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LOT 1368
Medieval Illuminated Book of Hours Vellum Manuscript Page
POSSIBLY ITALIAN, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 x 6 in. (37 grams, 20 x 15.3 cm).
Recto and verso with nineteen lines of Latin text in blackletter script, recto with two illuminated capitals in gold on blue and verso with one; in a cardboard mount. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in 2016.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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LOT 1368
Medieval Illuminated Book of Hours Vellum Manuscript Page
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Recto with running stag and arrow piercing the neck; verso with heater shield, hatched chevrons design. 0.72 grams, 16 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
Circa 1375-1400 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Comprising a single cutting edge; scale tang with shaped pommel. 65 grams, 22 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Amongst the considerable variations in Medieval knife blade shapes, the two most obvious are the blades with angled backs (like here) and those with stepped backs. -
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Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix with a Bird
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With central motif of a bird wearing the confessor's stole and holding an aspergillum in one foot, legend to the border '*CONFITEOR TIBI ABSOLVO TE' (I confess to you; I absolve you). 7.59 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
A fox - the penitent - lurks below the confessor, here depicted as a bird (duck?) wearing the confessor’s stole and holding a sprinkler for holy water in one foot. The confessor is about to become the fox’s next meal. This is an important addition to the repertoire of renardine satire – the fox-as-preacher to a congregation of birds (often with a couple already stashed in his hood behind) is a common motif in several media. On seal WILT-41EDE6, for example, he stands (with crozier) preaching to a duck and cockerel, but this is the first example of him coming to confession – with malice aforethought, of course.
