Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [15]

The final items in this series are Ethiopian, and thus less perhaps likely to be encountered by readers of this blog.

Folding manuscript with saints
Ethiopia, 15th – 16th century

28 loose leaves from a Martyrologium
Ethiopia 16th century
490 x 390 mm


I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [14]

The Last Judgement
Historiated initial D from Psalm 101 in a Psalter
Germany, 13th century, first half
c. 145 × 99 mm


I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [13]

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Miniature illustrating "De theatro", chapter XXXVI of an unidentified text
Spain, 13th century
c. 165 × 97 mm

The text above the miniature appears to be Rhabanus Maurus's commentary on the colours of the four horses of the Apocalypse; the text below the miniature appears to be "De theatro", Bk.XVIII.42 of Isidore, Etymologies.

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [12]

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Hosea and his wife Gomer
Historiated initial ‘U’, and two other initials on a leaf from a Bible
France, Paris, c.1240–50
c. 190 × 140 mm

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [11]

Leaf from a Psalter with decorated initial ‘D’
France, 14th century
c.240×185mm


I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [10]

The Mocking of Christ
Large historiated initial on a leaf from a Book of Hours
France, Picardy (maybe Amiens), c. 1325
157 × 117 mm


I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [9]

The Presentation in the Temple and The Marriage Feast at Cana
Leaf with full-page miniature in two compartments
France, Paris, c. 1250–1270
c. 140 × 105 mm


I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [8]

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A Bishop Blessing a Monk
Leaf from a Pontifical
France, Avignon, c. 1320s
310 × 215 mm

The manuscript from which this leaf comes, and many of the dispersed leaves, have very recently been published by François Avril, "Quelques éléments nouveaux relatifs à la production avignonnaise du temps du pape Jean XXII. À propos d’un pontifical de Guillaume Durand dépecé", Cahiers de Fanjeux, 51 (2016), pp.413-56.

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [7]

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John the Evangelist and the eagle in an historiated initial
Cutting from the Glazier-Rylands Bible
France (Tournai?), c. 1265-75
241 × 159 mm

I showed this image recently here.

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [6]

A Bishop Accused of Simony by Two Fornicators
Miniature on a cutting from a leaf from Gratian's Decretum (Causa VI)
Attributed to an artist of the Milemete group
England c.1320-1330
67 × 66 mm


I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [5]

St. George
Full-page miniature on a leaf from the "Knyvett" Book of Hours
England, late 14th century
200 × 135 mm

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [4]

Christ appearing to the Virgin Mary and the Apostles
Cutting of a historiated initial ‘L’
Attributed to the Master of the Dominican Effigies
Italy, Florence, c. 1340
187 × 150 mm

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [3]

Saint Francis, in a cutting with a historiated initial
Attributed to the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum
Italy, Milan, mid-15th century
102 × 114 mm

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [2]

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The Evangelist symbol of Matthew, an Angel

Historiated initial 'I' on a leaf from a Missal in Beneventan script
Italy, Puglia, 11th century
347 × 248 mm

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

Stolen Leaves and Cuttings [1]

St Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness
Attributed to the Master of Monza / Miniatore di Monza
Italy, Lombardy, c. 1275-85
88 × 60 mm

I have been asked to spread the word about a number of leaves and cuttings that were stolen from a private collection in London a few years ago. Rather than post them all at once, I will aim to do one per day for the next several days, and then do a cumulative list that you can print out and keep handy for future reference. Please circulate the details to colleagues. If you see, or have seen, any of them please contact info@samfogg.com

The cutting above comes from the same manuscript as those discussed in the post here.