Auction on
20 May 2018 - 14:00 (CEST) -
28, rue Pierre-Mendès-France - 27400 Louviers
Please note: "rare piece", says the (highly detailed) description in the sale catalogue. This little-annotated, almost complete psalter (for instance, the first page of the calendar, i.e. January and February, is missing), deserves this eulogistic qualification for several reasons. Firstly, its decoration is beautifully...
Psalter according to the Ghent rite (Bruges, mid-13th century, studio of the "Franciscan Master" of Bruges, parchment, 174 non-folioed leaves measuring 158 x 106 mm, ruling in graphite, 20 long lines per page, brown morocco binding on wooden board covers ornamented on the surface with a triple frame, flat spine similarly ornamented, two clasps with silk strips, gilt-edged (17th century). The margins of the manuscript were reduced when bound. Estimate: €100,000/150,000
Psalter according to the Ghent rite (Bruges, mid-13th century, studio of the "Franciscan Master" of Bruges, parchment, 174 non-folioed leaves measuring 158 x 106 mm, ruling in graphite, 20 long lines per page, brown morocco binding on wooden board covers ornamented on the surface with a triple frame, flat spine similarly ornamented, two clasps with silk strips, gilt-edged (17th century). The margins of the manuscript were reduced when bound. Estimate: €100,000/150,000
Please note: "rare piece", says the (highly detailed) description in the sale catalogue. This little-annotated, almost complete psalter (for instance, the first page of the calendar, i.e. January and February, is missing), deserves this eulogistic qualification for several reasons. Firstly, its decoration is beautifully…
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