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LOT 1660
Medieval Initial 'N' Tempera on Parchment from a Choir Book
ITALY, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (0.8 grams, 82 x 45 mm).
Vellum manuscript (psalter) section with versal 'N' in red with blue inked foliage and scrolls surrounding. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA, formed in the 1980s.
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LOT 1660
Medieval Initial 'N' Tempera on Parchment from a Choir Book
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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'The Witham on the Hill' Medieval Gold 'The Beautiful Game' Posy Ring with Matched Pairs of Flowers
Circa 1400-1500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Flat-section straightened hoop with incised blackletter text 'le belle ie[u]' translating to 'the beautiful game' with interposed flowers and stalks. 1.68 grams, 16.92 mm overall, 15.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Witham on the Hill, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, UK, on Sunday 9th January 2022, by Mark Bowen. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.CAM-D675E8. Accompanied by a copy of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Treasure receipt and and disclaimed with Treasure case tracking no.2022T153. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12139-214843.
The final word of the inscription is ie for ie[u], an Anglo-Norman spelling of modern French jeu ‘game’. The game in question is, of course, love (not football!). The ‘game’ of love here is what we now refer to as Courtly Love (amour courtois, fin amor) and the phrase ‘beautiful game’ is also found on another ring recorded on the PAS database as YORYM-0A0FD2, the whole, a rhyming couplet, reading AMIE EN VV/ [E]ST MA VIE BELE GIEV [Beloved, in you my life is a beautiful game]. -
Medieval 'Essex' Artefact Group
13th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: heater shield stud; bone dress pin; ring brooch with pin. 11.37 grams total, 23-66 mm
Found various sites in Essex, UK. Property of an Essex collector. -
Medieval Lead Trade Weight Group
13th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Group of three heater-shaped weights, each with a saltire motif to the obverse. 1.24 kg total, 41-73 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s. From a North London, UK, collection.
