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
26 JOHANNES GRUSCH ATELIER (active Paris, c. 1235--1270)

A leaf from the "Josephinum" Bible, with a historiated initial 'P' of King Ahaziah falling from a window, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1250 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,840.00
27 JOHANNES GRUSCH ATELIER (active Paris, c. 1235--1270)

A leaf from the "Josephinum" Bible, with a historiated initial 'P' of Saint Paul holding a sword, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1250 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,304.00
28 JOHANNES GRUSCH ATELIER (active Paris, c. 1235--1270)

A leaf from the "Josephinum" Bible, with a historiated initial 'P' of Saint Peter holding a key, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1250 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,560.00
29 BOHUN GROUP ILLUMINATORS (active England, East Anglia, possibly Norwich, c. 1350s-1380s)

A leaf from the "Bohun Bible" with illuminated initial 'S', in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

England, East Anglia, possibly Norwich, ca. 1350 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
30

ROBERT HOLCOT (1290-1349), Opus quaestionum super sententias (a commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard), in Latin, bifolium on vellum

France, Paris c.1350 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,176.00
31 JOHANNES DE TOUSSENS (active Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 1277--1290)

Illuminated cutting of initial 'P' with Saint Bernard and two nuns from the Beaupre Antiphonals (Prioress's Set), in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Cambrai, Abbey of Sainte-Marie at Beaupre 1289--90 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 38,400.00
32 CIRCLE OF ANDREA DI BARTOLO (Siena, c. 1360/70-1429)

Illuminated cutting with Saint Apollonia, from a Choir Book, illuminated manuscript on parchment,

Italy, c 1390s USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,680.00
33 ANONYMOUS RHENISH ARTIST

Illuminated cutting of Initial 'S' with the Nativity of Christ, from a Choir Book, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Germany, (Lower?) Rhine c.1470-80 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,040.00
34 ALSATIAN ILLUMINATOR

A leaf from the Neubourg Missal, with historiated initial of Cistercian monk kneeling before the Virgin and Child, illuminated manuscript on parchment,

France, Alsace, Neubourg Abbey c.1450 USD 3,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 4,160.00
35 CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF COETIVY (COLIN D'AMIENS) (active Paris, c. 1450-1485)

A leaf from the "Alexis Hours," including two roundels with scenes from the Life of Saint Alexius, illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Latin

France, Paris, ca. 1460--1470 USD 2,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,560.00
36 CIRCLE OF MAITRE FRANCOIS (FRANCOIS BARBIER) (active Paris, c. 1460-80)

Bifolium from a Book of Hours, with miniatures of Saint Michael and Saint John the Baptist, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

Paris c.1460--70 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,792.00
37 BURGUNDIAN ILLUMINATOR

A leaf from a Book of Hours, with illuminated initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, probably Burgundy c.1450 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 384.00
38 FOLLOWER OF THE MASTER OF WALTERS W. 281 (active Amiens, c. 1425-1450)

A leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Amiens c.1450 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 384.00
39 FOLLOWER OF WILLEM VRELANT (active Bruges, c. 1454-1481)

A leaf from a Book of Hours, with historiated initial 'D' of the Dove of the Holy Spirit, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Southern Netherlands, probably Bruges c.1460 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 448.00
40

FOUR ILLUMINATED LEAVES FROM ASSORTED BOOKS OF HOURS FROM FRANCE, ITALY, AND THE NETHERLANDS

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 768.00
41 FOLLOWER OF THE MASTER OF JEAN ROLIN II (active Paris, c. 1445--1465)

Five leaves (a bifolium and three leaves) from a Book of Hours, with three miniatures of Saint Genevieve, the Annunciation, and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1450--1470 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,080.00
42 FOLLOWER OF THE MASTER OF JEAN ROLIN II (active Paris, c. 1445--1465)

Two bifolios and three leaves from a Book of Hours, with miniatures of Saint Mark and the Virgin and Christ Child Enthroned, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1450--1470 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,520.00
43 FOLLOWER OF THE MASTER OF JEAN ROLIN II (active Paris, c. 1445--1465)

Twelve leaves from a Book of Hours, Calendar, in French, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1450--1470 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,432.00
44 CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE ROUEN ECHEVINAGE (PLAYFAIR GROUP) (active Rouen, c. 1450-1485)

A leaf from a Book of Hours, with a miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Rouen, ca. 1470--1480 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,176.00
45 MASTER OF THE ENTRY OF FRANCIS I (active Lyon, c. 1485-1515)

A leaf from a Book of Hours, with a miniature of the Mass of Saint Gregory, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Lyon c.1500--1510 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,216.00
46 CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF JEAN ROLIN II (active Paris, c. 1445--1465)

A single quire of twelve leaves from a Book of Hours, calendar, in French, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Paris c.1450 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
47 JEAN HAINCELIN (active Paris 1435-1460) and MASTER OF SAINT STEPHEN (active Paris, c. 1440-1460)

Four leaves from a Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum

France, Paris c.1440--1460 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
48 ANONYMOUS FRENCH ILLUMINATORS

Bifolium and two illuminated leaves from three separate Books of Hours, one with historiated initial of a man in contemporary dress, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France c.1450--1475 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,664.00
49 CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE ROUEN ECHEVINAGE (Playfair Group) (active Rouen, c. 1450-1480s)

Four leaves (a bifolium and 2 single leaves) from a Book of Hours, with a large miniature of the Four Evangelists, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment,

France, Rouen c.1460--1470 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,176.00
50 CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE ROUEN ECHEVINAGE (Playfair Group) (active Rouen, c. 1450-1480s)

Three leaves (a bifolium and two single leaves) from a Book of Hours, with miniatures of the Four Evangelists, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment

France, Rouen c.1460--1470 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,408.00
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