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LOT 1371
Medieval Framed Vellum Illuminated Manuscript Page Pair
FRANCE, 14TH-EARLY 15TH CENTURY A.D.
7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (447 grams total, 19.5 x 14.3 cm each).
Comprising: manuscript of Psalm 129 (De profundis clamavi ad te Domine... 'I called out to the, Lord, from the depths...') in loose Caroline minuscule or batarde script with liquid gold detailing, blue versals with red pointillé framing; manuscript of the vespers chant (Protege Domine populum tuum... 'Lord, protect thy people...) in dense blackletter bookhand with liquid gold versals on blue and with red 'Oro' (I pray) responses; both mounted in a glazed wooden frame with cream-coloured card reveal. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a Blackheath, London, UK, deceased estate.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1371
Medieval Framed Vellum Illuminated Manuscript Page Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Medieval Knight's Bronze Enamelled Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Castle Tower
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Square plaque with pierced suspension lug above; hatched frame with round recess, heater-shaped panel with red enamel field and castle gate motif. 13.3 grams, 45 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
Possibly the arms of the kingdom of Castille which were adopted in 1175 according to local legend: blazoned 'Gules a triple-towered castle Or masoned Sable and ajoure Azure'. -
Medieval Terracotta Pilgrim's Horn
Circa 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Formed with a slightly curved profile and with suspension loops; buff-coloured. 298 grams, 26.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Apart from badges as souvenirs of visits to various saints’ shrines, pilgrims might also bear away with them various noise-making items such as horns, whistles, rattles and bells. The miniature horn-shaped lead whistles known from London and Salisbury bear various inscriptions including bla me [blow me] and ave maria. In the contemporary ‘morality’ play Mankind (c.1465-70) of East Anglian provenance, the character Nought says I kan pype in a Walsyngham wystyll, which suggests that such souvenir whistles were available from the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham too, and that already such ‘tourist’ trinkets were regarded as a proverbial type of worthlessness, ‘not worth a whistle’, indeed. -
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Large Medieval Bronze Oval-Shaped Seal Matrix with 'Saint John, Pray for Me'
Circa 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Chessman seal with tapering shank and trefoil loop above, image of a robed and bearded saint holding a disc with a kneeling figure praying at his feet, all within an ornate arch with crocketting and 'MARIA' legend below, pelletted border; legend 'SCA IOH'ES ORA. PRO. ME' (Saint John, Pray for me). 22.4 grams, 30 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
