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Freeman's | Hindman: Western Manuscripts and Miniatures

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Auction Name Western Manuscripts and Miniatures Total Sales (USD) 276,544.00
Auction Date July 08, 2025 - July 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 189,600.00
Sale Number #6388 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 268,100.00
Total Lots 86
Sold Lots 64 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 261,100.00
% of Lots Sold 74.42% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 360,700.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
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

1289--90 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 38,400.00
83 FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374)

Il Canzoniere (The Songbook), in Italian, manuscript on parchment

second half of the 15th century USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 24,320.00
77 FOLLOWER OF LEONARDO BELLINI (active Veneto, c. 1443-1490)

Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

c.1470--1480 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,080.00
80 FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425)

Psalter, Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

c.1425-35 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,800.00
79 CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25)

The Carafa Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

c.1490--1500 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 11,520.00
82 FOLLOWER OF TADDEO CRIVELLI (b. Ferrara, 1425; d. Bologna, 1479)

The von Wolkenstein Breviary, for Franciscan Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

1499 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,520.00
78 CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510)

Book of Hours, in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on parchment

c.1480--1490 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,240.00
75 MASTERS OF THE GOLD SCROLLS (active Bruges, c. 1415-1450)

Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment

c.1420--1430 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,960.00
32 CIRCLE OF ANDREA DI BARTOLO (Siena, c. 1360/70-1429)

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

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

c.1470-80 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,040.00
86

Livre d'Heures [Marriage book offered on the occasion of the wedding of Paul Champion with Julie Rayel] 14 February 1882: "14 fevrier Julie Rayel unie a Paul Champion 1882" in French, illuminated manuscript on paper, with illuminated and historiated brac

c.1882 (or little before). USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,040.00
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

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

ca. 1300 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,080.00
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

c.1450--1470 USD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,080.00
81

Ritual, Use of Rome, in Latin and Italian, music manuscript on parchment

1450--1456 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,080.00
14 VENETIAN ILLUMINATOR

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

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

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

c.1300 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,800.00
4 SIENESE(?) ILLUMINATOR

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

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

c.1210--20 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,160.00
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,

c.1450 USD 3,400.00 - 3,600.00 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

c.1250--1275 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,840.00
21 ANGLO-NORMAN ILLUMINATOR

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

c.1300 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,840.00
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

c.1250 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,840.00
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

c.1450--1470 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,520.00
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