Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, 1977-12-14
Item — Box: Sotheby's, Folder: 266
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
(Miniatures from Antiphoners illuminated in Augsburg, c.1490, and Ghent or Bruges, c.1510; Royal and other charters including series relating to Wolverhampton, The Hundred Years' War, and Guernsey; Bibles, including a glossed book perhaps from Canterbury Cathedral, c.1175, and an extremely rare Wycliffite Bible in the earliest English translation, c.1400; a Brute Chronicle in Middle English, c.1430; manuscripts from the Halliwell-Phillipps collection; Books of Hours, including one from the workshop of the Boucicaut Master, Paris, c.1420.)
Dates
- created: 1977-12-14
Creator
- From the Collection: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby's (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 621 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu