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Commissions sent by Telephone aee accepted only at the sendee's risk, and m0st be conl'iejied by letter oe telegram. Froiilispic lifuafi'vntn I nitfapa'ne ti,e ecyeri- touis c^ . cTrotdh /iijC" Lot XCIV Same size as Oi-iginal PRELIMINARY. F my collection of One Hundred Illuminated Manuscripts I have already disposed of 58, viz. : — 27 by auction, June 3rd, 1919. 25 by auction, March 23rd, 1920. 2 by private sale. 4 by gift. 58 Of those that remain, 42 in number, fifteen are now offered for sale, and, as in my previous sales, they will be found somewhat cursorily described in this catalogue. For an elaborate account of their various merits and defects I refer inquirers to a copy of my private catalogue, in four volumes, of which a complete set forms Lot LXXXViia in this sale. A reference to this cata- logue always accompanies my own less elaborate description. These MSS. are, therefore, sold not subject to return. I may draw attention to two Lots which are rather outside the usual range of illuminated MSS. The first is Lot xciv {see the Frontispiece), a little jewelled and enamelled case, containing, among other prayers in Spanish, the " Protestacion (or Confession of Faith) del Emperador " (doubtless Charles V), and meant to be hung from a girdle, as seen in portraits by Holbein and others. The other is Lot xcv, a picture of the Battle of Cannae, from a 15th Century MS. which has, in Paris, been ascribed influentially, and not, I think, unreasonably, to the famous Jean Foucquet of Tours. Coming now to the other contents of this catalogue, it will be seen that the first eight lots are all of them French MSS. of high interest, two or three of them, viz., the " Antiphoner of Beaupre," the " Lancelot du Lac," and the " Sainte Chapelle ( iv ) Epistolar," being of great rarity, and not, without difficulty, to be matched in any private collection in England or America. The next fifteen lots consist of printed books all but one before 1501. I would particularly draw attention to the MenteHn Bible of 1461, or earlier, and the Lactantius of Sweynheim and Pannartz, as well as to the unusually clean and perfect "chained Bible" from Bamberg, and, of a later date, to the exquisite Parisian binding of a copy of "Plutarch's Lives" in French. Nor ought the five Pigouchet Books of Hours to be forgotten, the work of (to my mind) the most brilliant of the Paris engravers of the period, and marking the development of his art between 1491 and 1501. After this spell of print, Illuminated MSS. are resumed, seven volumes, each of them being more or less remarkable representatives of Miniature Art in seven different countries, viz.. South Germany, France, Holland, North Flanders, Bruges, Italy and Madrid, and including the only specimens in my collection from Holland, Germany and Spain. I have only to add that I have the happiness still to retain possession of twenty-seven of my now somewhat well-known hundred MSS., and it is a satisfaction to me to know that some eight or ten at least of those already sold may be found in public libraries in various countries, at home and abroad. H. Y. THOMPSON. April, igzi. CONTENTS. FRENCH MANUSCRIPTS. LXV. Missal of the Austin Canons of Dijon. LXVI. Bible Franyaise (vol. II). LXVII. Antiphoner of Bcaupre, 4 vols. LXVI 1 1. French Apocalypse. LXIX. Lancelot du Lac, 3 vols. LXX. Epistolar of the- Sainte Chapellc, Paris. LXXI. The Armaj^nac Breviary, 2 vols. LXXll. Boccaccio: DesCas dcs Nobles Homines et Femmes. PRINTED BOOKS. LXXI 1 1. Biblia Latina, "John Menlclin, Strnsbiirg, not after 146L LXX IV. Firmianiis Lactantiiis, S'a'fvniieyin & Pniniartz, Routt; 1468. LXX\'. Augustinus, De Civitate Dei, Spira, Vciticc, 1470 LXXVl. Testanientum Novum, Peler Sciiocff'ei; Mainz, 1472. LXXVll. Leonardus de Ulino, Sermones, Gfiiiit^, Paris, 1475. LXXVIII. Plinius, Hisloria Naturalis, S. Conillits, Parma, 1476. LXXIX. Latin Bible, Antony Cobtiri>ei; N'urnberg, 1477. LXXX. S. Bonavenlura, Antony Cobtwgci; i\i'irnberg,c. 1491. LXXXl. Statula Nova, Richard Pvnson (London), c. 1500. LXXXIl. Plutarch's Ocuvres morales & meslees, Amyot, 2 vols., M. (Ic \'ascosan, Paris, 1572. LXXXllI. Hemes a Lusaj^e de Paris, P. Pigouchct, Pa^is, 1 Dec, 1491. ( vi ) LXXXIV. Heures a Lnsaige de Rome, P. Pigouchet for Simon Vosire, Paris, 25 Feb., 1497 (1498). LXXXV. Heures a Lusaige de Rome, P. Pigouchet for S. Vostre, Paris, 16 Sepi., 1498. LXXXVI. Heures a Lusaige de Amiens, P. Pigoucheifor S. Vostre,- Paris, c. 1501. LXXXVI I. Horae ad Usum Sarum, P. Pigouchet for S. Vostre, Paris, 20 Oct., 1501. LXXXVUa. Descriptive Catalogue of MSS. in the Collection of H. Y. Thompson, 4 vols., 1898-1912. MANUSCRIPTS. LXXXVIII. The Ottenbeuren Collectarius. LXXXIX. Gratiani Decretum. XC. Horae. Haarlem Dialect. XCI. Horae of the Firmian Family. XCII. Horae. Ayala. XCIII. Horae. Marquis of Blandford. XCIV. Credo of the Emperor Charles V. XCV. Picture of the Battle of Cannae, by Jean Foucquet. CAJ ALOGUE OF iston iUxtminat^ir ittanusrripta, AND JFifton CSarlf ^print^ir IBonka, Tine PROPERTY OK HENRY YATES THOMPSON. N.B. — Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson &, Hodge are autliopised by tlie owner to state tliat tiie portion of his collection con- tained in the present catalogue will be sold by auction, and that no private offer before the sale will now be considered. LOT LXV. MISSAL OI-' THE AUSTIN CANONS OF ST. STEPHEN'S, DIJON, FOR THE WINTER SEASON. H. Y. T. Catalogue, second series, no. 71. H. Y. T. Illmiralioiis of 100 MSS., vol. VII, pi. VIII, IX. Vellum, 10 J by 6:,' in., IT. 301. Cent. XIII {c. 1240). Binding : Modern limp vellum. An entry in the Kalendar, on April 27, proves this MS. to have been made for the monastery of St. Stephen at Dijon. The use is thai of the Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine. ( 144 The fifth leaf from the end, originally blank, contains in a later hand prayers for the Duke, Duchess and their children, apparently written in the reign of Duke Philip the Good. The writing is regular and good, the initials alternately in gold and blue, with red and blue pen-work prolonged on the margins at head and foot of the page, in an endless variety of elaborate design. The miniatures are good examples of Burgundian work of the middle of the 13th century. There are two full-page and one half- page pictures. In addition to 24 small round miniatures in the Kalendar, there are 13 historiated initials of various sizes, some of them rather original in subject and treatment. One of them represents three brother saints, SS. Speosippus, Eleosippus and Melosippus, receiving each a gold ball from their mother. Plate 1, ff. 162v and 163. These two pages in the original have a very splendid appearance, the colours of the painting gay and light, and the background entirely of brilliantly burnished gold. The initial on the left-hand page shows the Church crowned, holding a chalice, and a cross with banner ; while the Synagogue appears blind-folded, with the tables of the law and a broken lance and banner falling from her hands. The oblong panel on the same page is divided into five zones ; in the lowest a young man, probably the donor, offers up his book ; and a series of saints and angels and emblems leads upward to the Eternal enthroned. On the right-hand page, with the Crucifixion in the centre, the border is divided into fourteen compartments, containing scenes of Old Testament, crowded with figures, and treated in a lively fashion. f ctt digimm cr mOiini eft- cquum cr faUtmtrlTiort faiipcr cr uDup ^mcwf .igc tt* cwmnc Cuirtr pittr oni mfwcnfctcnic Oca© -^ iqJm it>niimim timi-ftrqucm ttmicOatmi rurttn Uuftit ntigrli • aooMtir oonmi«m » t'tmittuir ptcftatw tu (TUKtint q; utrmoc» ^UMta fcmpl)m.''0xi4 caunmonc conaUvtmc* Ojim qm©^ cr nmf wocw mur tttu)^ opnfctltonc (i» one Wttf^motl) -pic ni tor cell ccmtn ortoiu tuaoCmna m^tmust^ ncouht» qm ucntr m no mmc cwmm- oCmtia mcr aifie* "^ i LOT Size of Original PLATE I. lXV. 5,^ X loi in. ur. ) LOT LXVI. BIBLE FRANgAISE (VOL. II). H. Y. T. Catalogue, first series, no. 37. H. Y. T. Illustrations of 100 MSS., vol. VI, pi. I-III. Vellum, 15 by llj in., ff. 318. Cent. XIII (1260). Binding : English of cent. XVI, stamped leather covering boards. Two silver clasps of the same date, part of the lower one being a modern copy of the other. Mr. Weale says that one of the stamps occurs on a copy of Fabyan's Chronicle, in the Hereford Cathedral Library, another on a copy of Heyden's Jenisaleni descripta, printed at Frankfort in 1563, but certainly bound in England. The binding of this Bible is interesting, as it proves that the two stamps were in the possession of one man. There seems to be no doubt but that this MS. is the second volume of Harl. 616 in the British Aluseum. It had been in the possession of the family of Harford of Frenchay, probably since 1685, and I bought it from a member of the familj', the late Rev. F. K. Harford. The writing is clear and good, head-lines in red and blue with flourishes. The pictures, of which there are 56, suggest an English hand. They are bold and rather rough, but very good. Plate 2, f. 1. The commencement of Paraboles ; in the upper compartment Solomon, with a birch rod, conducts the education of Rehoboam, and in the lower one dehvers his judgment in the disputed case of the child. There is a good deal of bright gold in the diapered backgrounds, with pale pink and blue. Some of the first pages of this MS. are somewhat " wormed." ( 146 ) Plate 3, f. 160. The beginning of iMaccabecs I. Mattathias in blue, with the nutcracker profile usually given to the wicked people, clutches the hair of the idolatrous Jew, who kneels with a boar's head on a dish. In the margin is a very remarkable head of Christ by the same hand. It is 3 J in. high, and the face and hair are almost in monochrome, save for the faintly red mouth. There is a red nimbus. It is difficult to see why it should be placed here. u J > X I- .5 O .£f p^^ig ii W ijiBi jAtW '.^jgy p^iJjwwiwjy i LHi tt ^ 5 » S ^ a "■'f > ^ X - o ( H7 ) LOT LXVII. ANTIPHONER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF BEAUPRE, NEAR GRAMMONT. H. Y. T. Catalogue, third series, no. LXXXIII. H. Y. T. Illustrations of 100 MSS., vol. VI, pi. XII-XXIII. Vellum. 3 vol. and Supplement. Vol. I and II, 19 by 13^ in. ; vol. Ill, 17 by 12 in.; vol. I, ff. 223 ; vol. II, ft". 258 ; vol. Ill, fF. 270. Cent. XIII (1290). Binding : ^Modern red velvet with morocco backs. The tirst owners of these noble volumes, the most massive of my collection, were the Sisters of the Cistercian Abbey of Beaupre ; the last owner was Mr. John Ruskin. But Mr. Ruskin, with all his ingenuity, never discovered to which of the many Cistercian Abbeys (there are no less than six bearing the name of Beaupre) the MS. belonged, and it was only through the portrait on f. 3v. [Plate 4] that the discovery was made. The portrait is labelled Domicella de Viaua, and search had to be made for a place called Viana near a Convent of Beaupre. This combination was found near Grammont in Belgium, and in the Archives of the Royal Library at Brussels are recorded many benefactions by the lords of Viane to the Convent. The opening page in the handwriting of the scribe gives the precise date of the MS. 1290, and a charming appeal to future possessors to take good care of it. The Domicella who gave these volumes was Marie de Bornaing, wife of Gerard de Viane, and there is mention of a daughter or niece of the family whose name was dementia, prob- ably the original of the kneeling young woman in blue on the same page. In a visit which I paid in 1904, I found that there was scarcely anything left of the old Convent ; it had been used as a farm since the Revolution, but was then occupied by refugee nuns from Fi-ance. It is pleasingly situated in the green valley of the river Dendre, about three miles from Geertsbergen or Grammont. A full and most laborious account of all that is known about the MS. is given in the third series of my catalogue by Mr. S. C. Cockerell. He gives full particulars of the leaves which are missing, ( 148 ) which unfortunately are not a few. Mr. Ruskin had a habit, the generosity of which will, I am afraid, not be appreciated by most collectors, of giving or lending leaves of his MSS. to friends, schools, etc. Eveiy book which I had from him had suffered in this way, and when this Antiphoner came into my possession it had been pulled to pieces by this reckless owner. There is a veiy fine leaf at the Art Schools at Oxford (vol. II, f. 182 v.), and two initials in Belgium and two in the Victoria and Albert Museum, but no other of the missing leaves has been traced. A supplement to Vol. II accompanies these volumes containing 62 ff. of additions of XV- XVII centuries, without any miniatures. There must have been six volumes of the Antiphoner, three for the side of the choir on which the Abbess sat, and three for the side of the Prioress. Of my three. Vol. I and III belonged to the side of the Abbess, and Vol. II to the Prioress. Mr. Ruskin is said to have stated that the other three were burned in a lire at Sotheby's, but no infonnation on that point can he obtained. The writing is very black, strong and dignified, and there are vast numbers of ornamental initials, some with red and gold pen- work, others in gold on panels of blue and pink. There are now 49 historiated initials, varying from three to nine inches in height, and to each is attached a half border, which branches off at the top and bottom of the page, with a great deal of ivy-leaf pattern. Originally there were grotesques on the upper and lower margin of all the historiated pages, but some Lady Abbess probably thought them too frivolous, and they have in most cases been carefully erased. I give on plate 6 some specimens of the few which were allowed to remain. Plate 4, Vol. I, f. 3v. The service for Easter Day. In the upper part of the initial is the Resurrection, in the lower the three Mar^-s bending over the empt\' tomb. The backgrounds are solid burnished gold, very brilliant, and there is a good deal of orange-red in the clothing, etc. The ivy leaves in the border are brown, green and red. On the margin are kneehng figures of the lady of Viana, who gave the antiphoner to the Convent, and of her niece dementia. Platic 5, Vol. II, f . 100. Feast of the Assumption, .i gorgeous initial, nearly 9 in. high. The Entombment of tlie Virgin below, and her Coronation above. Plate 6, Vol. I, ff. 90, 108, 169. Three of the admirable grotesques which, fortunately, liave not been erased : the death of Dives, a 13th Century fishmonger, and an old man playing with a cat. > - X _l — h- fl o ■= _l z > o I w I— N O CAJ PLATE 6. fff^'' ^ .. ; imMujM»t.i.w.n^^^«Laz^xM p^J:-MyAtJ.w LOT LXVII, Snm." Size ;is Oriijiiinl. ( 149 ) LOT LXVIII. FRENCH APOCALYPSE. H. Y. T. Catalogue, first series, no. 38. H. Y. T. Illustrations of 100 MSS., vol.VI, pi. XXIV-XXVI. Vellum, 10^ by 7i in., ff. 40. Cent. XIV (1380). Binding ; Black leather, 18th century. This is a very gay volume with its 70 miniatures, most of them oblong of the width of the page, brightly coloured in blue, light orange red, pale pink and a great deal of shining gold. Some of the backgrounds are of solid gold, but for Ihe most part they are in every variety of diaper ; occasionally there is a slight effort towards landscape, for which a few years later French miniatures v.-ere so remarkable. Beside many of the pictures, especially towards the end of the book, are written instructions as to the colour of the diapered background, "or," "azur," "rose," and sometimes indica- tions of the shape of the pattern. There is no clue to the history of this MS. It has the book- plate of John Fuller Russell superposed on that of the Duke of Sussex, and it is in the catalogue of the sale of the Marquis of Westerloo in 1734. In 1899 this MS. spent six weeks in Paris in the hands of M. Delisle, who wished to compare it with the Apocalypse in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Fonds Fran9ais, no. 403), which belonged to Charles V, and which the " Soci6te des anciens textes francais" was then reproducing. M. Delisle writes : J'ai compare les minia- tures de noire manuscrit avec celles d'une qninzaine de mannscrits similaires de la France et de I' Angleterre. Aux qninze maiuiscrits que j'ai rapproches, page par page, du manuscrit reprodnit, je vondrais ajouter celui que vans possedez . . . II me semble de nature a se ranger parmi les manuscrits que j'ai compares, page par page, avec le ( 150 ) mantiscrit de Charles V . . . Ouoiqu'il arrive, je vous felicite de posseder dans votre collection un bel exemplaire d'line famille de mannscrits que j'apprecle heaucoup depuis que fen at miniitieuse- ment etiidie les plus beaux represenfants." Plate 7, f . 9v. The rider on the red horse, with a great sword, " and power was given unto him to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another" ; the rider on the black horse bearing a pair of balances. Plate 8, f. 25. "And the angel thrust in his sickle into the eai-th and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God .... and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horses' bridles " (Rev. xiv, 19, 20). The back- ground of this miniature is one of the gaudiest, with its two shades of blue and of red and chequer of gold lines. ;ru» iJ tO: uaie- uctju • 4^ jfll its! aaov c^ejiat fa- c :-: ^. ( Colour Up: :ti a , t^naia' q ef^faiTun- icik liio' t? ^ c; i>»3:" ^ ■*-/' >o i^ :, r. "i» X ° o s < f «<^i^l_- ■■-^d jSiii IS:^ .j4(KS!a&w^ fe^?^ iii>'. ki ""^ X ° O K ( 153 ) LOT LXX. EPISTOLAR OF THE SAINTE CHAPELLE, PARIS. H. Y. T. Catalogue, fourth series, no. CII. H. Y. T. Illustrations of 100 MSS., vol. VI, pi. XLVI- XLIX. Vellum, 16| by 11§ in. ff. 223. Cent. XIV (c. 1340-1350). Binding : English, dark blue morocco, with gold tooling. According to the view of Mr. S. C. Cockei-ell, who described this volume for my catalogue, it is one of the sixteen MSS. which are known to have issued from the studio of Jean Pucelle. Three of them are in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris, viz. : A Bible written by Robert de Billyng, the Proems of Robert, Comte d'Artois, and the Belleville Breviary. One, the Breviary of Jeanne d'Evreux, is at Chantilly ; another, the Heures de Blanche de France, is at the Vatican. The Arsenal Library at Paris contains one, a Missal, and five others are, or were, in private collections in France. In Eng- land we have the remaining five : the Breviary of Mary of Valence, Countess of Pembroke, in the University Library at Cambridge ; a fragment of the Hours of Blanche of Burgundy (a large portion of which was burnt at Turin), which is in the Library of the R.C. Bishop of Portsmouth, by whose permission I had it reproduced in facsimile; the Hours of Jeanne II, Queen of Navarre, and the Hours of Yolande of Flanders, both of which have already been described in my catalogues, and finally this present volume. I must observe that all these statements as to Pucelle are based entirely on the opinion of Mr. Cockerell. Internal evidence shows that this Epistolar was made for the Sainte Chapelle at Paris, but when it left its original home, and what its wanderings may have been since, there is no means of dis- covering. It is a very fine book, written in large and regular gothic B ( 154 ) letters, and its great feature is the elaborate and beautiful pen-work, red and blue, mingled with a richness and delicacy and an endless variety of fanciful invention, which must be seen to be understood ; for, unfortunately, no reproduction can give the least idea of the fascinating beauty of the reality. There are eight large historiated initials, fine examples of the best French work, and the pages on which they occur have ivy-leaf borders. Plate 12, f . 89. This reproduction has to be on a much reduced scale, and from the fact that photography cannot successfully represent the combination of red and blue, it gives no adequate conception of the original. Plate 13, £f. 13, 15, 84, 99v, lOSv. Five of the fine initials, the same size as the originals. In the first, for Christmas Day, Isaiah addresses a group of people ; the others are usual subjects of New Testament history. The diapered backgrounds are very brilliant, and the colouring of the pictures light and gay. K < Hf M3U) 1 ^H^ Q o ^« S S 23 a Tin t^ "^ ^ .c5 ^ '-^ :.«♦ 5li ^ ' C't £-^■1^ ^"^ s^? *■* ^€^ H 3 ":: 2- ^ ^' 1^ H ^ 3 3 g f^ .in.,.,i» *^ -f^ ■^'^ '^ iwi^ 'rf- - '^^^aa^i *"^ ■^"^^ i^^^^*"^ ^J^ .'"^ ^"^ ,;^^5 l^MiwSsrf %?-.' '' .Vo-s^jffisr^i i A «^ z^ ^T ^*T ^T *>-- * ^ c J. ^ <«^ M ^ 4-# ^ s H '^ 5 "^^^^ fcj '""^ ^_i #'*'t «B1^ fi^A '^^5 ♦ H :s S H"^ T^ ^ trj T2 s ^ ♦ ^£ 2 3 S '^^ Z § , H |=P^.^^^^5^--^^^'V^^^^"^^^.V X MI X ^ _l 1- 1 O to X X _J I- o _J ( 155 ) LOT LXXI. THE ARMAGNAC BREVIARY. 2 vol. H. Y. T. Catalogue, first series, no. 32 and 32*. H. Y. T. Illnstrations of 100 MSS., vol. VII, pi. XXI- XXIII. Vellum, 8i by 5^ in. vol. I, ff. 336, vol. II, ff, 357. Cent. XV (c. 1420). Binding : Modern red velvet. These two charming volumes reached me from different sources. I purchased Vol. II in 1895 from Mr. Quaritch, who was so fond of the book that he parted with it reluctantly. Two years later I was pleased to discover the first volume among the books which I bought from LordAshburnham. These re-unions of long- separated volumes, strange as it may seem, are not very uncommon incidents in the collecting of MSS. I have met with some half-a- dozen cases in forming my own collection. On the first page there is, painted over the border, the coat-of- arms of Jean d'Armagnac, Bishop of Castres (1460-c. 1493). He was brother of Jacques d'Armagnac, who was, as M. Delisle says in a letter to me, " le plus grand amateur de manuscrits dii temps de Louis XI, et chez lequel etaient passes plusieiirs des beaux volumes du Due de Berri.'' This is one of the most daintily pretty of all my manuscripts. The profusion of ivy-leaf borders — no page being without them — the numerous red and blue initial letters on gold backgrounds, the endless variety of bouts de lignes, the brilliancy of the gold and the fresh brightness of the colouring, all combine to make the appear- ance of the two volumes extraordinarily attractive. There are fifteen historiated initials in the first volume, and ( 156 ) thirty in the second. The little scenes in them are most delicately and beautifully drawn, and set in richly decorated initial letters. The old pagination shows that 111 pages are wanting between the two volumes. There is one page missing in Vol. I, and in Vol. II the Sanctorale is not quite finished, and the Collect for St. Katherine only half written. Plate 14, Vol. I, f . 1. The border of this opening page is rather more elaborate than any of the others, and some particularly charming little animals and grotesques are introduced into the ornament. In the initial St. Paul is addressing a group of people, several of whom are asleep. (" It is high time to awake out of sleep.") Plate 15, Vol. I, f. 40. The bearded man kneeling before St. John is probably the person for whom the book was written, and M. Delisle used to say he might possibly be Jean Due de Berri. He appears again, with a lady on the opening page of Vol. II. PLATE 14. kcmm tomittt Jiftim lUTr mMiit ottitf iicni oiiiqn lOi iimi f 'O | -(tJ!(!k 'J«::.:XU F * ♦',>,•;•.> ♦v«s [-UH JjQi ->..J ' rfaijf p iiftnu til ftiit&itii'.ui _ :n^:ntl(v:urci 3ii!6a >mi.J>lUlU' Xt ifiumcuniflUu' ittojutiin! »-pi ^ 1 ' ip:CTflittiiU*ft.p •cfiT liOino! tojuini numa .:.. ?l)UjllO rrrififlWS 01:8 K(JlT5:te :uain.ruai-.:«ii j.auiiiainb' {nmtc-M .'.nojni:)pnjm{i6.tr liter; " J.^^i n<^ ' r^- -■- ,, t 7:1^; rrranteiii : ^ iinmicin irt* ffninoiioii w lioiiumtoimnflnns mr nttr.l-Mtutetnuioubits bcmiiGiolnimcsAisntilti'' cramAttoriillRRputiur tonfpltan»a|ii(»nfa .,{(a)ntptc(niri(6:mimio (\ luttnirmfrDtmimim^t '*' alfurnrprrrpi(limi;a* ^X *5^ r^ . fjny' m W¥t ^it>^ A^t'^jL^^i p^if'k'T^^^'^ >,)^-^ e->-^ LOT LXXI. Same Size as Origiii.il. ( 157 ) LOT LXXII. BOCCACCIO : DES CAS DES XOBLKS HOMMES ET FEMMES. H. Y. T. C^n(', third series, no. XCl. H. Y. T. Illiistratioiis of 100 .1/.S,S., vol. VI, pi. LIV-LXIl. Vellum, 15 f by 11 -J in. ff. 301, Cent. XV (c. 1460-80). Biiiiiiiii:; : Green velvet, probably F'rench, of the lirst half of the 19th eentury. Boce.ieeio's Dc's Cos ihs Xobles Hoiiniitf et Fc'inuic's, in the translation of Laurent de Premierfait, finished by him in 1409, was prob.ibly the most popular historical work with French readers in the fifteenth century. According to tlie Arms on the picture p.iges, this manuscript belonged to ]\larie d'Aillv, widow of Antoine Kolin, the second son of Xicolas Rolin, the immenselv rich Chancellor of Burgundy, who founded the beautiful Hotel Dieu .U Beaune. There are no later signs of ownership. This is a handsome, well-preserved volume. At the beginnii g of e.ich of the nine books is a fine illuminated page with a picture occupving more than half of it. One of these, that on f. 20b:, is a modern imitation and re.illy very well done. There is i sm.dler miniature to the Prologue, representing Boccaccio seated reading at .i rather complicated lectern, in his Library, which is spacious, and, for the Middle Ages, comfortable. At the begin- ning of each of the l(v ch.ipters is an initial in blue or pink, with a tilling of natural tiowers on .i burnished gold backgrouui, flanked bv a strip of ornamental border. Pi ATI' 1(1, f. .'. Oiu- of ihc jiicuirc pages, with tlu- Arms ol M.uic dAilly in tJ-e holder, in two pl.ices, and .i niiniaiure sliowini;' four animated scenes tro a ( 158 ) the Book of Genesis, in a delightful green landscape, full of fruit trees and animals. Plate 17, f. 102. Boccaccio's study, shown in section, where he is writing at a desk, and looks up towards a company of Kings and Nobles, some of the unfortunate ones concerning whom he is about to write. Outside the building, the Gauls of Sens, some on foot and some on horseback, are attacking Rome. Two of the knights bear blue pennons, charged with the triple fleurs-de-lys of France. This illustrates Chapter II, which deals with the history of Marcus Maiilius. These pages have had to be a good deal reduced, which somewhat: spoils their effect. a P-.. < a- s I -J 3 < X X O c' Pm^SWfi w < X X o .i^ ( 159 ) '^m €arlg f rintetr fSnnks. LOT LXXIII. BiBLlA Latina, 2 vol. in 1, gotfiir trtter, [Proctor, Type I] double columns, 49 lines to a page, ivithout signatures, catchwords or foliation, 427 leaves {measures 15^ by llf in.) \_Hain *3033 ; Proctor *196], initial F on first page [See Plate 18] in bine on a gold ground with ted and green outlines and floreate marginal decoration, 105 large initials painted in green, blue, brown and yellow, with open-ivork backgrounds in red and blue, initials in red and yelloiv with blue backgrounds at the beginning of Esdras II, The Wisdom of Solomon., Obadiah, Timothy II, and Hebrews, numerous smaller capitals in red and blue, headings written in red, lower margin of first leaf slightly water-stained, and bottom inside corner [blank) slightly defective, a few small zvormholes and slight water- stains, otherwise A LARGE COPY, IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, blue morocco, with border stamped in blind on sides, in padded slip case folio, no place, printer or date [Strassburg, Johann Mentelin, 1461] * ^* Extremely rare : From the library collected at Alden- ham Abbey by William Stuart (d. 1874) son of the Primate of Ireland, with the Aldenham bookplate inside cover. A small selection from this very large library was sold in 1895 by his grandson William Stuart of Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire. The remainder was burnt in the fire which consumed Tempsford Hall a year or two later. The date of this book is pretty accurately fixed by a MS. note in a copy at Freiburg examined by H. Bradshaw, which shows that the rubrication of one volume was completed in 1460 and of the other in 1461. ( 161 LOT LXXIV. , Lactantius (Firmianus) Opera. De divinis Institt'- TIONIBUS ADVERSUS Gentes ; De ORIGINE ERRORIS, etc., rowan letter [^Proctor, type 2], long lines, 38 to a page, without signatures, catch-words or foliation, 218 leaves (12| by 8f in.), [Hain, '*9S07 ; Proctor, *3291], on the first page of the work following the " errata " is an initial "M" painted in blue, green, red and white on a gold ground and a floreate border heightened iviih gold, which is very slightly shaved in the top margin \_See Plate 19], eight other large capitals executed in colours on a gold ground in a similar style, with short marginal decorations, numerous small capitals in red and blue with marginal pen-work decorations in red and purple, paragraph marks in red and blue, headings to the various books ivritten in red, a few marginal notes neatly written in red in an old hand, inscription on first page: "1555. Ex libris fris Alphosi urbeuetam or :''"'% heremitar : S'\ Aug^., a minute hole in one leaf {folio 101) affecting two or three letters of text, a few slight marginal stains, blue morocco, interlacing geometrical line tooling on sides, g. e. in padded slip case, FINE COPY [Colophon] C Hoc Conradus opus suueynheym online niiro Arnoldusq : simnl pannarts una ede colendi Genie theotonica : rome expediere sodales. C In domo Petri de Maximo. M.CCCC.LXVIII. folio. Rome, C. Siveynheyin and A. Pannartz, 1468 *^* Second edition and extremely rare. 275 copies were printed. It is the first edition of Lactantius printed at Rome, and in it the Greek quotations appear in full for the first time. In this edition Sweynheym and Pannartz's second Greek type is seen ( 162 ) at its best. It is of great beauty, though its general appearance is rather less firm or compact than the Subiaco fount, an effect partly due to the greater thinness of the strokes. It is said to be the first book in which occurs a printed Italian passage. This copy belonged to Michael Wodhull, whose signature is on the flj^-leaf, with the date 25 Mar. 1791 and the note "Payne's sale." PLATE 19. .'icMiinj fn-nuvi-.i ciL mm^ v.ii irurirn xtrici /not It rcihi ■r V t (p ner . .. .-' fttr p-eiiLCI /not i.int-i (ttifc'fiiit TcntPCi: co^mitio uciriir.iuf Agno K excell&i tngento utn c6. fefc docftrfe pcmcuf dedxdifTenc: qutdqutd labonf pocewt impendi:c6tempcifommbufpubltcir&jpuatif[' dcftiombuOad inquirende uentanfftudiu c6/i tulerunc: exiftimancef mulco efTe prccUnuf' bumanazp diuinaruq; rerii inueftigare ac fare' rationg g nruendifopibufauccumuladirbononburinberere. Qiubuf rebufquoma fragilef cerrcneq! fuc:8£ ad (bliufcorpif, icrcinenc culcum nen^ometornemo lufhor cflFicj poc.EranC; quidem illi uencaarcogmtione digntfTimtquamfcirecacope, cupiuerunc:acq! tea uc cam rebufommbufanceponerencNai &J abiecifPe quofdam refFamiliaref fuafg^ renuciafTe untuerfif | uolupcacibuf conftac:uc fola nudaq; utrcuce:nudi expedtnq; fequerent; :Cantu. apud eofuirtunf nome ac aucftoncaf ualutc: uc m ea omncfumi bom premju predicarenc. $ed neqr adepti funcid quod uoIcbac:8^ opera fimul accpinduftnapdtderuc! quia ueriraEid cd: arcanu fummi del qui fecic omntaiingcnto AC Tjpntf n6 pocefb renfiburcomprebendi:aIioquin nibil (cer dcum bomincmq! difbaret-fi confilia s^difpofttioneriUtufma/ leftanf eccme cogicano aflequeretur bumana. Quod qa fieri nonpomicucfeominipcr fcipfiirano diuinanocefcerecjnon eft pafTuf bommc deufi lumen fapiennc requircntem diuciuf mi.-JfobcTTdre:ac(ine ulIoIabonfefFecnnuagarip tenebrafinex/ fym cncabilef-aperuicoculof eiufaltquadoi&inononemucncaaf ^'MtJnunuf full feciC'.uc ec bumana fapicnna nulla efTe moftrarccs K erranci ac uago uta confequcnde immorcalicanfofVedcrec. Verd quo mam pauci ucunc' boc celcfh bcnefmo ac munere: quod obuoluca in obfcuro uencaf [acec: eaq; uel concemptut 'dodhfefbiquia idoneifancrconbufegec: ueiodio tndodhfob inficam fibi auftcncatgiqua natura bommfi procUuifm utcia pan non poceftr.Nam quia uirtunbufamantudo pcrmtxcaiE: ? uicia ucro uolupcace c5diea funciilla cfFenfi :bac dclmtn:fe/ ? nin€ in pcepf :ac bonoru fpcncfalfi malap bomfaplccHrund r Sticcurredu ce bif erronbufcredidi uc ti doifti ad uera fapiam-' •1^ ttattr^ pH^M* ca|x»*J- f-^ LOT LXXIV. Size of Original, 12 J X PLATE 20. JNTEREA CV^M ROMA GOTTHOR\'M IRR\'l Itionc agcntium fub tcQ: Al.uico atq; impctu m.ignf ciadis cuci Ti ffl :ciuscucrfioncm dcorum filforum mutoruqi cultorcs quos lifitato nomine paganos uocamus:in cl^rifli.ina rcligionc rctcrrc Iconantcsifolitoaccrbius & amarius dcuuco^blafphcmarecFpcrrit •Vndcego cxardefccns zcId domusdci:aduerfuscoru blarpbc" mas uel err ores ilibros dc ciuitatc dci fcnbcrc iftitui.Quod opus pcraliquotannos mc tcnuit.eo^' alia rnaUa intcrcarrebatquf Iiffcrn nooportcrfti:& mcpnus adfoliicndiim occupabat.Hoc Jautc dc ciuitatc dci grandc opas tandem . xxn.libns eft tcnniitu quoruquinqiic primi cos rcfclluntqui res bumanas ita profpari Liolunt:utad bocmutorum dcorum cultum^quos pagani colcrc tonrucucrut:nccclTariu ciTearbitrct.ctquia probibetunmala ifta riri atqi abundarc contcndunt.Scquctcs autcm quiq; aduciTitf ur:qui fatetuv bfc mala nccdcfuiflc iiq ncc defutura mortalibus l&C eanunc magna nunc parua-.locis:tcpotibus: pcrfonifqi uariari. Scd deorti Imutorumcultum quo cis facnficatur; propter uitam poft mortem futuram Rcflc utilcm difputant. His ergo. x. libris duf iftp uancoptntoncs cbnftianp Vcbgioni aducrfarif rcfcUuntur.Scd ncquifq nos alicnatantum rcdarguiHTc non autcm noftraafTcruifle rcprcbcndcrL<;idagitpars altera opens buius: qup.xii.libriscontmetur.Quanq ubi opus cllrfi^ in prionbus.x.qup noftra funtaftcramus:&; m.xii.poftcrioribusrcdarguamusaducrra.Duodcdcrgo Iibrorum fcqucntium pnmiquatuorcontincntcxortum duarum ciuitatum Jquarumeft una dci altera buias inundi. Secundi qualuor cxcurfum carum Ifcu procurfum. Tcrtii ucro qui &< poftrcmi-. dcbitos imcs. Itaomnes. xxii . Iibncum fint dc utraque ciuitatc confcnpti: iitulum tamcn a mcliorc accc* peruritutdc ciuitatc dci pottus uocarcntur. In quorum decimo libro non dcbuit pro miraculoponi:in Abrac facnficio flam mam cclitus fat Ted pcnculol^ prcTiimpcO' iudi care tr wtsris- ipm ab omib:> iudicandunii fcm's mutarc lm^ua:tDtri/ntcKcmp)ariapenc quot oodiccs .^m auR-WT(taa eft querenda tr pluriboloir nop ad grcrjm cKiginc reuen tcntcs-ea q-wl a viaofis tnterptito male e: &ita--wl aprumptotife) tnijsrm'e emenda; ta penierfiue-vd a libiari)S toimitantibua aiitaddltaliint autniurafa cojriginiuef pcq^Mero ego be Maeri oifputo ten-ameto; q6 a fcptuagmta fcniOTib:) in (prea (ingua •vcrfiim- terao gradu ad noe ufqs (xruem't- P5 qucro cfd aqmla quid rpmmacbus fa- piarlquare tbeodotion mwr no^o6^^rtes medius in cedat-feit ilia vera ill trrptano. qua apti^baueriit . te nouo nunc ioquoz tcflamccD q6 grecum efTe non Oubium eft: CKCcpcoapfomatbco q pmusiniudeacu; angdm jcpi Ixbraicis Ifis cdidit. hoc ccr tc ciiin nfo rcrtnoncoircozdat- ctbiuerfos nuuloi^L. (ramiRS Ouat; vnotE feme que: rcndum e.Pretermino eos codices quos aludanoctefiqo nnucupaioe paucoium 'f ::^f ^^ *^m ;^ b(Mnfnu;a(ren't pueria c6eenaolquib>uti(|} ncc in \«ttm inftrumcnto p(l fcpuag-inta intcrpcee cmcndarc quid licuir> nee m not . uo profiiit cmendancToi mulram gvntium (in^ercripflitaacetntnnatatoceatfalla elTe q addira funt.l^ur bee ptie pFadun culap^Uiccr'quaaioztni euangdia-quo;^ ottoe ifVcmatbcuf niarcu6.(utarioban«6' codicu gTcco^emcndata ooUaconeS'^'^^ runilq ne mulm a Icdioma laanc oliieiudtf netnfcreparent-ita alamo tmpeiauimue: ut bijs tantu; que rcnfij vidcbamrmutare- ro!reai6.reliqua mancrepatercmurutfii crat.Canoncs cp quos eufcbuie ccTaricnP epusallcxandriniireniBifiainomTiin free numcrosozdinamflficuftngreco balxnur dcpretlimus.Ao fi quis {ecuriofi6\»luent nofTcq in cuang-eli)s -M eadcm •vd vicina \dfolarnit.'eo2umt)iftinftoneoog-norcct. Ma^us fiqdcbicin nils codldfo crroi niolcidt.Bum q6 in eadem re- alms euagc liOaplu9t)i):it-ialioqtminu9putau«rint. addiderunt! wlouni eiidein rcnfum alma alitcr exprcHir-iUc qm vnii cqmoj pmiile; g-erat ad ciuB c^icmplil crteros <5 eftiwaSic rtt em edados.Tndc acadir-ul- apud nof mirta flit oiiiiil ct m mafoo ptuialuce atqj matbei.fturfum in mariio pluia iobam'a ct inaraTctincctrrisreliquo;5tqinalijrjpna funtinuemanmr.Ciiitaq} anonealcgcria q fubiciJi fiit-ofiilionis errojc fublatO' etR inilia omiu facalct fmguUa Tua qncqj rdfe tuce.ln cjnone prtmo ooo^dat qmoz. ma« tbnie-niarcu8-lu(a6oobanc6''.T|n fcfio trcfi matb^uB•ma^cus•luca6:'^n tcrdo rreslmas tbcuBducaa-iobanca'! ^n quarto tree! ma« tbeua-marcu6-iobane«:'|nqmeo6Mo;ma« tbeua-luaP|nre;:to6uo.matfecu«-marcur^ In fcpno Ouo.matbeufl- iobanes'fl|n oSkat uo ouo.luaB'inaTcuan" nono cuoilucas- iobancslln tecimo jpiia vnurqiufq} q non biiniT in altjs cdidcrunt.^tngulis'wrro cu; angeliiB abvno inapica ufq; ad finemli; bro9.t>irparnttnicra8 accrrfat.fcHcnigro coloicpfcripma Tub fc batn'aliii CK mmfo oifcolo! c numcrum ; qui ati.Srcem u(- • •■ 'M' ■^■^'^:: o a :y LOT LXXVI. Size of Original, l6J X ( 165 ) LOT LXXVI. Testamentum Novum (only). [In red] Incipit epistola beati ieronimi ad damasu papain in quatuor euangelistas, gotSir letter, double columns, 48 lines to a page, without signatures, catch-words or foliation, 97 leaves (16^ by 11^ in.), [Hain, *3052 ; Proctor, *98 ; Pellechet, 2283] ; on the first page is an initial B painted in blue on a red and green ground and a floreated border of interlacing scroll- ivork in the same colours \See Plate 21], five large initials and 53 smaller ones painted in colours with marginal decorations, numerous small capitals in red and blue, headings printed in red {those on ff. 58 and 91 ivritten in red), blue morocco, one-line fillet tooled round edges, blind stamped border, g. e. [Colophon, in red with Fust and Schoffer's mark below] Pns hoc opus pclarissimti. Alma in vrbe magutina, indite naiionis germanice qua dei clcnietia. tam alti ingenii lumine. donoqz graiuiio. ceteris tcrral/ naconibo Pferre. illustrareqz dignata e. Artificiosa quadam adinuencoe imprimedi sen caracierizadi absqz iiUa calami exaracone sic effigiatu. et ad ensebiam dei. Industrie e osumatu p Petru schoiffer de gernshez. Anno dnice incarnacois Millesimo qdringetesimo septua- gesimo secudo. In Vigilia Mathie apli. folio. Mainz, Peter Schoffer, 23 Feb. 1472 ( 167 ) LOT LXXVII. VTINO (LEONARDUS DE) SERMONES AUREI DE SANCTIS, gotjir kfter, double columns, 44-46 lines to a page, without signatures, catchwords or foliation, 267 leaves (12f 63^ 8| «'».) [Hain, *16131 ; Proctor, t7839], initial in red and blue on second leaf, small initials and paragraph marks in red throughout, a few MS. marginal notes in a contemporary hand, small worm-holes through first few leaves, tear in inner margin of one leaf, seventeenth century bine French morocco, three-line fillet in gold round edges, with the fleur-de-lys at corners, gilt panelled back folio. Paris, Vlrich Gering {second press, with Kranz and Fribnrger), 31 March, 1475 w ^ ■ X I— M 41 ( 169 ) LOT LXXVIII. Plinius Secundus (C.) Historiae Naturalis Libri XXXVII, romati letter, long lines, 50 to a page, 356 leaves (16^ by W^ in.) [Hain-Copinger, 13091 ; Proctor, *6842], small worm- holes through a feiv leaves at beginning and end, the first page of Book I WITHIN VERY FINE PAINTED BORDERS [see PLATE 22], a plain leafy column and a shell and cinquefoil border in the inner and top margins respectively ; in the outer margin an elaborately designed vase containing fire supported by two boys on a bine ground, with a semis of gold dots arranged in threes ; in the bottom margin white and yellow interlacings endingin cornucopias, the spaces filled in ivith gold, blue, green and red with a semis of gold dots, in the centre, within a wreath, a coat-of-arms, on a shield per f ess or and gules a myrtle bush proper ; on the same page is a very fine initial L (2| by 2i in.) in gold ivith the figure of a naked boy and the same interlacings as those j list described, the interstices coloured red and green, with a background of blue powdered with gold dots ; a similar initial, but without the boy and generally slightly larger, occurs at the beginning of every book {except Book XIV), i.e. 36 initials in all, BOTH THE BORDER AND THE INITIALS BEING FINE EXAMPLES OF ITALIAN DECORATIVE WORK OF THE RENAISSANCE, diccd leather folio. Parma, Stephanns Corallns, 1476 *^.* The following inscription is loosely inserted at the begin- ning of the book : " Impressum Anno 1476. Fuit fris Fabalae de Lauda (Lodi) Diii Redulfi. Hieronymi Somarivae, & Amicorz eius. Deinde pervenit ad manus gratuito Rev. P. Victorij a S. Martino Concionat's ; & protunc Assistentis Zenodochio Civitatis Laudae, qui dono dedit Adm: R. P. Philippo Mariae Vicecomiti a Mediolano vigilantiss". Provinciali & hie sponte ac liberaliter applicuit huic Bibliothecae Ff. Minorum Capuccinorum Conventus Immaculatae Conceptionis Beatiss=>= Virginis Mariae Mediolani. mdccxxxix." ( m ) LOT LXXIX. BiBLlA Latina, gotfiir Ittlrr {Proctor types 3 and 4), double columns, 51-53 lines to a page, 468 leaves, including the first blank (15f by 11 in.), [Main, ■*3065 ; Proctor, ngSO ; Pellechet, 2294], OH the first page is a fine initial F (2^ in. by 2 in.) painted in pale purple on a background of gold and green ivith gold scroll-work, leafy marginal decorations in blue, green, brown andpnrple with gold dots ; in tlie loii'er margin a fine scroll border of floivers and leaves in the same colours enclosing in the centre the double shield and motto of the Archbishop of Salzburg "Unica spes mea" [See Plate 23]; initials at beginning of each book in blue, other initials, head-lines and para- graph marks in red, contemporary inscription in red on the recto of the first blank leaf and a list of the books of the Bible on the verso ; CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CUIR CiSELE BINDING [_See PLATE 24], calf over wooden boards, the upper cover decorated round the edges with a narroiv border formed by the repetition of a small z-shaped punch which is used again to enclose the centre panel ; the broad outer borders thus formed are decorated with leafy ornamental work, the backgrotind being cut away and the design showing in relief; the centre panel (9 by 4^ in.) carved in relief against a crible back- ground is extremely interesting, it contains the archbishop's double coat-of-arms with his hat of office and motto, with leafy scroll-ivork and symbolical decoration ; the lower cover {ivhich is slightly damaged) has the same broad leafy borders as those described above, the narrow outer border and fillets enclosing the inner panel are left plain ; the inner panel is filled by interlacing strapwork decorated with a tiny circular punch arranged in lines and forming diamond-sliaped com- partments, each containing a conventional flower-stamp, the back has the same leafy decoration cut in relief as the sides, and the title, place, c 2 ( 1V2 ) printer and date stamped in blind ; engraved brass corner-pieces and centre bosses, the two lower corner-pieces on the upper cover wifli the date 1478, the catches to the clasps having the archbishop's emblazoned shield under horn in each, the clasps are missing, in padded slip case, A VERY GOOD COPY folio. Niirnberg, Anton Koberger, 30 July, 1477 *^* Examples of Cuir Cisele work, of which this is A VERY FINE SPECIMEN, ARE EXTREMELY RARE. Most knOWIl examples appear to be preserved in the Germanic Museum at Nuremberg, where they were probably for the most part executed. See Jean Loubier's " Der Bucheinband, pp. 58-66, Der mittelalter- liche Lederschnittband." From the library of William Morris, with his book-label. PLATE 23. Wqgtis? • * (Hndpttepta JMKti bieroniiri ab paiUM ^indcnanitbi mnnfc^pa i.tetiiUtliinol cruaninuiMslicte ; que a princi^ lio. omidcianim ii:p»)baceUm .:•> x»cmiBamU lentmiUane cetlitutoeft.i jrpi glutino copulata .quaj non ocUicaa rei familiariB non pxtmtia tantumcozpozum.nonrubtxila': patpans atwlado: feb (ri timo: .1 faiuinarum Tcru pturarumftudiaconciUsnt. tcgimuBin oetmbD biftoajB.quofda luftrafTc pjouin* ciae.nouoe adiilTe populos. maria tranP fifTe: Dt cos quos eic Utms nouefac: coram qno

egiptum.<2arcbitam carentinu.eamq; oram ftalie. que quoti* bam magna g:ena dicebatur.-laboiiorilTi mt peragttit: ot4 athenis tnagifter erat. 1 pocens cuiar<9 bsctrinae acbatEmie gi^ gnafia perfonabant. fierct ptregan'' attp birdpttlus malena aliena oevcunte bite K.Q' Toa iitpatentcr ingerere. Stenup cu lincrae quaii wto oibe fugicnite'perieqni tur.captue a piratis 4 oenfibanis.tfrSno crutElinimoparuit.buctuecaptiuas nin; ecus ec reruue.ltamai quU pbiloTopbus maio: emente fe fitic ab citu; Uuiu .lactro cloquenrie'foniE mananS.te olcimis bifs pante galliarumcp finitu.quorila; oenilTe nobOee legimue.*': quos ab contemplaco^ nem fui roma no traperat.-oniuB bominis fama pertm)rit.|>abuit ilia etas inaubicu omibD feculie.cdcbranbunK^ miraculum. vt Dzbeni tantaj ingxfli: aliub e^tra ozbe quer«ent. ^ItpoUoniua (iue ilk mag' Coc oulgua loquitur)Iiue pbiloropbueCot pi tagorici trabttnt)intrauit perfae.pertra^ riuitcaucarttm.albanos.fatbaB.mafrage? tbaa. opuleCinima in bie rcgna penetuit. 1 ab ei:tremu latilTio pbilo amne trafmiC' lb 0ienit ab bragmanae.Dt bf ercaC cbzo no rebmtem aureo n Be cantali fonts pote lem: inier paucos dircipulos . te nacura. te motOn.ac be curfu dicrum 1 (iteruj au dim bocemnn.lnte per elamitaB babilo mo8.cbaUeoB.me&oa.afnrio8. partbo8.fi roe.pbtmce8.arabe8.paleftino8.rcuejfu8 afc al«ranbaiam:penmt ab etbiopiam.ot BignoTopbillae 1 famoriflfunam folie me> fam oUsret i fabolo.'Jnumit illc oir obi; 9 qoob bifceret.i femper pzoficiens.fm^ per fe melioz fierct. SJcripfit fup boc ple^ niflime octo nolumintbus.-pbiloftratus. Onid loqoar be fecuU bominito cu; apoftolae paulua oas electonie.i magillergencium.qui bt confcien 1 5* ^"^*" "^ ^P'f^ loqnebatur dices . i An erperimencu qoericie eiua qui m me ^ loquitur ppc. Ooft damafcum arabiam^ j qs luftratam.-afcenbit bierofolimam ot oi , beret pztrum et manlic apub eum biebus quinbecim{K)oc enim mifterio ebtomadie 1 agtoabis: fitcurus genciu pxbicato: in^ ftruebus e^at.|^ur^umq3 port annoe qua< tuoihccim atTumpto bamaba 1 cyto:eppo fuit cum apoftoUa cuangcliu5.ne fo«r in oacuum curreret aut cucurrtlTct .Dabet nefcio qb latttiB ene:gie:oiuc oocie act'. 1 in aurcB difctpuU be auctojia cm traffii^ ra:fo!tiu8 fonat.5|lntc 1 efcbinee cum ro^ bi epularct.et legeref ilia bemofteniB ora< tio qua abuerfuB eu? babuerat-mirantito cunctiB atqj laubanttbus: fufpirana ait. Auid.fi ipTam aubilTetiB befham.fua oer bajefonantrm.' ^€c boc bico.^r fit aliquib in me ta 'e.quob ocl pofTis a me aubire oel jeliB bifcererfed quo arte: tuua 1 biTcenbi ftttbium etiam abfcp nobis pe: fe pzobari bebeat . Jngcniu bocile. 1 fine bo/ ctme laudabile elt .IRo quib inueniaa.-feb quib qoeiaa confUrramue. /UolliB cera et eb fornianbum fanlisretiamli artificis et plafteceflent manus.'tamen mrtutr totu; eftqnicqnibeflepooft.paulnB apottoH ad pstee gamalidie.lrgem moffi et g>bc' tee bibicifle fe gUniacnr. ot armatns fpi> ritualibae ttUs.poflea boceret confttster. Arma cifi noftre militfe nc camalia fiit. feb posntia beo.ab betbisctonem munico num 1 {Ogitacdnee teftruentCB.i omnem aUitubinemertoUentefeaduerfuB fciam LOT LXXIX. Size of Original, 15 J X 11 in. PLATE 24. LOT LXXIX. Size of Original, 16 X iif in. PLATE 25. LOT LXXX. Size of Original, 13 X 9 '"■ ( 173 ) LOT LXXX. BONAVENTURA (St.) QUAESTIONES IN IV LIBROS SENTEN- TIARUM, a Johanne Beckenhaub emendatae, Parts I-II only, gottitc lettrr {Proctor, types 9, 18, 19), double columns, 464 leaves, including two blanks (12^ by 8^ in.), [Main, *3540 ; Proctor, 2068 ; Pel- lechet, 2714), with signatures, but ivithout foliation or catch-ivords, a few letters on two pages defective through faulty printing on one leaf (sign, g 5 recto), ORIGINAL BINDING, PROBABLY FROM KOBERGER'S WORKSHOP [See Plate 25], stamped pigskin over icooden boards, on the upper cover an outer border of scroll labels ivith the icord "Maria" on each, an inner border of repeated semi-circles enclosing a panel divided into ogee-shaped cusped and fioreafed compartments ; the lower cover has the same outer border, but the centre is divided by diagonal intersecting lines into diamond-shaped compartments con- taining ogee-shaped cusped ornaments similar to those on the upper cover, and a stamp of a fioreated staff in the triangular divisions at the edge of the panel, metal corner-pieces and centre bosses, metal catches and clasps, with swivel chain attached to the lower cover, in padded slip case folio. Niirnberg, Anton Kobcrger, n. d. (after 2 March, 1491) *^* A VERY fine example OF A CHAIN-BOOK, IN PERFECT CONDITION. ( 175 ) LOT LXXXI. Nova Statuta, 1 Edward III-12 Henry VII (1327-1497), tlatft letter {Proctor, type 7), long lines, 48 to a page, 298 leaves (12| hy 9| in.), {^Proctor, 9790], russia gilt, g. e. in padded slip case, A VERY GOOD COPY folio. [On recto of last leaf, sign. G 3, with Pynson's mark on the versol €L. Emprynted by my Rycharde Pynson (cir. 1500) *^,* Collation : a'' (wanting a^, a blank) ; b 8-c 8 ; d 6 ; a 8-z 8 ; two signatures of 8 leaves each ; A 8 ; B 9 (b 6, a blank, cut away) ; C 8 ; D 6-F 6;g4;d8;e6;f5 (wants F 6 with Pynson's device, probably cancelled because of the addition of the three leaves con- taining the Statutes for 12 Hen. VII, with Pynson's device on the last page, though it was retained in the copy in the Stanley col- lection) ; G 3 (wants G 4, a blank). The statutes begin in Norman or Law French for the most part, but some in Latin, to 1 Hen. VII. From that time they are in English. ( 177 ) LOT LXXXII. Plutarch. Les Oevvres morales & meslees, translatees DU Grec en Francois par Messire Iacques Amyot, a present Euesque d'Auxerre, first edition, 2 vol. it'oodcut initials, ruled in red throughout, A LARGE COPY (15^ by 10 in.), small rust-stain on one leaf of vol. I (sign. P 5) aitd rust-hole through margin of one leaf of vol. II (sign, zzzz 3) ; magnificently bound in contem- porary BROWN MOROCCO IN THE STYLE KNOWN AS A LA FANFARE attributed to Nicholas Eve, the sides and back decorated with interlacing black enamelled fillets edged with gold which form oval and rectangidar compartments ; the oval compartments contain four white enamelled roundels relieved by a red or green spot arranged round a black one and conventional leaves enamelled white, green and red, the whole arranged to form a cruciform ornament ; the same enamelled roundels and leaves are used to decorate the smaller com- partments and spaces ; the background is filled-in by leafy sprays in vol. I \_See Plate 26] ; in vol. II leafy sprays are used at the corners and spirals at the sides ; there are also variations of colour in the decoration of the two volumes ; in the centres are the arms of Nicolas Moreau d'Auteuil, or, a chevron gules between three Moors' heads [" Moreau"], two in chief, one in base, g. e. in two crushed brown morocco slip cases, A VERY FINE specimen of binding, in perfect condition folio, a Paris, de I'Imprimerie de Michel de Vascosan, 1572 *^* Nicolas Moreau, for whom this book was bound, is chiefly known as a collector of manuscripts. M. Vidier, of the Bibliotheque Nationale, says of this book : " cette reliure est la seule reliure de luxe que je connaisse de Moreau ; il y en a une vingtaine d'autres qui sont tres ordinaires." ( 178 ) Moreau has written his name on the title of vol. I, and in the top margin " Des Livres de N. Moreau 1573," with another inscrip- tion in the centre of the page. His signature occurs again on the first and last page of vol. II, and on p. 668 of vol. II below the imprint is the inscription " Des Liures de N. Moreau S'' D'auteuil. A Lami Son Coeur" (his anagram on his name Nicolas Moreau). The book was apparently intended to be bound in one thick volume, as vol. II begins on p. 359 following p. 358 of the previous volume with the heading " Tome second," but without a title-page. l^LATE 26. riNGMAM 4 QHIGGS, LOMXIN. S.E. LOT LXXXII, Size of Oiiginal, 1 5;^ in. \ 10^ in. ( 1T9 ) yilte Hora^ \nmUh h^ ^i^mthtt LOT LXXXIII. Heukes a Lusage de Paris. [Title, icith Pigouclici's uiark] Ad vsuin Parisiensem, PRINTED ON vellum in Irttrrs ftnltirlifc, double coliunits, 25 //»e5, 91 leaves {wauling one leaf, sign. l4), (8 /'v 5| »'/;.) prinled Kulliln borders, sixleenth century black calf n'itli a sir.all roll pattern, rebacked and with the leather ties reneiced, A FINE COPY [ColophonJ Ces prcsentes lieures a lusage dc Paris fnreut achcnees le premier iour de decenibrc mil qnatre cents qnatre vingt:ct vnze par Pliilippes pigouclni iniprinieur denicurant en la rue de la harpe denant saint cosuic en lostcl du colliege dc dinuille. Qui en vouldra auoir il cu tronnera audit lien ct denant saint yucs a leuscigne du pellican en la rue saint iaqnes small 4/0. Paris, P. Pigonchct, 1 Dec. 1491 *^* Collation: a 8-K 8 ; L 7 (wanting L 4) ; M 4. This is THE FIRST Book OF Hours printed by Pigouchet, and was published by him in conjunction with Geoffroy de Marnef, whose device in some copies is prinled on the last page, here blank. It is of great importance, as showing Pigouchet's first attempts and settling the plan on which his subsequent editions were built up. The general arrangement and many of the border-pieces are copied from the very rare Heures a lusaige de R5me, with "vignettes " printed on copper, issued by Jehan du Pre, 4 Feb. 1488-9. This edition is illustrated with 19 large pictures in addition to Pigouchet's mark, as follows : (1) Anatomical Man ; (2) Martyr- dom of S. John [See Plate 27] ; (3) The Betrayal ; (4) The Annunciation; (5) Visitation; (6) Crucifixion; (7) Pentecost; ( 180 ) (8) Holy Child in Manger ; (9) Annunciation to the Shepherds ; (10) Adoration by the Magi; (11) Circumcision ; (12) Massacre of the Innocents ; (13) Coronation of the Virgin ; (14) David's Choice of Punishments ; (15) Les Trois Vifs ; (16) Les Trois Morts ; (17) Dives Feasting and in Hell ; (18) The Trinity ; (19) The Mass of S. Gregory (on sign. l4 recto, wanting in this copy). In addition there are 32 small cuts depicting incidents in the life of Christ, the Apostles, Saints, etc. Each border is made up of six pieces. In this edition the large outer sidepieces and the footpieces are remarkable for being for the most part lettered, the letters being intended to guide the printer in arranging the blocks. The sidepieces used are 78 in number, mainly of the nature of a Biblia Pauperum, representing the Creation, the Gospel history, the Last Judgment, etc. The whole number of blocks employed in making up the borders is 147, including, in addition to those mentioned, the 12 Sibyls each with her name and prophecy used in the footpieces, heads of men, women and saints, floral headpieces, etc. The initial letters are illuminated, but the cuts and borders are left uncoloured. On the fly-leaf is the inscription : " Ces presentes heures apertienne A Demoiselle Claude Chappuis femme de Monsieur de Charchilla," and for ninety years, 1571-1661, the book was used for a family record of births and baptisms, with the entry of a single marriage, that of R. de la Baume to Janne de Valaye, registered under the date 31 Dec. 1624, with the prayer " Dieu nous fasse la grasse d'auoir de bans anfans." PLATE 27. m :\:^^^ Hfl piinnpio c/ 6u cia( ap8 8rii cf fc^ rarScr6u cf Sec crat Sctfiuttj i^oc era t r-C-^^vr ••■■,■<-: }fe .'. LOT LXXXIII. S.ime size as Orifrinal. PLATE 28. > >D I- c O 'be -I 'C ( 181 ) LOT LXXXIV. Heures a LUSAIGE DE RoMME. [Title, wiih Pigoiichet's mark] Ces presentes heures a lusiiige de Romme fuiet acheuees le xxv. iour de Feurier. Lan. M.CCCC. iiiixx. et dixsept. pour Simon vostre libraire : demouraiit a Paris a la rue neuue nostre dame a lymaige sainct iehan leuangeliste, PRINTED ON vellum /// Irttrrs bafarlrrs, loiigliiu's, 26 to a page, 90 leaves (6J by 4g iii.),piinied ivithin borders, niodern crushed black morocco, g. e. Marius Michel 8:'n. Paris, P. Pigouchct for Sinioii Vostre, 25 Feb. 1497 (1498) *^* Collation: a 8-k 8 ; i 10. Sixteen large cuts, as follows: (I) Anatomical Man; (2) Martyrdom of S. John; (3) Betrayal; (4) Annunciation ; (5) Visitation ; (6) Crucifixion ; (7) Pentecost ; (8) Holy Child adored by Joseph, Mary and the Shepherds ; (9) Annunciation to the Shepherds; (10) Adoration by Magi; (11) Presentation; (12) Flight into Egypt [Sd-t- Plate 28] ; (13) Death of the Virgin; (14) David and Bathsheba ; (15) Dives and Lazarus ; (16) The Church Militant and Church Triumphant. The Anatomical Man with dotted background had been substi- tuted for the earlier design in, or before, August 1497. The last cut of the series is the first of the new pictures with dotted back- grounds added by Pigouchet in the course of 1498. The other cuts belong to his second set of Horae cuts which he began to use in October, 1495. The 36 smaller cuts represent the three Evangelists, five scenes from the Passion, apostles, saints, the vision of S. Gregory, etc. The borders show figures of saints, the occupations of the month, the signs of the Zodiac and games appropriate to the month (in the Calendar) ; two woodland scenes of the full height of the printed page ; scenes from the life of the \'irgin and Christ, the story of Susanna and the Elders, the Prodigal Son, and in the Office of the Dead Pigouchet's full set of the Dance of Death of 23 pieces, etc. A FIXE COPY. The initial letters are coloured and illuminated ; the pictures and borders uncoloured. ( 183 ) LOT LXXXV. Heures a Lusaige de Rome [Title, witli Pigoiichct's mark {See Plate 29)] Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Rome furet acheuez le xvi. iour de Septembre. Lan Mil CCCC.iiii. xx. et xviii. Pour Simon vostre, libraire demourant a Paris a la rue neuue nostre dame a lymage Sainct Jehan leuangeliste, printed on vellum in lettres batartres, long lines, 27 to a page, 96 leaves {%{ by 5| in.), printed within borders, sixteenth century Lyonnese binding, brown morocco with large centre and corner ornaments on sides, gilt back with stamp of a bird (3 variations) within panels, gilt ganffred edges, back very slightly defective, A VERY fine COPY sm. Ato. Paris, P. Pigonchet for S. Vostre, 16 Sept. 1498 *^* Collation : a 8-1 8 ; AS. Twenty-three large cuts as fol- lows : (1) Anatomical Man ; (*2) Chalice (cribl6 background) ; (3) Martyrdom of S. John ; (4) Betrayal; {*S) Tree of Jesse ; (6) Annunciation ; (7) Visitation ; (8) Crucifixion ; (9) Pentecost ; (10) Holy Child adored by Joseph and IMary ; (11) Annunciation to the Shepherds ; (12) Adoration of Shepherds ; (13) Adoration of Magi ; (14) Presentation ; (15) Flight into Egypt ; (16) Death of the Virgin ; (*17) Death of Uriah ; (18) David and Bathsheba ; (*19) Last Judgment ; (20) Dives and Lazarus ; (*21) The Church Militant and Triumphant ; (*22) Burial of Christ ; (23) Mass of S. Gregory. The six pictures marked with an asterisk are later additions to Pigouchet's second set, and appear to have been added for the first time to the edition published in the previous month (22 Aug. 1498). The 36 smaller cuts represent, with one or two minor dif- ferences, the same subjects as in the edition of 25 Feb., 1497, described above. The borders are remarkable for some beautiful outer side-pieces extending nearly the whole length of the page and ( 184 ) representing stag-hunting, deer-hunting, fruit-picking, gardening, etc. Pigouchet's full " Dance of Death " series of 22 cuts is used. This edition is an example of French Books of Hours AT their finest, AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COPY. The cuts and borders are uncoloured, and the initials and textual bar ornaments are painted and emblazoned with unusual care, greatly improving the appearance of the page. PLATE 2Q. Ai 'jCce picfcfttce ^cutce a fufaigc be K3me fu r?eac^u0fc^Si.iourbc,|)cptem6:e. ;£a») £^if irc^it.iui.?>3>.et j)Siu.poiu ;§)imo») Soffrc.fi Bmijte bemouoint « parie a fa rue neuuc noffrc bamc a ^m it) t^t ot^tt tt SS)>t^ aue mj^pecf. J^ ccmctcpc anb t^ande t^eianb itj fpe f;>gnc of cecogntfaim cc {i fmoBBfec^c.JPI j) pwpc to tpc t^;>6 fpfff tti 6ut 01) t^c moxnpng et ot) t^c cucning t^ye4§at 0aboiite (rSSoif^ip r$cS5it^ ^ctfcf mouf^i»j fcif^ t») ^opc anb tij c^tite BSpf^ t^^ f j>fcf oi)> foj) anb pia^cr/ SS^^c^e affc onff appettej>nct^ tof^p 6fc(ftb maie(!e fctgnotic anb biuiniteet pum6fp tcquitc e^cof t^iet^ingce. '^^eftyft iemmyi^foiymmteofae many cu;?ffc6artb \%yUait} \ynnt6 ae , §am boot) x commy\(b it) t^me paffcb aymji t^y SSpfc. IT^cfecounbc [pfcafc t§c logout me grace t^t.^may feme t^e et fuffiff t§y commaunbcmcntee SSit^ ou^ tt to ttnue m to faffe it) to btb(y fynnc, W^'^t t^itb iett^at at my bc^t anb my gref nebc iSytt focoute mcanb gpuc me gtacc t^t may ^auc tcmcQiaunct of f^c6fcffibpaffto») etconfricioi) jof my fynnte, anb t^ab mayt beye it) t^yt) ^o ty fait$ (I fma6f;> may con) to t^c gfoiic ctcrnaf iSp6e ^affc t^e faincree of peuci) .^mtt). loibgobafmpg^fp af feeing af t^tngce 3/^ fmo 5B)>ng : 5Bpf c boit) (i faptcncc of af LOT LXXXVII. Size of C)riginal, 9y X 6 in. ( 189 ) LOT LXXXVIlA. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE COLLECTION OF HENRY YATES THOMPSON. 4 volumes, privately printed, Cambridge University Press. 1. A Descriptive Catalogue of Fifty Manuscripts from the collec- tion of Henry Yates Thompson By Montague Rhodes James, Litt. D. 1898 2. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Second Series of Fifty Manu- scripts (nos. 51 to 100) in the collection of Henry Yates Thompson. The notices contributed by various hands 1902 3. A Descriptive Catalogue of Twenty Illuminated Manuscripts (nos. LXXV to XCIV) replacing twenty discarded from the original hundred. In the collection of Henry Yates Thompson 1907 4. A Descriptive Catalogue of Fourteen Illuminated Manu- scripts (nos. XCV to CVII and 79a) completing the hundred in the library of Henry Yates Thompson 1912 With regard to these four volumes I have only to say that in the compilation of them I had the assistance, in addition to Dr. Montague Rhodes James, now Provost of Eton, who was respon- sible for the whole of the first volume and contributed many notices to the other three, of Mr. S. C. Cockerell, the Rev. E. S. Dewick (the late), Mr. Michael Kerney (the late). Prof. Thomas Okey, Sir E. Maunde Thompson, Sir George Warner, and the late Mr. W. H. J. Weale. To all of whom my very best thanks are due. I believe this is the only complete copy of this catalogue which remains at my disposal, the remainder having been all given away to public libraries, and interested experts and friends. ( 191 ) LOT LXXXVIII. THE OTTENBEUREN COLLECTARIUS. H. Y. T. Catalogue, first series, no. 6. H. Y. T. Illustrations of 100 MSS., vol. VII, pi. I-III. Vellum, 11^ by 8 in., IT. 151. Cent. XII. Binding : faded green velvet, two silver clasps. This line specimen of the best German work of the 12th cen- tury was made in or near the Abbey of Ottenbeuren, in Southern Bavaria. One fact which we know about the history of the Abbey is that it suffered from fire in the year 1152, and that the then Abbot Isengrim had some fine volumes written to replace those which were destroj'ed. This might well be one of them. Several other MSS. have come down to us which contain clear evidence of having belonged to Ottenbeuren. This MS. was in the Hamilton Palace collection, from which it was sold in 1883 to the German Government, with many other precious MSS., and was for several years in Berlin. In 1889 (as it is said owing to a fit of economy on the part of Prince Bismarck) it was sent, with others, back to London, and sold at Messrs. Sotheby's, greatly to the advantage of my collection, in which it is the sole representative of early German art. It consists of a col- lection of prayers for the use of an abbey, and its condition is wonderful, considering its life of 750 years, and the vicissitudes of South German existence. Dr. James gives an elaborate account of the contents, and of the 27 miniatures, in my catalogue (Series I, No. 6). He says, " the writing of this volume is a fine, tall, upright minuscule. The ink is very black. In the rubrics rustic capitals are often used. The plain initials are, as a rule, in red. In the more elaborate ones blue and green grounds are the commonest. Gold and silver ( 192 ) are freely used and there are examples of interlaced ornament, which seem like survivals of Celtic art." At the end of the volume are two or three pages of 15th century writing, which Dr. James care- fully indicates in the catalogue. Plate 32, facing f. 1. A dignified ixpiescntation of Christ in glory. He wears a pinli robe over a bluish white garment, and the white and silver throne is covered with a scarlet carpet. The background is burnished gold and the border of gay leaves, red, blue, green and pink. Plate 33, f . 30. St. Peter's Day. Our Lord is clothed in red and blue, St. Peter in blue and brown. The fine initial is in gold and silver on a blue and green ground. A special feature of this book is the lavish and effective use of silver, and its remarkably untarnished state ; of this the reproduc- tion can give no indication. rLATE 32. LOT LXXXVIII. Size nf Original, iij X Sin. FLATE 33 MccndchvTC inmnplwn/ Adheinm orniomfncnufff. ffp STTHcrodcfrtr I TTunuf in:aflHignTr(jii05 (Urn dc^ckfu'occidu Liirrnn vicolmm fnmxm LOT LXXXVIII. Size of Orisjinal, li^ x Sin. ( lii:! ) LOT LXXXIX. GRATIANI DECRETUM CUM APPARATU. H. Y. T. Catdlogite, second series, no. 88. H. Y. T. Illiisimtioiis of 100 MSS., vol. VII, pi. XXXVIII- XL. Vellum, 19bylOJin.,ff. 328. Cent. XIII-XIV (c. 1300). Biiiiiiiig : Brown russia of about the end of the XVIII Century. This large volume is the only law book in my collection. As is often the case in hooks of canon law the writing is Italian and the illumination and decoration French. It is well and closely written in two columns and surrounded by a commentary in a smaller hand. Besides a profusion of blue capital letters adorned with penwork and in the text curiously elongated, there are a great number of illumi- nated initials of varying sizes, delicately drawn in pink and blue, with gold backgrounds and vine-leaf fillings of pink, red and blue. There are thirty-eight miniatures, nearly 3 inches wide and 2\ inches high. They are admirably drawn, usually with diapered backgrounds, and very little gold. As to its place of origin it mav be compared with a Gratian in the library at Tours, with the con- temporar}' note : "Anno Domini MCCI.XXX octavo emi presens Decretum ab Honorato lUuminatore, morante Parisius in vico Herenen de Bria precio quadraginta librarum Parisiensium." This Honoi"atus is said by Comte Paul Durrieu in his " Un Siecle de I'Histoirede la Miniature Parisienne," to be a certain ^laitre Honore who lived in Rue Eremboure de Brie (now Rue Boutebrie), and had as assistaaits his son-in-law Richard de Verdun and a " vallet " named Thomassin. In 1296 he received 20 livres for MSS. illu- minated for Philippe le Bel. There is also a Gratian in the Biblio- theque Xationale (MS. Latin, 3893), on which Count Vitzthum has written an elaborate treatise, which ends with a note by the copyist ( 19^ ) " de manti Thome de Wymonduswold Anglici " (Wymeswold in Leicestershire), stating it was finished 6 August, 1314. I examined this MS. at the BibUotheque Nationale and found it very similar to my No. 88. It has, however, a good many little grotesques. The painting in mine seemed to me rather earlier than in No. 3893, and e\'en better. It seems to me clear that this volume is closety connected with the Honore establishment, and probably issued from it about the end of the 13th Century. Pi.vTE 34, f. 114v. This portion of a page gives an idea of the general arrange- ment of tlie text and the style of the initials. There was a difficulty in photographing the commentary on the right side ; it should be the same width as that on the left. The miniature represents the trial of a bishop ; < ►J ^ "Sa X « H «5 O (u < I P-, X 'So X o X s -J q> N (- f/1 o -I fi nt m ( 195 ) LOT XC. HORAE. HAARLEM DIALECT. H. Y. T. Catalogue, second series, no. 66. H. Y. T. Illustrations of 100 MSS., vol. VII, pi. XXIV- XXVI. Vellum, 7i by 5 in., ff. 218. Cent. XV (1443). Binding : Original, in brown calf, tooled with diagonal lines and lozenge stamps with a lion rampant ; neat and unusual little knots of various colours to indicate the miniatures. There were originally clasps which have been removed. A beautiful book in perfect condition and in its original binding. It is in a fine regular script and written in Dutch in very black ink. Nearly every page is adorned by several red and blue initials, with elaborate pen-work in red or purple extending the whole length of the page. Five of these initials are larger than the others, an inch and a half square, and very handsome. On f. 114v are drawn two circular frames with mottoes which formerly contained pilgrims' tokens, which have been removed. But the special interest of this MS. lies in the 19 exquisite miniatures, delicately drawn in grey monochrome in brush and pen- work, the nimbs, crowns, musical instruments, candlesticks and other similar objects, as well as the edges of the garments, being in burnished gold. It is a lovely and unusual style, very few similar volumes being known. Of those which have come under my notice the one which is evidently by the same hand is No. 224 in the University Library at Leyden. It contains 13 pages absolutely similar in execution and 8 by an inferior artist. A very full account of this MS. has recently been published by Mr. A. W. Bijvanck, the learned Director of the Royal Library of the Hague, ( 196 ) wlio not only exhaustively describes the Lej^den MS. but mentions all the MSS. which have any affinity with it. There is none in either the British Museum or the Bibliotlieque Nationale. Plate 36, ft". 15v and 16. The Holy Trinity. The very minute dove rests on the right arm of tlie Son, with a very small nimbus. The opposite page gives a good idea of the style of Dutch script and decoration. Plate 37, ff. llOv and 127v. The Adoration of tlie Magi, in which Joseph with a small trunk is seated on the ground beside the Virgin, and a graceful Mary Magdalene. -o c «' S ^ ^ 5 ^ s^€ B VU>:. ^■^ o -=; H r O .-V -I m E ^^ o ( 197 ) LOT XCI. HORAE OF THE FIRMIAN FAMILY. H. Y. T. Cdtci login; first scries, no. 22. H.Y.T. Illustrations 0/ 100 MSS., vol. VII, pi. XXIX- XXXII. Vellum, 7' by S^in., ff. 237. Cent. XV (1490). nincliiig : Original of brown leather, stamped twice on each cover with .1 single panel stamp, with angels playing on musical instruments, and the legend " Domine exaudi, etc." Silver- gilt clasps, enamelled with the arms of Firmian, Cronmetz, Caballis and other families, and initials on each clasp. This is a very interesting MS. from its completeness as an example of contemporary art in its binding, enamelled clasps, script and illuminations and glittering. It is of Flemish origin and was made for Nicholas von Firmian, one of an ancient Tyrolese family, who died in 1510. He married three times, and the arms of his wives, as also of the families into which his two daughters married are enamelled on the clasps. Two of the miniatures (ff. 144v and 231v) throw light on the ownership of the volume. In the latter the two kneeling tigiues are Nicholas von Firmian and his first wife, Dorothea von Cronmetz, and their three children, George, Helena and Catharine. On f. 144v, the kneeling figures may be either Nicholas and his third wife, Paula de Caballis, or his son, George, who also married a Caballis lady ; the arms will do for either. The Kalendar contains several entries of the family births and some royal deaths. The capital letters, of varying sizes, in the text, are all in white scroll-work on a square tablet of brick-red and gold. There are in all 80 miniatures, 10 being full-page, besides 55 tiny scenes, illus- trating the Kosary in the borders of f¥. 208-212. The occupations ( 198 ) of the months and the landscapes which surround the twelve Kalendar pages are extremely characteristic and interesting. The borders in the rest of the book are mostly very well executed realistic flowers and insects, on either washed gold or coloured grounds. According to Dr. James, the style of the painting is Northern Flemish. Plate 38. The fine contemporary binding of the MS. The enamel on the clasps is in red and black. Exigencies of space have caused a portion of the binding to be cut off. Plate 39, f. 231v. One of the miniatures indicating the ownership of the volume (see above) ; a knight in plate armour facing a lady in pink, their children behind them, kneel before a statue of St. George; their respective arras above eacli of them. PLATE 38. LOT XCI. Same Size as Original. PLATE 39. ft -1. '^-^ ^S^*&!i4. -y LOT XCI. Same Size as Original. X - ( 109 ) LOT XCII. HOURS OF THE AYALA FAMILY. H. Y. T. Catalogue, second series, no. 67. H. Y. T. Ilhtstratious of 100 MSS., vol. VII, pi. XXXIII- XXXV. Vellum, 7\ by 5^ in., ff. 223 (c. 1500). Binding: Blue velvet with silver clasps. Cent. XVI 11. This is another specimen of line Flemish art, made however for the Spanish market rather than, as the last lot, for the Tyrol. It is in all probability the work of a Bruges artist. The only indication of ownership is the name " F. josef Ayala " on a scroll in the lower border of f. 122, with the date MCCCCLXl (added later). The Ayalas were a noble Spanish family, and an account of a similar book which belonged to them appeared in the catalogue of a German bookseller in 1909. The characteristic of this book is its gaiety. The text is crowded with bright capital letters of various sizes, mostly gold or white scrollwork on a coloured background, the kalendar and all the full-page miniatures are surrounded by borders of brilliant flowers, birds and insects, most beautifully painted in the realistic style on a background of washed gold ; there are also half borders to a good manj' pages which have historiated initials. There are fifteen full-page miniatures and eighteen others ; the page opposite to a full-page picture is always richly illuminated. In the hrst full-page picture, which is that of St. Veronica, there is a very well painted head of Christ, of a large size. Plate 40, ff. 62v and 03. The decoration of the mini.iture of the Xativity is unusual. I never saw a pen of white rabbits surrounding a manuscript page before ; they are sporting in an intensely green field of grass. ( 201 ) LOT XCIII. FLORENTINE HORAE OF THE MARQUIS OF BLAND- FORD. H. Y. T. Catalogue, second series, no. 93. H. Y. T. Illustrations of 100 MSS., vol. VI, pi. LXXIV- LXXVIII. Vellum, 6| by ^ in., ff. 257. Cent. XV (c. 1490). Binding : Purple velvet, heavily embroidered with gold thread, with the crest and arms of the Marquis of Blandford, and other ornaments. The history of this exquisite MS. is not known. The arms of the original owner were in the borders of f. 13v and 14, but they have been painted over, and cannot be deciphered. In 1819 it figured in the sale of the " Whiteknights Libi-ary," which belonged to the Marquis of Blandford, the same whose purchase in 1812 of the Valdarfer Decameron at what was then the sensational price of £2260, led to the founding of the Roxburghe Club. It was later one of the brightest gems in the collection of Lord Ashburnham, from whom I acquired it in 1897. The writing is Gothic, with very wide margins ; the rubrics all in gold, and the line-endings in an endless variety of design in gaily coloured flowers, with a background of gold spots. There are an immense number of initials of different sizes, many of them containing heads, while thirteen of the largest have elaborate little scenes. There are five double-page openings, similar to those in the plates. The five large miniatures have been ascribed by Comm. Biagi, of the Laurentian Library, with absolute certainty to Antonio del Cherico. Each is surrounded by a border of incredible delicacy and elaboration. The rich border of bright flowers and beautifully ( 202 ) painted birds and little angels, contains some eight or ten compart- ments with minutely painted Biblical scenes or personages. The plates give a good idea of the pages, but the light gay colouring has to be imagined. It is the finest Florentine work of the end of the 15th century. Plate 41, f . 104v. The Of&ce of the Dead. Mary Magdalene kneels before Christ, while Lazarus and Martha are seen in two arches in a building. There is a curious device of winged Deaths, and the borders of both pages are full of emblems of death. The page on the right has the raising of Jairus's daughter. Plate 42, ff. 165v. and 166. Specially rich borders surrounding the Crucifixion, and the Deposition. On one of the lower borders is the Raising of the Serpent in the Wilderness, and in the other Jonah emerging from the Whale's mouth. r-. o ( 203 ) LOT XCIV. CREDO OR PROTESTACION DEL EMPERADOR, (?) CHARLES V. The frontispiece to this catalogue is the smallest manuscript in my collection, and the latest, its date being about 1530. It is contained in a costly and very elegant little case of gold, decorated with white enamel and pink stones, probably garnets, with two clasps, and is arranged to hang from a chain. The coloured reproduction on the frontispiece is quite a successful representation of this pretty bauble. The interior consists of 29 leaves, 6 being blanks, they measure one inch by one inch and three-quarters. The pages are surrounded by a gold line, and each section opens with a gold letter on a red background. The first 6 leaves are occupied by the beginning of St. John's Gospel in Latin. Then follows, on 12 leaves, the most interesting part of the little MS. La Pi'otestacion del Emperador, written in Spanish. This is a devout " creed " or profession of the Cathohc faith, and, as we know of no other emperor at that date whose prayers would be likely to be written in Spanish, there is little doubt but that the hijoii was made, most probably in Spain, for the Emperor Charles V, or some one closely connected with his family. The enamel is pronounced by experts to be almost certainly of Spanish workmanship. If made for the Emperor, it must have been after 1519, when he was elected, and before 1558, when he died at Yuste. If made after his abdication that might account for the absence of any heraldic ornaments, which we should otherwise expect to find either in the book or on the binding. The last five leaves of the manuscript contain a prayer to the emperor's guardian znge\, Angel de la paz, angel de la giiarda, a quien soy encomendado, etc. ( 204 ) Although this dainty httle volume has never been formally admitted to my Hundred, I have always regarded it as one of the gems of my collection, partly for its binding, and partly for its association with a great name. There is a note on it in vol. VI of my Illustrations of 100 MSS. ( 205 ) LOT XCV. THE BATTLE OF CANNAE. On a page, apparently absUacted from a MS. of the 15th century, and attributed to Jean Foucquet of Tours. In a frame with movable back and blind. This remarkable drawing, which I have ventured to call the Battle of Cannae, is the opening page of that portion of a combined MS. copy of the " Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a Cesar," by Wauchier de Denain, and the " Faits desRomains," by an anonymous author, which treats of the Punic War. It was, with three others from the same MS., purchased by me in London, having been previously in the well-known library of W. H. Crawford of Lakelands, co. Cork. In 1903, 1 had become very familiar with the undoubted works of Jean Foucquet, in connection with the agreeable episode of my purchase of the second volume of a Josephus, with miniatures by him, the first volume of which was in the Bibliotheque Nationale, where my second volume has since joined it. Hoping to discover the rest of the great volume from which these four pages had evi- dently been abstracted, I then printed privately and distributed among the chief public and private libraries of England and America, reproductions of these four pages by photogravure and by three-colour process. Unhappily no result followed, and the book is still unknown. The pictures themselves, however, which are, all things con- sidered, in wonderful preservation, excited much attention among the bibliophils of Paris, in 1904, when they were exhibited at the " Exposition des Primitifs Fran^ais," in the Pavilion de Marsan in the Louvre. In the plate in this catalogue, which is the same scale as the original, it has not been possible to show the whole of the page, ( 206 ) which is 17^ by 13 inches. At the bottom and the two sides there is a very handsome border, 2^ inches wide at the bottom, 2 inches on the right side and 1 inch on the left. It consists of conven- tional foliage in blue and gold, interspersed with small natural flowers, together with five men in rustic costume, a cat with a mouse in her mouth, a nondescript animal on its hind-legs, and a bird, each of which has a little green meadow on which to stand. Perhaps the most interesting and exhaustive pronouncement on the subject of these four pages is contained in an article in the " Chronique des Arts " (a supplement to the " Gazette des Beaux- Arts") for April 30, 1904, in which M. Paul Leprieur, the accom- plished Conservateur des Peintures, at the Louvre, discusses at some length the question of the attribution of these four paintings (miniatures they can scarcely be called, as they measure 10 inches by 8i), and gives his opinion very decidedly in favour of their being the work of Jean Foucquet himself. I will quote his conclusions in his own words. After stating that, in my monograph on the subject, I had only claimed, under all reserves, that the pictures were " the work of Foucquet, or sotne very capable imitator of his style," he proceeds as follows : Nous crayons qii'on peiit-ctre, au contraire, sur ce point tout a fait categorique. C'est Foucquet lui-meme que nous retrouvons ici vers la fin cle sa carriere, a nne epoque sensiblement rapprochee du letups des " Antiquiles Judaiques," enlre 1465-70 et 1480. Non seulement I' aspect general des ceuvres, le style des figures, I' accord particulier des tons {bleu, rouge, rose, jaune on vert vif), avec leursfins rehauts de hachures d'or si typiques, I'ingaiiosite originate du motif dans la plupart des scenes, le mcrvcilleux rendu desfoules, la delicatesse de I' atmosphere et la beante des pay sages, rentrent au plus haul point dans scs habitudes et dans sa maniere. Mais on pent relever, dans chacune des scenes, de menus details si identiquement conformes a telle page connue du maitre iour- angeau {dans les " Heures d'Etienne Chevalier," on le MS. de Josephe), qu'elles sont ici comme un aveu meme de sa main). And, again, in his criticism of the page now offered for sale : Chacune des autres miniatures preteraint a des rapproche- ments du meme genre. Dans la " Guerre Punique," par exemple, ( 207 ) oh I' agitation confuse et vivante de la bataille, les armures dorees, les oriflammes, les ecus rouges marques de I'insigne rotnaine, la forme des amies et jnsqn'aux marts rcnverses, rapellent si com- plet'emcnt Foucquet. On pent constater aussi I'identite absolne de certains details; tel le casque a ailerons d'un des chefs, deja employepourun des soldafs porte-ecus dans la "Miseau tombean," des Henres; on le mnfle de lion tenant nn annean dans sa gnetile, qui decore ici le bas d'nne cuirasse, comnte la plaque de poitrail d'un cheval dans le MS. de Josephe, ou dans les Heures. Le paysage tonrangean herbeux et tranquille, qui forme fond, re- parait egalement pins d'nne fois, a pen de chose pres, dans son ceuvre. In conclusion, he writes : II y a done la un ensemble de preuves suffisamment convain- (ant, pour qu'on puisse attribuer en toute surete ces quatre belles pages a Foucquet lui-meme. Souhaitons que leiir mise en lumiere puisse aider d faire decouvrir, soit d'autres feuilles similaires (cat il peut en exister du meme livre),soit surtout I' admirable volume d'oii elles ont et'e arrachees. Monsieur Leprieur, moreover, was not content with expressing the above very decided views. When, in 1912, I sent one of the four pages, that containing the picture of the " Crowning of Alexan- der," to be sold by auction at Messrs. Sotheby's, he came over himself to London, and purchased it for the Louvre. Since then the " Crowning of Alexander " has been exhibited among the acknowledged works of Foucquet in the Galleries of the Louvre, where I suppose it still remains, though unhappily Monsieur Leprieur himself has passed away. N.B. — If so desired, I shall be happy to present to the pur- chaser of Lot XCV my illustrated monograph alluded to above, on Vol. II of the " Anciennetes des Juifs," by Josephus, and the four pages of the " Faits des Remains." London: J. Davy & Sons, 8 & 9, Frith Street, W. i.