Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts

A VERY EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A SACRAMENTARY OR RITUALE.

TEXT INCLUDING BENEDICTIONS FOR TREES.

Probably France or Rhineland: 10th century.

Price: $10,000.00

(PAPAL BULL ON VELLUM). POPE ALEXANDER IV.

A PAPAL MANDATE REGARDING A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO BISHOPS.

Viterbo: 2 January 1259.

Price: $11,000.00

TURRECREMATA, JOHANNES DE.

GLOSA PSALTERII. [EXPOSITIO SUPER TOTO PSALTERIO].

Strassburg: [Printer of the Jordanus von Quedlinburg (i.e., Georg Husner)], 3 October, 1487.

Price: $19,500.00

BIBLE IN ENGLISH. ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS.

THE PARAPHRASES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

London: By Edwarde Whitchurche, 1551-52.

Price: $75,000.00

AN EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A SACRAMENTARY IN LATIN, WITH A LARGE ROMANESQUE INITIAL.

WITH TEXT FROM MASSES FOR SAINTS' DAYS IN AUGUST.

Germany: mid- to late 12th century.

Price: $9,500.00

A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM AN EARLY GLOSSED BIBLE IN LATIN.

TEXT BEGINNING WITH 2 CHRONICLES 36:14.

Abbey of St. Oyan at St.-Claude du Jura, France: ca. 1175.

Price: $3,600.00

AN EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A HOMILIARY IN LATIN.

WITH TEXT FROM HAIMO'S HOMILY XI ON ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.

England: second half of 12th century [but before 1180].

Price: $7,500.00

MOST OF AN EARLY BIFOLIUM (LATER REUSED AS PART OF A MASSIVE BINDING) WITH TWO VERY LARGE GILT INITIALS, FROM PETER LOMBARD'S

MAGNA GLOSSATURA IN EPISTOLAS PAULI.

France: ca. 1180.

Price: $7,500.00

A FRAGMENT OF AN EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, WITH TEXT FROM ANASTASIUS BIBLIOTHECARIUS'

HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA.

France: late 12th century.

Price: $3,500.00

(ST18250b) TEXT FROM THE END OF THE COMMENTARY ON NUMBERS AND THE OPENING OF THE...

A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM PETRUS RIGA'S "AURORA."

TEXT FROM THE END OF THE COMMENTARY ON NUMBERS AND THE OPENING OF THE PROLOGUE FOR THE COMMENTARY ON DEUTERONOMY.

England: first half of 13th century.

Price: $4,500.00

ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, FROM A LARGE AND LUXURIOUSLY APPOINTED PSALTER IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM PSALMS.

Northern England: ca. 1260-70.

Price: $4,500.00

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

A LARGE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A GOSPEL LECTIONARY IN LATIN.

TEXT WITH READINGS FOR SUNDAYS AFTER PENTECOST.

Bohemia (perhaps Prague): ca. 1450.

Price: $450.00

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

TEXT FROM THE MONTH OF MARCH.

France (possibly Rouen): mid-15th century.

Price: $2,900.00

A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM LIVY'S "AD URBE CONDITA."

TEXT FROM BOOK 48, END OF CHAPTER 42 AND BEGINNING OF 43.

Italy (probably Naples): ca. 1450-60.

Price: $3,500.00

ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, FROM A LARGE AND EXTRAVAGANTLY DECORATED BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN.

TEXT FROM NONES AND VESPERS.

Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges): ca. 1450-70.

Price: $1,950.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM AN EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND FRENCH, WITH A MINIATURE OF THE CRUCIFIXION.

TEXT FROM THE HOURS OF THE CROSS.

France (probably Besançon): 3rd quarter of 15th century.

Price: $8,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH UNUSUAL HISTORIATED INITIALS FEATURING THE WOUNDS OF CHRIST.

TEXT FROM HYMNS TO THE PASSION OF CHRIST.

Bruges: ca. 1465.

Price: $6,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH UNUSUAL HISTORIATED INITIALS FEATURING THE WOUNDS OF CHRIST.

TEXT FROM HYMNS TO THE PASSION OF CHRIST.

Bruges: ca. 1465.

Price: $7,500.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS, WITH A VERY FINE MINIATURE OF THE NATIVITY BY THE MASTERS OF THE DELFT HALF-LENGTH FIGURES.

WITHOUT TEXT, BUT PROBABLY OPENING PRIME.

Delft: ca. 1470.

Price: $18,000.00

AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS, WITH A VERY FINE MINIATURE OF THE HARROWING OF HELL BY THE MASTERS OF THE DELFT HALF-LENGTH FIGURES.

PROBABLY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD.

Delft: ca. 1470.

Price: $18,000.00

(MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS - COMPLETE).

A COMPLETE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT PROCESSIONAL IN LATIN.

Bavaria or Germany: ca. 1470.

Price: $59,000.00