Addenda and Corrigenda

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Membra disiecta

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Dispersed collections

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Sunday, 30 September 2018

The Brummer Gallery Archive III: A Bohemian(?) Crucifixion Miniature

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At the left edge of the page above, introduced at the top of a previous post , is a Crucifixion miniature, apparently from a late 15th-ce...
Saturday, 29 September 2018

Illuminated Manuscripts from the Collection of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger

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A short post today, simply to mention that there are five illuminated manuscript items buried within the Cone - Seeger sale at Sotheby'...
Saturday, 22 September 2018

The Brummer Gallery Archive II: The Budé Bible

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Last week we found an illuminated manuscript classified, because of its binding, under the heading "LEATHER". The image above ...
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Saturday, 15 September 2018

The Brummer Gallery Archive I: An Antiphonary from Regensburg

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[ Source ] I have very recently become aware of the archive of the Brummer Gallery [ Wikipedia ], New York, now held by the Metropolitan...
Saturday, 8 September 2018

Leaves from a 14th-Century Picard(?) Book of Hours

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[ Source ] This historiated initial is on a leaf now at The Met in New York. It comes from a manuscript several of whose leaves have app...
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Saturday, 1 September 2018

Au Vélin d'or [II]

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The other item in the 1929 catalogue that caught my eye is this: Described as St Peter holding a key, in red green and yellow, on a leaf...
Saturday, 25 August 2018

Au Vélin d'or [I]

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I want to check an ambiguous reference to some items bought from "Barroux" in 1929 or 1930, perhaps from a catalogue no. 24. Af...