUP

Cutting with initial historiated initial 'U' and 'E' from the Huth-Hornby-Cockerell-Haddaway Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1210--20 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,160.00
7 DOMINICAN PAINTER? (active Paris; mid-13th century)

Single leaf from the Chester Beatty Bible (MS W.116), with historiated initial 'E' with Josia, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France c.1250--1275 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,840.00
8 CIRCLE OF WILLIAM DE BRAILES (active Oxford, c. 1230-1260)

Leaf from a Bible with a historiated initial 'A' depicting Saint John writing the Book of Revelation, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

England, Oxford c.1250--1270 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
9 JOHANNES GRUSCH ATELIER (active Paris c. 1230s--1270s)

Single leaf with historiated Initial 'F' with The Killing of the Sons of Heli from a Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1250 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
10 NORTHERN FRENCH ILLUMINATOR

Leaf from a Psalter with an inhabited initial 'D' from the beginning of Psalm 130, and a decorated initial 'M', in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France or Paris c.1200-1250 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
11 PONTIFICAL GROUP

Cutting with an historiated initial from a Cistercian Antiphonary, illuminated manuscript on parchment

North France, Lille, Cambrai, Tournai, or Arras? ca. 1255--1291 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
12 MOZARABIC ILLUMINATOR

Leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonary with a historiated initial 'D' depicting a female saint, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Spain, first half(?) of the thirteenth century USD 11,500.00 - 14,000.00 Not Sold
13 MASTER OF SANT'ALESSIO IN BIGIANO (active ca. 1275--1300)

Leaf with a historiated initial 'P' of The Ascension from an Antiphonary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Florence, ca. 1280--1285 USD 11,500.00 - 14,000.00 Not Sold
14 VENETIAN ILLUMINATOR

Cutting with historiated initial 'S' with Pentecost, from a Gradual, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Venice c.1290--1300 USD 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,120.00
15 ANONYMOUS SOUTHERN FRENCH ILLUMINATOR

Single leaf with an illuminated initial 'A' and a historiated initial 'P' depicting St. Paul standing between two pillars, from the Mailhac-Faber Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

southern France, late thirteenth or early fourteenth century USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 5,120.00
16 PARIS WORKSHOP

Leaf from an illuminated manuscript of Civil Law, with miniature of a witness cross-examined in court, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, probably Paris c.1300 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
17 WORKSHOP OF THE MASTER OF BOETHIUS OF MONTPELLIER (active Eastern France, Metz, mid-14th century

Leaf from a Book of Hours with large historiated initial 'D' showing the Presentation in the Temple and animal marginalia, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Metz, ca. 1325--1350 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,080.00
18 SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH ILLUMINATOR

Leaf from the Ghistelles Hours with a historiated initial 'C', depicting the Presentation in the Temple, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Southern Netherlands, ca. 1300 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,080.00
19 EMILIA ILLUMINATOR

Leaf from an Antiphonary with a historiated initial 'I' depicting St. Augustine beneath a gothic canopy, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Italy, Emilia-Romagna c.1300--1325 USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,560.00
20 ANONYMOUS SOUTHERN FRENCH ILLUMINATOR

Leaf from an Antiphonary with a Historiated Initial 'I' of Saint Augustine, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Pyrenean region c.1310--1330 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
21 ANGLO-NORMAN ILLUMINATOR

A small cutting, with historiated initial 'L' with pope and clerics presenting a manuscript, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France or England c.1300 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,840.00
22 PARIS WORKSHOPS (DOMINICAN PAINTER active c. 1230--1250; JOHANNES GRUSCH ATELIER, active c. 1235--1270)

Three leaves from a Bible, with two historiated initials, Saints Paul and Saint Mark, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

France, Paris c.1240--1260 USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,664.00
23 DOMINICAN PAINTER (active Paris, c. 1240--1260)

Leaf book containing a leaf from a Parisian Bible, with historiated initial 'P' of the Kings of Israel, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris, ca. 1240--1250 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
24 PARISIAN WORKSHOPS

Two Bible leaves, one from the St. Alban's Bible, with illuminated initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1250 & c. 1320s-1330s USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
25 JOHANNES GRUSCH ATELIER (active Paris, c. 1235--1270)

Two decorated leaves from the "Josephinum" Bible and one historiated leaf from a related Parisian pocket Bible, with an initial of Saint Paul, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1250 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 2,880.00
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