Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts

A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, RECOVERED FROM A BINDING.

TEXT FROM A BOOK OF SERMONS.

France(?): mid-13th century.

Price: $950.00

A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, RECOVERED FROM A BINDING.

WITH TEXT IN LATIN FROM THE "SENTENTIAE" OF PETER LOMBARD.

Germany(?): late 12th or early 13th century.

Price: $3,200.00

A MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND FRENCH, WITH A MINIATURE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD.

TEXT FROM "OBSECRO TE."

Paris: ca. 1500.

Price: $3,250.00

A MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A GRAND ROMANESQUE BIBLE IN LATIN.

WITH TEXT FROM DEUTERONOMY.

Italy: late 11th or early 12th century.

Price: $4,800.00

A MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF IN A NEAT HUMANIST HAND.

TEXT FROM LACTANTIUS' "DE OPIFICIO DEI."

Italy: 15th century.

Price: $2,250.00

A NEARLY COMPLETE MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A NOTED MISSAL IN LATIN, RECOVERED FROM A BINDING.

TEXT FROM FERIA IV AFTER THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT.

France or Low Countries: 14th century.

Price: $900.00

A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A LECTIONARY IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM ADVENT.

Austria (Salzburg): second half of 12th century.

Price: $2,500.00

A VERY FINE MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF IN LATIN, FROM THE LLANGATTOCK BREVIARY, WITH AN HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING ST. PAUL.

TEXT FROM THE FEAST OF STS. PETER AND PAUL.

Italy [Ferrara]: 1441-48.

Price: $10,000.00

(ST20622) WITH A BORDER BEARING THE INSCRIPTION "VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN...

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM LEAF WITH A FULL-PAGE MINIATURE DEPICTING THE HARROWING OF HELL, AFTER ALBRECHT DÜRER.

WITH A BORDER BEARING THE INSCRIPTION "VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN ETERNUM."

Germany: ca. 1540.

Price: $8,500.00

(ST21107) A SUBSTANTIAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON, WITH ORIGINAL...

(DOVES PRESS). COBDEN-SANDERSON, T. J.

A SUBSTANTIAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON, WITH ORIGINAL DOVES PRESS RECEIPT AND FOUR PAGES OF RUBBINGS FOR SPECIAL DOVES BINDINGS.

March 15, 1917.

Price: $3,500.00

LEAVES FROM A MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK CONTAINING A SEQUENTIARY, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY.

TEXT IN LATIN.

Northeastern France or Rhineland: early 14th century.

Price: $700.00

LEAVES FROM A MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK CONTAINING A SEQUENTIARY, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY.

TEXT IN LATIN.

Northeastern France or Rhineland: early 14th century.

Price: $250.00

LOVELY MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY.

TEXT IN LATIN AND/OR FRENCH.

Paris: ca. 1500.

Price: $500.00

MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY.

FROM A PSALTER-HOURS IN LATIN.

Southern Netherlands: ca. 1280.

Price: $400.00

PART OF A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT BIFOLIUM, PREVIOUSLY USED AS BINDING WASTE.

TEXT ON A COMMENTARY OR SERMON ON GENESIS 27:27.

France: ca. 1300.

Price: $950.00

SEVEN LOVELY MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY.

TEXT IN LATIN AND/OR FRENCH.

Paris: ca. 1500.

Price: $450.00

FRAGMENT OF A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT BIFOLIUM, FROM GREGORY THE GREAT'S "HOMILIAE IN EVANGELIAE."

TEXT FROM HOMILY XXXII ON LUKE 9:25-27 & HOMILY XXXV ON LUKE 21:9-19.

Germany: ca. 1100.

Price: $1,500.00

MOST OF AN EARLY LEAF IN LATIN, PROBABLY FROM A LECTIONARY, WITH THE READING FOR MARTINMAS TAKEN FROM SULPICIUS SEVERUS'

DE VITA SANCTI MARTINI.

Italy, late 11th or early 12th century.

Price: $3,500.00

A VERY LARGE EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH AN IMPRESSIVE INITIAL, FROM SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT'S "XL HOMILARIUM IN EVANGELIA" IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM HOMILY XXII, FOR EASTER SUNDAY.

Italy, ca. 1150.

Price: $1,800.00

AN ENGLISH VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, IN LATIN, FROM PETRUS RIGA'S "AURORA."

TEXT FROM COMMENTARY ON I KINGS (LINES 185-248),

England: ca. 1375.

Price: $3,750.00

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 GRUESOME MINIATURE OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS, FROM A FINE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND FRENCH.

TEXT FROM THE OPENING OF VESPERS.

Paris, ca. 1450.

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

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