Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts

AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM WITH AN EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL MINIATURE OF THE DEPOSITION, FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

USE OF SAINTES. TEXT FROM THE HOURS OF THE CROSS.

France [probably Paris], ca. 1420.

Price: $5,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A SMALL MINIATURE OF SAINT CLAUDE OF BESANÇON, FROM AN ENGAGING LITTLE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS.

Northern France [probably Paris], ca. 1460s.

Price: $2,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A SMALL BUT POWERFUL MINIATURE OF SAINT GREGORY, FROM AN ENGAGING LITTLE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS.

Northern France [probably Paris], ca. 1460s.

Price: $4,000.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A SMALL MINIATURE OF SAINT SEBASTIAN, FROM AN ENGAGING LITTLE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS.

Northern France [probably Paris], 1460s.

Price: $3,000.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM CALENDAR LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, DEPICTING LABOR OF THE MONTH AND ZODIAC SIGN.

TEXT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

Paris, ca. 1460.

Price: $6,500.00

(ST12993) WITH A. DEMI-GRISAILLE MINIATURE OF KING DAVID AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM...

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, WITH A DEMI-GRISAILLE MINIATURE OF KING DAVID.

Low Countries, ca. 1460.

Price: $5,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH TWO CHARMING MINIATURES OF FEMALE SAINTS, FROM A FINE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES.

Bruges, ca. 1465.

Price: $5,000.00

(ST10994) CUT FROM A. MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK A LARGE HISTORIATED VELLUM INITIAL SHOWING...

A LARGE HISTORIATED VELLUM INITIAL SHOWING THE STONING OF SAINT STEPHEN, CUT FROM A MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK.

Verona/the Veneto, ca. 1475.

Price: $5,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH SMALL MINIATURE OF ST. ANNE FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES.

Northeastern France, probably Arras, late 15th century.

Price: $1,100.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH SMALL MINIATURES OF SAINTS FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES.

Northeastern France, probably Arras, late 15th century.

Price: $3,000.00

FRAMED ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, SOME WITH SMALL MINIATURES OF SAINTS, FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXTS FROM LAUDES, VESPERS, AND THE SUFFRAGES.

Northeastern France, probably Arras, late 15th century.

Price: $1,950.00

ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, WITH SMALL MINIATURES OF SAINTS FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES.

Northeastern France, probably Arras, late 15th century.

Price: $2,750.00

ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, WITH SMALL MINIATURES OF SAINTS FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES.

Northeastern France, probably Arras, late 15th century.

Price: $2,250.00

INDIVIDUAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, WITH SMALL MINIATURES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES.

Northeastern France, probably Arras, late 15th century.

Price: $1,800.00

A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIATED INITIAL AND ITS GUIDE SKETCH, FROM A FINE PORTABLE BIBLE IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE OPENING OF PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS.

Paris: mid-13th century.

Price: $10,000.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A SMALL PSALTER IN LATIN, WITH DELIGHTFUL MARGINALIA.

PSALMS 45:5-12, AND 46:1-4.

France: late 13th century.

Price: $2,500.00

(CBM1606) WITH AN UNUSUAL IMAGE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE A LARGE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM...

A LARGE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM AN ANTIPHONARY IN LATIN, WITH AN UNUSUAL IMAGE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE.

Italy[?], perhaps Bologna: late 13th or early 14th century.

Price: $6,000.00

(CBM1608) WITH AN IMAGE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE A LARGE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM AN...

A LARGE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM AN ANTIPHONARY IN LATIN, WITH AN IMAGE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE.

Italy [probably Bologna]: ca. 1325.

Price: $4,000.00

(CBM1609) WITH AN IMMENSE HISTORIATED "P" DEPICTING THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST A LARGE...

A LARGE VELLUM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM AN ANTIPHONARY IN LATIN, WITH AN IMMENSE HISTORIATED "P" DEPICTING THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST.

Italy: early 15th century.

Price: $13,000.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH A MINIATURE OF THE MASS OF ST. GREGORY, DONE BY THE MASTER OF THE HARVARD HANNIBAL.

TEXT OPENING THE PASSION ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.

Paris: ca. 1415-20.

Price: $18,000.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH A MINIATURE OF A BURIAL SCENE.

TEXT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD.

France (probably Paris): ca. 1440.

Price: $7,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM LARGE LECTERN BIBLE, WITH AN HISTORIATED INITIAL OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH.

TEXT FROM END OF ECCLESIASTICUS AND THE PROLOGUE AND BEGINNING OF ISAIAH.

Bohemia: ca. 1450.

Price: $12,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT CALENDAR LEAF, WITH A SMALL MINIATURE DEPICTING THE LABOR OF THE MONTH, FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND FRENCH.

WITH FEAST DAYS FOR OCTOBER.

France (almost certainly Rouen): second half of 15th century.

Price: $3,000.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A FINE, SMALL MINIATURE OF A CISTERCIAN MONK WITH THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, FROM A MISSAL IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM THE MASSES FOR THE VIRGIN.

Eastern France, perhaps Neubourg Abbey in Alsace: ca. 1450.

Price: $7,000.00