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LOT 1365
Medieval Illuminated Book of Hours Vellum Manuscript Page
ROME, 1460-1470 A.D.
10 x 8 in. (96 grams, 25.5 x 20.5 cm).
With fifteen lines of Latin text in blackletter script; burnished gold capital on red and blue; in a cardboard mount with reveal. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in 2016.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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LOT 1365
Medieval Illuminated Book of Hours Vellum Manuscript Page
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Medieval Bronze Horse Barrel Lock
10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Formed as a standing horse with arched neck, ring-and-dot eyes, curved legs, D-shaped tail; cavity to the chest with ferrous remains of the lock mechanism. 42 grams, 47 mm high
Acquired late 1940s-early 1970s. Ex property of a London businessman. Acquired on the UK art market in 2016. Property of a Kent lady collector. -
Medieval Iron Rowel Spur Collection
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising examples of various types, including some retaining the rowel. 217 grams total, 11.5-14.8 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The deep curve of the shoulders, the lack of protrusion above the base of the rowel holder, the short rowel holder and the small diameter rowel are characteristics that point to dating some of this specimens in the 13th century. Kirpichnikov puts these spurs in type V (first half of the 13th-14th century) after a spur depicted on an English tombstone dating to the beginning of the 14th century. -
Large Medieval Lead Round Seal Matrix for Edmund son of William
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With central quatrefoil and radiating Maltese crosses, legend to the border '+S' EDMVNDI FIL'. WIL'MI' (seal of Edmund son of William); lug to the reverse and high-relief cross pommee. 23 grams, 30 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
