Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern, L25404, London

Book of Hours, C15th | Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450

Book of Hours, C15th | Book of Hours in Dutch made by the workshop of the Master of the Zwolle Bible, Use of Utrecht, c. 1470

Psalter, C13th | Illuminated Psalter, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (perhaps Ghent), c. 1255-1265

Legal Manuscripts | Statuta vetera, in Latin [England, 14th century]

Nicolas Jarry | Le Petit Office de la Vierge Marie, 1661, manuscript on vellum, distinguished provenance

Fragment, C8th | Sacramentary of St Boniface, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [England (Northumbria), 1st half of the 8th century]

Fragment, C9th | A Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, [North Africa or Near East, 9th century]

Fragment, C9th | Sacramentary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Italy, 9th century (2nd half)]

Fragment, C10th | Late 10th century fragment of Matthew 20:1-16 from the Luculentius Homiliary

Fragment, C10/11th | The Ascension of Christ, on a fragment of a Gospel Lectionary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, 10th or early 11th century]

Fragment, C11/12th | St Gall Neumes for the feasts of the Dedication of a Church and St Cecilia: from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum. [Germany, late 11th or early 12th century]

Fragment, C12th | Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum. [Germany, 12th century (middle)]

Fragment, C12th | The Entry into Jerusalem on a fragment of a noted Choir Breviary, in Latin, illustrated manuscript on vellum [Spain, 12th century (late)]

Fragments, C12th | Joseph with his Coat of Many Colours, large initial 'F' and 'A' on 5 leaves from a Lectionary in Latin [Austria (Salzburg), 12th century, second half]

Fragment, C14th | Portraits of Kings of France, from Bernard Gui (d. 1331), Arbor genealogiae regum francorum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Southern France (Toulouse?), 14th century (c. 1320s)]

Fragment, C15th | The Vision of King Astyages, by The Master of the Geneva Boccaccio, from a copy of Vincent of Beauvais (d. 1264), Speculum historiale, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [France (Loire Valley, Nantes or Angers), 15th century (c.

Illuminated Initial, C12th | from Jerome, Praefatio in evangelio, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Germany (Rhineland), 12th century (3rd quarter)]

Illuminated Initial, C14th | Christ presents the Mission to St Peter from an illuminated Dominican(?) Antiphonary(?), in Latin, manuscript on vellum. [Germany (Cologne), 14th century (2nd? quarter)]

Illuminated Miniatures, C14th | The Dormition and The Assumption of the Virign: two miniatures from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Italy (Veneto, Verona?), 14th century (2nd quarter)]

Illuminated Roundels, C14th | Three roundels from the margins of a Choirbook on vellum illuminated by Niccolo di Giacomo da Bologna, Italy (Bologna), c.1365

Illuminated Initial, C15th | The Annunciation by Cristoforo Cortese, from an Antiphonary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum. [Italy (Veneto, probably Venice), early 15th century (first decade)]

Illuminated Initial, C15th | King David gazing up to the Heavens, historiated initial 'D from a Choir Psalter on vellum, illuminated by Venturino Mercati, Italy (Milan or Siena), c. 1470

Illuminated Initial, C15th | King David gazing up to the Heavens, historiated initial 'G' from an Antiphonary on vellum, illuminated by Baldassare Coldiradi, Italy (Cremona), c. 1480-1490

Illuminated Initial, C15th | Illuminated initial 'R', Christus Trimphans by Taddeo Crivelli, Ferrara, c. 1460

Illuminated Initial, C15th | A King and a Saint, historiated initials 'A' or 'N' and 'U' from a Choirbook on vellum, illuminated by an unknown Master, Italy, c. 1490-1500.