Two cuttings with illuminated initials from a copy of Augustine, Tractate on John, in Latin, manuscript on parchment, with single leaves from a Psalter and an Antiphonal on parchment [Germany, fourteenth and fifteenth century] Four leaves, comprising: (a & b) two cuttings with initials from Augustine, Tractate on John, with a large initial 'I' (opening 'In isto evangelii capitulo dominus ...') in burnished gold, with central panel of gold acanthus leaves, the second initial a 'T' in pink acanthus leaves within spiky gold grounds, the central part not filled in, both cuttings with red rubrics, capitals touched in red, remains of lines in angular late gothic hand, small scuffs to gold, trimmed to edges and cockled, otherwise good condition, 92 by 99mm. and 135 by 97mm. Upper Rhine, probably Strasbourg, c. 1460-70; (c) leaf from a Ferial Psalter, with single column of 6 lines, with music on a 4-line red stave, red rubric, one-line initials in red or blue, three larger penwork initials touched in red or yellow and with ornamental penwork, two of these with a human face and a green dragon and a bird picked out in their decoration, one large pink initial on burnished gold ground within grey and green frame, sprays of green foliage in margin, some discolouration to edges, cockling and small spots, else good condition, 170 by 120mm., southern Germany, second half of the fifteenth century; (d) leaf from an antiphonal, with part of Offices for St. Stephen, double column of 11 lines of spiky script with music on a stave arranged around a red clef line, capitals touched in red, red rubrics, red or pale blue initials, several original flaws in parchment, folds and discoloured sections, else good condition, 360 by 275m., Germany, fifteenth century Items (a & b) here were part of Sotheby's, 5 July 2016, lot 16, and were subsequently acquired from the European trade. Item (c) is from the collection of Miles Standish Slocum (1887-1956), of Passadena, bibliophile and book collector, whose library was sold by Christie's, New York, and at California Book Auctions in 1981; acquired from his descendent in 2017.
Two cuttings with illuminated initials from a copy of Augustine, Tractate on John, in Latin, manuscript on parchment, with single leaves from a Psalter and an Antiphonal on parchment [Germany, fourteenth and fifteenth century] Four leaves, comprising: (a & b) two cuttings with initials from Augustine, Tractate on John, with a large initial 'I' (opening 'In isto evangelii capitulo dominus ...') in burnished gold, with central panel of gold acanthus leaves, the second initial a 'T' in pink acanthus leaves within spiky gold grounds, the central part not filled in, both cuttings with red rubrics, capitals touched in red, remains of lines in angular late gothic hand, small scuffs to gold, trimmed to edges and cockled, otherwise good condition, 92 by 99mm. and 135 by 97mm. Upper Rhine, probably Strasbourg, c. 1460-70; (c) leaf from a Ferial Psalter, with single column of 6 lines, with music on a 4-line red stave, red rubric, one-line initials in red or blue, three larger penwork initials touched in red or yellow and with ornamental penwork, two of these with a human face and a green dragon and a bird picked out in their decoration, one large pink initial on burnished gold ground within grey and green frame, sprays of green foliage in margin, some discolouration to edges, cockling and small spots, else good condition, 170 by 120mm., southern Germany, second half of the fifteenth century; (d) leaf from an antiphonal, with part of Offices for St. Stephen, double column of 11 lines of spiky script with music on a stave arranged around a red clef line, capitals touched in red, red rubrics, red or pale blue initials, several original flaws in parchment, folds and discoloured sections, else good condition, 360 by 275m., Germany, fifteenth century Items (a & b) here were part of Sotheby's, 5 July 2016, lot 16, and were subsequently acquired from the European trade. Item (c) is from the collection of Miles Standish Slocum (1887-1956), of Passadena, bibliophile and book collector, whose library was sold by Christie's, New York, and at California Book Auctions in 1981; acquired from his descendent in 2017.
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