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Catalogue of Important Western and Oriental Illuminated Manuscripts and Miniatures, 1959-06-15

 Item — Box: Sotheby's, Folder: 117
Identifier: Item 1

Scope and Contents

(The Hours of Pierre de Bosredont, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem; The Treaty of Peace which concluded the war of Chioggia between Venice and Genoa, 1381; A late Romanesque MS. of the Venerable Bede's History, from the Abbey of St. Martin, Spanheim; A remarkable humanistic Psalter, in Italian and a Book of Hours illuminated by Herman Scheere; A late 12th Century manuscript from the Cistercian Abbey of Holme Cultram, Cumberland; The Cartulary of Beauchief Abbey, Derbyshire; A good Sarum Horae; The Chronicle of Brut; Boniface's Decretals and Durandus, Speculum ludiciale, both perhaps from the Abbey of Osney; A MS. perhaps from the Abbey of St. Osyth, Nr. Colchester; A Compendium of Medical and Magical Lore, apparently from the Nunnery at Stratford; and a copy of Wycliffe's translation of the Gospels, presented by Lord Burghley to the Earl of Northumberland.)

Dates

  • created: 1959-06-15

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 621 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository

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