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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 Silver Round Seal Matrix with Sleeping Lion
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Discoid plaque with strap and loop to the reverse; central motif of flowers and a sleeping lion within a pelletted border; legend: '* S' BRIEN . MACTAYG . YBRIEYN'. 6.8 grams, 21 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
An interesting example of an Irish personal name. -
Large Medieval Lead Round Seal Matrix for John, Son of John
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With central fleur-de-lys and border with legend: '+ S' [...]IONIS : FILII : IOH'IS' (seal of John(?) son of John). 28.3 grams, 41 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Royal Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
On a quatrefoil shield with pierced lug above, two lions passant gardant facing left, originally gilded, the field once containing red enamel. 6.93 grams, 33 mm
Found Norfolk, UK, circa 1990s.
The Royal Arms of England feature three lions passant gardant from the late 12th century, but there is a suspicion that an earlier version comprised only two such beasts, and that the third was added when Henry II married Eleanor Duchess of Aquitaine in 1152.
