- Lot 1
Babylonian Lunar Theory
Babylonian lunar theory, an astronomical table in Greek, manuscript on papyrus [Egypt, 1st century CE].
EstimateGBP 100,000 - 150,000Price realisedGBP 201,600Closed - Lot 2
St Jerome (d.420); Gregory II (669-731)
Palimpsest: three fragments of a single bifolium from works by Jerome and Gregory II on marriage, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, 8th and 9th/10th century].
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Closed - Lot 3
De Poenitentia
Four fragments of a work De Poenitentia in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, 9th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,134Closed - Lot 4
A Gloss on the Psalms
Fragment of a Gloss on the Psalms in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 9th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 5
Christmas Liturgy
Leaf from a Lectionary in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern(?) Italy, 9th century].
EstimateGBP 6,000 - 9,000Price realisedGBP 6,300Closed - Lot 6
A fragment from a Missal
Fragment of a leaf from a Missal in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 10th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 4,410Closed - Lot 7
Bede (673-735)
Fragment from Bede, Super Epistolas Catholicas in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, perhaps Rome, 10th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 2,142Closed - Lot 8
Regino of Prüm (d.915)
Two partial bifolia from De Synodalibus Causis et Disciplinis Ecclesiasticis, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 10th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,016Closed - Lot 9
Gregory the Great (590-604)
A fragment from Moralia in Iob, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 10th century].
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 10
A decorated Homiliary
Leaf from a Homiliary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, 11th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,512Closed - Lot 11
Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
A half-leaf fragment from Moralia in Iob, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy (central or southern), 11th century].
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 12
Fragments from a Carolingian Bible
Two large fragments of a Lectern Bible, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,638Closed - Lot 13
Fragments from a Carolingian Homiliary
Three fragments of bifolia from a Homiliary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 14
Haimo of Halberstadt (778-853)
A leaf from his Homily for Septuagesima Sunday, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy (Lazio or the south?), 11th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 15
Rufinus of Aquileia (c.344-411)
A partial bifolium from Historia Monachorum in Aegypto, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Rhineland, 11th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 756Closed - Lot 16
Attributed to Bede (673-735)
A bifolium from the Passio Sancti Andreae Apostoli, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 11th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 2,268Closed - Lot 17
Sulpicius Severus (c.363 - c.425)
A fragment from his Dialogues, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, first half 11th century].
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 18
Pseudo-Abdias
A leaf from a Homiliary or a Martyrology, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, first half 11th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 882Closed - Lot 19
Thietmar of Merseburg (975-1018)
A leaf from Chronicon (Corvey recension), in Latin, manuscript on vellum [?Germany, 12th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 7,560Closed - Lot 20
A Scandinavian Psalter
Leaf of a Psalter in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Scandinavia, Norway(?), 12th century].
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 8,000Price realisedGBP 11,340Closed - Lot 21
Rupert of Deutz (c.1075/1080 - c.1129)
A bifolium from his commentary on the Song of Songs, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 22
Priscian (fl. 6th century)
A bifolium from the Institutiones Grammaticae, in Latin and partially transliterated Greek [France, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 1,638Closed - Lot 23
A Homiliary written in Farfa-type minuscule
Fragment of a Homiliary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, 11th/12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 3,024Closed - Lot 24
Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
A bifolium from Registrum Epistolarum, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, c.1100].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 882Closed - Lot 25
Titus Flavius Josephus (37-100)
A fragment from De bello Judaico in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [England, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 4,788Closed - Lot 26
Gregory the Great (c.590-604)
A leaf from Dialogi Miraculorum, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 27
A fragment from a Missal
Fragment of a Missal in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France or Flanders, late 11th or early 12th century]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 28
Fragments from a Romanesque Bible
Two fragments of a leaf from a Bible in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, probably Tuscany, late 11th or early 12th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 29
A fragment from a Spanish Gospel book
Fragment of a bifolium from the Gospels, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Spain, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 30
Ekkehard of Aura (d.1126)
Two leaves from the Chronicon universale, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Germany, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,764Closed - Lot 31
Ps.-Autpert Ambrose
A leaf from Sermo De Assumptione Sanctae Mariae, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 32
Bede (673-735)
A large bifolium from his Commentary on Luke, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, first(?) quarter 12th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 33
A leaf from a Carolingian Homiliary
Leaf from a Homiliary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, middle or second half 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 34
Pseudo-Chrysostom
Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 756Closed - Lot 35
Paschal Vigil for SS. Rufina e Seconda in Trastevere
Fragment of a leaf of the Paschal Vigil from a Liturgical book in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, probably Rome, 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 882Closed - Lot 36
Beneventan script
Leaf from a Noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, Montecassino, early 12th century]
EstimateGBP 18,000 - 25,000Closed - Lot 37
Priscian (fl. 6th century)
Two fragments from Institutiones Grammaticae in Latin and transliterated Greek, manuscript on vellum [England, first(?) quarter 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 2,016Closed - Lot 38
Romanesque Lives of Saints
Two fragments of bifolia of the Lives of Sts Sylvester, Felix, and Marcellus in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first(?) quarter 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 882Closed - Lot 39
Visigothic script
Grant of Arias Arias, owner of the Castle Moreda, who bequeaths it to the monastery of San Vicente de Pino (at Monforte de Lemos, Galicia) [Spain, Moreda]. A.D. 1111 (era 1149).
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 11,340Closed - Lot 40
Leaves from a Glossed Psalter
Two consecutive leaves of a Glossed Psalter in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, second(?) quarter 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 1,386Closed - Lot 41
Leaf from a Glossed Gospel book
Leaf from a Glossed Gospel of St John, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France (or possibly England), second(?) quarter 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 42
A leaf from a Caroligian Homiliary
A very large leaf from a Homiliary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, first half 12th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,772Closed - Lot 43
Arnulf (d. 1183), bishop of Lisieux (1141–81)
Letter confirming the ownership by the cathedral of Chartres of churches in the diocese of Lisieux, and their rights, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France (Lisieux?), mid-12th century (certainly between 1141 and 1181)].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 4,032Closed - Lot 44
Readings for Holy Week
Two bifolia from a Lectionary in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid? 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 756Closed - Lot 45
Bifolium from a large Bible
A huge bifolium from a Bible in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, mid(?) 12th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 46
Hermann of Carinthia (c.1105-after 1154)
A bifolium from De Essentiis, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, mid-12th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 8,190Closed - Lot 47
A leaf from an imposing Gospel Lectionary
Leaf from a Gospel Lectionary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Piacenza(?), mid 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 756Closed - Lot 48
A fragment of a German Carolingian Bible
Fragment of a Bible, in Latin and transliterated Greek, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid(?) 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 882Closed - Lot 49
Uguccione, bishop of Vercelli (d. 1170)
A settlement of a dispute between the monks of Torcello and of Casale, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy (Vercelli)], dated 26 June 1153.
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 6,048Closed - Lot 50
An unusual Spanish Psalter
Two bifolia from a Psalter in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Spain, second half 12th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 3,024Closed - Lot 51
A Commentary on the Apocalypse
Leaf from an unidentified Commentary on the Apocalypse in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half 12th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,386Closed - Lot 52
A Romanesque Sacramentary
Leaf from a Sacramentary in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany or Austria, second half 12th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 2,000Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 53
An Andorran Grant
Grant of Bernardus de Granana and his wife Saurina of a tithe from the Valley of Argolel (Andorra) for the usufruct of Prior Guillermus during his lifetime and to the Hospital of Albergaria (Urgell, Catalonia) after Guillermus’s death. Dated 2 January 1183.
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,638Closed - Lot 54
Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
Two leaves including the start of Regula pastoralis in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Southern France, late 12th century].
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,512Closed - Lot 55
Ovid (43 BCE - 17/18 CE)
Three fragments from the Metamorphoses, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy?, late 12th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 9,450Closed - Lot 56
Alain of Lille (c.1128-1202/03)
De Sex Alis Cherubim, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, c.1200]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 2,016Closed - Lot 57
An English bequest of Land
Bequest of Land at Eakring to the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary’s, Rufford, Nottinghamshire, in Latin, document on vellum [England, Southwell, late 12th or early 13th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 7,560Closed - Lot 58
A commentary on Maccabees
A commentary or sermon on I Maccabees 6:39, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England(?), late 13th or early 14th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 2,772Closed - Lot 59
Urine for medical diagnosis
Fragment of an unidentified medical treatise concerning urine, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [England, late 13th or early 14th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 882Closed - Lot 60
German private devotion
Three fragments from a book of private devotion(?), in Latin and German, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 61
An Umbrian Rental Roll
A Rental Roll, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [central Italy, possibly Orvieto, 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 3,528Closed - Lot 62
An Austrian or Bohemian Missal leaf
Leaf from a Missal in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Austria or southern Bohemia, late 12th (or early 13th?) century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 63
Gerland the Computist (d.1102?)
Four leaves from Computus Gerlandi, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [France or England, c.1200]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 7,560Closed - Lot 64
Erotic poetry
Erotic verses, in Latin heroic couplets, manuscript on vellum [France, 13th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 4,788Closed - Lot 65
Leaves from a Spanish Psalter-Hymnal
Three leaves from a Psalter-Hymnal in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [northern(?) Spain, first(?) quarter 13th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 2,016Closed - Lot 66
Zodiac Signs and Occupations of the Months
Zodiac Signs and Occupations of the Months on two leaves of a Calendar doubtless from a Psalter in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Germany, Cologne(?), first(?) quarter 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 2,142Closed - Lot 67
A German Ferial Psalter
A Bifolium of a Ferial Psalter in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany, late 12th or early 13th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 68
Peter Lombard (d. 1160)
Fragment from his Commentary on the Psalms (Magna glossatura) in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [France, early 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 756Closed - Lot 69
Peter Riga (d. 1209)
Two Leaves of his Aurora in Latin verse, decorated manuscript on vellum [England, first half or first quarter 13th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 2,268Closed - Lot 70
A transfer of books
Agreement to transfer to the Cathedral of Como certain books that are in the church of San Vincenzo, Gravedona, in Latin, manuscript document on vellum. Italy, Gravedona (on the north-western shore of Lake Como), dated 1229.
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 4,032Closed - Lot 71
Leaf from an Obituary Book
Leaf from the Obituary Book of the Church of St Evodius, Le Puy, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern France, Le Puy, 2nd half 13th century].
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 72
A high-grade French Psalter
Leaf from a Psalter in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern France, mid 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 73
An illuminated French Bible leaf
The Creation in a historiated Genesis initial on a leaf from a Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France (Paris ?), mid 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 74
St Jerome (d.420)
Fragmentary bifolium from his Commentary on the Minor Prophets in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [England, mid 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 75
Anonymous Parisian illuminator
God Addressing Joshua in a historiated initial on one of two leaves of a Bible in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France, Paris?, middle or third quarter of 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 76
Pseudo-Origen
A leaf from the Homily De Maria Magdalena in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France or Flanders, second half 13th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 756Closed - Lot 77
A letter with the seal of an Irish bishop
Letter relaxing twenty days of penance for those praying for the soul of Ralph de Sumertone, formerly canon of St Mary’s Priory, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, and the souls of his parents, in Latin, document on vellum. England; dated at Ashby, 23 February 1261.
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 7,560Closed - Lot 78
A document with pendent seals of two brothers
Confirmation of a tithe to the monastery of St Lambert, diocese of Speyer, in Latin, manuscript on vellum. Dated 4 January 1269.
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 3,024Closed - Lot 79
Anonymous Bolognese illuminator
Two Historiated and Two Decorated Initials on Three Leaves from a Bible in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy (probably Bologna) 13th century, c.1270s].
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 3,528Closed - Lot 80
Aristotle (384 - 322 BCE)
Two consecutive fragmentary bifolia from his Nicomachean Ethics, in the Latin translation of Robert Grosseteste (d. 1253), manuscript on vellum [England (Oxford?), third(?) quarter 13th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,764Closed - Lot 81
Fines and Punishments in San Ginesio
Quaternus Condepnationum et Absolutionum, a record-book of punishments and remittals for the Comune of San Ginesio, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, Italy, San Ginesio, 1275.
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 3,024Closed - Lot 82
Anonymous English illuminators
Leaf of the ‘Whitby Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [England, probably York, late third or early fourth quarter 13th century].
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,142Closed - Lot 83
Martin of Opava (d. 1278/9)
Chronicle; and a List of bishoprics, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England, late 13th century, with early 14th century additions].
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 3,024Closed - Lot 84
A Franciscan compendium
Exempla, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, 14th century].
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Price realisedGBP 10,080Closed