Ian Ehling
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Lot 15
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS: JOB, MACCABEES, EZRA, AND ZEPHANIAH. 4 illumintated portable Bible leaves on vellum,
11 December 2020, 10:00 EST
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS: JOB, MACCABEES, EZRA, AND ZEPHANIAH.
4 illumintated portable Bible leaves on vellum,
1. Leaf with text from the opening of Job, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 157 x 102 mm, double column, 43 lines in Gothic pearl script, rubrics in red, capitals struck with red, headlines in red and blue, recto with a four-line initial incorporating two dragon-like creatures painted in red, blue, pink, and green, with a 10-line descender in colors accented with gold dots, verso with a seven-line historiated initial in similar colors depicting Job on the dung heap, being harangued by his friends, with an eight-line ascender in colors accented by gold dots. Slight flaking to one face in the main initial, the vellum slightly darkened, otherwise Fine. Matted.
2. Leaf with the opening of II Maccabees, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 160 x 100 mm, double column, 43 lines in Gothic pearl script. Rubrics in red, capitals struck in red, running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue, a small initial with elaborate penwork, and a six-line historiated initial with two remonstrating men, one in robes, one in tunic and hose, both with upraised fingers, painted in pink, blue, green, and red, the capital with a seven-line ascender and a long descender into the tail margin, terminating in a snake-like creature extending horizontally the width of the column. With faded marginalia in an informal hand. Light overall soiling, otherwise fine. Matted.
3. Leaf with text from II Ezra, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 158 x 103 mm, double column, 43 lines of text in Gothic pearl script, rubrics in red, capitals struck in red, running titles in red and blue, and with a seven-line historiated initial showing Josiah censing the altar in Jerusalem for Passover. Minor wrinkling and mild soiling, the blue of the initial somewhat eroded.
4. A leaf with text from Zephaniah, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 158 x 104 mm, double column, 43 lines of text in Gothic pearl script rubrics in red, capitals struck in red, running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue, small initials with penwork, and a six-line historiated initial of a prophet (Zephaniah) holding a scroll. A few marginal notations, two contemporary and probably editorial, the other two very brief and probably in a later hand. Some light wrinkling and soiling to the corners, otherwise fine.
1. Leaf with text from the opening of Job, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 157 x 102 mm, double column, 43 lines in Gothic pearl script, rubrics in red, capitals struck with red, headlines in red and blue, recto with a four-line initial incorporating two dragon-like creatures painted in red, blue, pink, and green, with a 10-line descender in colors accented with gold dots, verso with a seven-line historiated initial in similar colors depicting Job on the dung heap, being harangued by his friends, with an eight-line ascender in colors accented by gold dots. Slight flaking to one face in the main initial, the vellum slightly darkened, otherwise Fine. Matted.
2. Leaf with the opening of II Maccabees, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 160 x 100 mm, double column, 43 lines in Gothic pearl script. Rubrics in red, capitals struck in red, running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue, a small initial with elaborate penwork, and a six-line historiated initial with two remonstrating men, one in robes, one in tunic and hose, both with upraised fingers, painted in pink, blue, green, and red, the capital with a seven-line ascender and a long descender into the tail margin, terminating in a snake-like creature extending horizontally the width of the column. With faded marginalia in an informal hand. Light overall soiling, otherwise fine. Matted.
3. Leaf with text from II Ezra, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 158 x 103 mm, double column, 43 lines of text in Gothic pearl script, rubrics in red, capitals struck in red, running titles in red and blue, and with a seven-line historiated initial showing Josiah censing the altar in Jerusalem for Passover. Minor wrinkling and mild soiling, the blue of the initial somewhat eroded.
4. A leaf with text from Zephaniah, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 158 x 104 mm, double column, 43 lines of text in Gothic pearl script rubrics in red, capitals struck in red, running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue, small initials with penwork, and a six-line historiated initial of a prophet (Zephaniah) holding a scroll. A few marginal notations, two contemporary and probably editorial, the other two very brief and probably in a later hand. Some light wrinkling and soiling to the corners, otherwise fine.