Western Manuscripts & Miniatures, 1985-06-25
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
- 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
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