Medieval Manuscripts Provenance

Many of the historiated initials illuminated by the Master of the Murano Gradual depict saints or subjects whose identity is not in doubt, b...

Five years ago I had reason to try to track down a copy of the 1910 auction catalogue of Count Grigory Sergeievich Stroganoff ( blog post he...

[ Source ] The initial above sold at an auction in Barcelona last week. It is appealing, but I do not really know what to make of it. 

I usually do not pay much attention to 16th-century and later choirbooks, especially when their decoration is mediocre (as they usually are)...

[This midweek post comes from a long and growing list in my drafts folder] My first job after leaving university was at Christie's, Sout...

I was recently browsing the 1974 exhibition catalogue of Medieval Art in Upstate New York: It reminded me that, in addition to an Otto Ege p...

[I failed to do a blogpost this last weekend, so here is a quick one to fill the gap.] I hope to get to Portugal this summer, so I am lookin...