Manuscripts & Miniatures

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European

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    God the Father Crowning Mary

    Miniature painting from a Book of Hours, c. 1470. Origin: France. Gothic script. Ink, color and liquid gold on vellum. Painting within decorated border with four lines of text below. Text and illuminated initials verso.
    Leaf: 7 x 4-3/4 inches.
    26025
    $4000 framed
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    Saint Mary Magdalene

    Miniature painting from a Book of Hours, c. 1460-80. Origin: Flanders, probably Bruges. Painting on vellum.
    Leaf: 4-3/16 x 3 inches.
    26023
    $3200
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    The Annunciation

    Miniature painting from a Book of Hours, c. 1522. Origin: Paris, France. Published by Germain Hardouyn. Ink, paint, and gold on vellum.
    Leaf: 5-3/4 x 3 inches.
    16203
    $1400
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    The Infant Jesus Presented to the Church

    Miniature painting from a Book of Hours, c. 1522. Origin: Paris, France. Published by Germain Hardouyn. Ink, paint, and gold on vellum.
    Leaf: 5-3/4 x 3 inches.
    16210
    $1250
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    Manuscript Leaf

    French Missal on vellum, c. 1380. Franciscan. Two columns of script in red and black, historiated capitals with blue, red and liquid gold. Some rubbing and soil from use.
    11-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches.
    30249c
    $450
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    Manuscript leaf on vellum

    Delicate calligraphy, historiated in red and blue. Latin text. Probably French origin, c. 1280.
    6-1/2 x 4-5/8 inches.
    29432
    $385
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    Page from the Book of Daniel

    Latin text in black script on vellum, c. 1450. Ornamented in red and blue.
    13-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches.
    29439c
    $350
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    Antiphonal Romanum

    Leaf from Juxta Breviarum ex Decreto Sacro-Sancti. Woodcut music in black and red, Latin text. Publisher: Joannem Baptistam Verdussen. Published in Antwerp, 1732. Similar verso.
    Sheet: 14-1/4 x 9-1/8 inches.
    9-124
    $75

Persian, Arabic and Middle Eastern

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    Leaf from Hadith (Muslim book of Wisdom)

    Nashki script. From Iraq, 1660. Scribe: Salman-Al-Fajafi. Text verso. Provenance: The French Gallery, Cliffside Park NJ, May 1981.
    12-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches.
    29235c
    $625
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    Islamic Prayerbook Leaf

    Origin: Turkey. Black script with gold borders.
    Sheet: 6-1/8 x 3-3/4 inches.
    10762
    $45
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    Persian Manuscript Leaf

    Text in black, lines in gold. Diagonal commentary.
    Sheet: 9-1/2 x 6-5/8 inches.
    1448
    $42
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    Islamic Prayerbook Leaf

    North African. Script in black and red.
    Sheet: 4-3/4 x 4 inches.
    10759
    $40
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    Manuscript Leaf

    Koran. Turkish origin. Date: 1820-1840. Ink and gold leaf on paper. Similar on verso.
    Sheet: 6-1/8 x 4-15/16 inches.
    26346
    $45
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    Koran Leaf

    Nashki script. Arabic text. Pakistan, late 18th c. Gold lines between the text, small medallions and borderlines.
    Sheet: 7-5/8 x 4-1/4 inches.
    3-58
    $75
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    Delail-ul-Kharat Leaf

    Arabic text in black, Persian translation below in red. Border in gold and light blue. Commentary in margin. Text by Mohammed Azeem for Shah Naway Khah, c. 1690.
    Sheet: 7-5/8 x 4-11/16 inches.
    6-128
    $75
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    Turkish Manuscript Leaf

    Arabic text, Nashki Script. Text in black with gold and red.
    Sheet: 8-1/16 x 5-1/4 inches.
    6-37
    $32

India and the Far East

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    Indian Miniature Painting

    Two seated figures. Gouache and gold on paper.
    Sheet: 3-3/8 x 5-3/8 inches.
    19379
    $325
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    Indian Miniature Painting

    Five Hindu deities in “OM”. Gouache and gold on paper.
    Sheet: 3 x 5-1/4 inches.
    19384
    $350
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    Indian Miniature Painting

    Gouache on paper. Kashmiri origin. 19th century. Toned and soiled.
    2-5/8 x 4-1/8 inches.
    19416
    $175
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    Indian Miniature Painting

    Matsya (Fish incarnation of Vishnu). Gouache on paper.
    Sheet: 4 x 7 inches.
    19451
    $250
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    Bhagavad Gita Leaf

    Black Sanskrit script with red, blue, and gold. All have varying degrees of staining and discoloration.
    Sheet: 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches.
    2-58
    $65
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    Manuscript Leaf

    Indian. Bihari/Kufic script. Text in black with gold initials. Medallions in gold, blue, and orange. Late 14th century.
    Sheet: 5-15/16 x 4-3/8 inches.
    18630
    $225
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    Leaf from Koran Prayerbook (Selection of Sutras)

    From Delhi, late 18th or early 19th century. Calligraphy in red and black, historiated with gold, orange and blue penwork.
    Sheet: 7-11/16 x 4-3/4 inches.
    15208
    $85
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    Koran Leaf

    Indian. 17th century. Arabic text. Very fine script in black, bold script in black and gold, border and disc in gold and blue.
    Sheet: 5-15/16 x 3-1/2 inches.
    16077
    $120
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    Tibetan Prayerbook Leaf

    19th Century. Dark blue dyed paper with calligraphy in gold.
    22 x 7 inches.
    26790
    $85
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    Kalapasutra Leaf

    Indian. 16th c. Sanskrit text in black with red borders.
    Sheet: 4-15/16 x 10-5/16 inches.
    16042
    $85