Sothebys: Western Illuminated Manuscripts, L25410, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025
Page Size: 19 items in 1 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

5 fragments with St Gall Neumes

Germany and Northern Italy 10th-11th century GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 19,050.00
2

The Vision of Ezekiel | by the Almagest Master: a historiated initial on a Bible leaf, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum

France, Paris 13th century (c. 1220s) GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,334.00
3

Martyrdom of St Mark on a leaf from a Gradual

Italy, Bologna 1st half of the fourteenth century GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
4

St Anthony of Padua, historiated initial 'I' on a leaf from a Gradual, in Latin

Italy, Siena early 1340s GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
5 Vincent Beauvais

Speculum historiale in Latin bifolium on vellum with large illuminated historiated initial

Netherlands c.1430 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 16,510.00
6

Illuminated Leaf from a Missal with Dutch text on the verso

Austria, possibly Vienna/Salzburg or Klosterneuburg c.1430 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
7

Illuminated leaf from a Gradual with decorative floral border and historiated initial

Northern Italy? 17th century GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
8

Three illuminatd roundels from the margins of a Choirbook on vellum illuminated by Niccolo di Giacomo da Bologna

Italy, Bologna c.1365 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,334.00
9

A King and a Saint, historiated initials 'A' or 'N' and 'U' from a Choirbook on vellum, illuminated by an unknown Master

Italy c.1490-1500. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,556.00
10

Illuminated initial 'R', Christus Trimphans by Taddeo Crivelli

Italy, Ferrara c.1460 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
11

A Bishop Saint, historiated initial 'S' from a Choirbook on vellum, illuminated by the Master of the Graduals of San Salvatore in Pavia

Italy, Lombardy c.1500 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 2,794.00
12

Imperial Charter issued by Emperor Heinrich V of the Holy Roman Empire , with Imperial monogram and seal

 Italy, likely Treviso 1116 GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
13 by Dierick Vijt

Illuminated Portolan Chart of Western Europe

Netherlands, probably Amsterdam c.1575--1580 GBP 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 Not Sold
14 by Petrus Roselli

Illuminated Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean

Spain, Mallorca 1447 GBP 700,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 Not Sold
15

Book of Hours in German, Use of Nuremberg(?), with Latin incipits

Germany (Nuremberg?) 2nd half of the 14th century GBP 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 Not Sold
16

Bible with Prologues and Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in Latin

Italy, probably Bologna dated 1273 GBP 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 Not Sold
17

Antiphonal, Sanctoral covering the liturgical year from August 1st to Advent

Italy, Emilia-Romagna circa 1270-75 GBP 150,000.00 - 240,000.00 Not Sold
18

Saint Augustine. Soliloquia -- Pseudo-Bernard. Tractatus de interiori domo seu de conscientia aedificanda -- St Anselmus. Orationes

Italy 1375 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
19 Thomas Aquinas

Quaestiones de potentia dei. Quaestiones de malo

Italy, Naples 30 December 1480 GBP 240,000.00 - 320,000.00 Not Sold
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