Lot n° 8
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[ENLUMINATION].
Set of fragments of illuminations... - Lot 8 - Ader
[ENLUMINATION].
Set of fragments of illuminations XIV-XV centuries -
Mounting of six fragments [extracts from Italian illuminated manuscripts].
Laminated pieces. Framed.
From left to right:
1 and 2. Two fragments from a breviary, Italy, Umbria (Perugia?), ca. 1330-1350: Mass for St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist, with truncated heading: "[...] s[an]cti mathei apo[stoli] [e]vangeliste. I[ntroitus] [...]"; mass for St. Nicomedes martyr with rubric: "[...] in[sin]t nicomedis m[a]r[t]is introitus [...]". Historiated initials : " E " with Saint Matthew apostle and evangelist and " L " with Saint Nicomedes martyr.
Dimensions: H. 350 x W. 102 mm; H. 347 x W. 110 mm3
. Initial "I", Italy, Venice, circa 1460 (?), taken from an antiphonary or gradual.
Dimensions : H. 93 x W. 110 mm4
. Initial " R ", Italy, Ferrara, circa 1460-1470 (?), taken from an antiphonal or gradual.
Size: fragment (H. 260 x W. 110 mm), initial (H. 60 x W. 70 mm)
5. Initial "G", Italy, Venice (?), circa 1525-1550, taken from an antiphonary or gradual.
Dimensions : H. 128 x W. 127 mm6
. Illuminated border cut out, Ferrara (?).
Dimensions : H. 345 x W. 67 mmCondition
: Six fragments laminated on cardboard and placed under glass
.
First fragment with a portion of the width of the column cut out (old restoration). The historiated initials are not affected by the cutting.
- Ornate initial "S".
Fragment of an antiphonary or gradual.
Tempera, gouache, ink and burnished gold on parchment.
Italy, Lombardy (Piacenza or Milan (?)), circa 1470-1490.
Size: fragment (H. 161 x W. 120 mm); initial (H. 147 x W. 116 mm)
Condition: some chipping with burnished gold, otherwise good condition; on the reverse, remains of paper from an old gluing
.
- Initial "I" decorated.
Fragment of a choir book.
Tempera, gouache, ink and liquid gold on parchment.
Italy, Venice (?), circa 1460-1470.
Dimensions : H. 90 x W. 77 mmCondition
: Burnished gold, a little cracked and rubbed with paint
.
On the back, traces of paper and glue.
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