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Western Manuscripts & Miniatures, 1985-06-25

 Item — Box: Sotheby's, Folder: 347
Identifier: Item 1

Scope and Contents

London (A seventh-century insular bifolium from Eusebius's Historia Ecclesiastica; Prayerbooks and Service Books including the Ashley Psalter, c.1300-1310; Books of Hours including a fourteenth-century example of the Use of Metz and one by the Fastolf Master, Paris, 1420-25, the Hours of Francoise de Dinan, Rennes, c.1420-25; a Book of Hours from the workshop of the Master of Claude de France, Tours, c.1510 and two miniature Venetian examples of c.1500; Charters of the Village of Windrush, Bylands Abbey, Richard II and the Battle of Poitiers; single leaves and miniatures, including a ninth-century leaf of the Capitulae of Charlemagne, a miniature by the Master of the Cypresses, fragments from an English Missal by the second Master of the Peterborough Psalter, and two miniatures by the Spanish Forger.)

Dates

  • created: 1985-06-25

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

Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
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