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Dispersed collections

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Saturday, 26 March 2016

Manuscrits et livres précieux retrouvés en Allemagne (1949)

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My recent posts about manuscripts recovered from Germany after World War II seem to have been popular, so here is another, consisting mainly...
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Saturday, 19 March 2016

The MFA Jaquemart de Hesdin Miniatures

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In a post almost a year ago I mentioned that one of the most interesting things about a cutting at the LA County Museum of Art, is what the...
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Saturday, 12 March 2016

The Hours of Philip Ringstone

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Looking through old photos taken on a visit to Bristol Reference Library I came across my pictures of their MS 11.
Saturday, 5 March 2016

A Psalter Leaf at Harvard

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When writing the previous post  about the leaves and cuttings sold by Gustav Nebehay in 1926, I concentrated on the catalogue entries that a...
Sunday, 28 February 2016

"The Property of a Gentleman": Gustav Nebehay (1881–1935)

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Some months ago, Consuelo Dutschke very generously gave me some old auction and dealer catalogues, including Sotheby's, 14-16 June, 1...
Saturday, 20 February 2016

Le Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945

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The previous post concerned a small number of illuminated manuscripts recovered from the Nazis and exhibited in Paris in 1946, described...
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Monday, 15 February 2016

Some Rothschild Manuscripts in 1946

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Regular readers will know that I have a particular interest in collections of manuscripts formed and/or dispersed in the first half of the 2...