Manuscripts & Miniatures
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European
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Islamic Prayerbook Leaf
Origin: Turkey. Black script with gold borders.
Sheet: 6-1/8 x 3-3/4 inches.
10762
$45
Persian Manuscript Leaf
Text in black, lines in gold. Diagonal commentary.
Sheet: 9-1/2 x 6-5/8 inches.
1448
$42
Islamic Prayerbook Leaf
North African. Script in black and red.
Sheet: 4-3/4 x 4 inches.
10759
$40
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
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
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
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
Indian Miniature Painting
Two seated figures. Gouache and gold on paper.
Sheet: 3-3/8 x 5-3/8 inches.
19379
$325
Indian Miniature Painting
Five Hindu deities in “OM”. Gouache and gold on paper.
Sheet: 3 x 5-1/4 inches.
19384
$350
Indian Miniature Painting
Gouache on paper. Kashmiri origin. 19th century. Toned and soiled.
2-5/8 x 4-1/8 inches.
19416
$175
Indian Miniature Painting
Matsya (Fish incarnation of Vishnu). Gouache on paper.
Sheet: 4 x 7 inches.
19451
$250
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
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
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
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
Tibetan Prayerbook Leaf
19th Century. Dark blue dyed paper with calligraphy in gold.
22 x 7 inches.
26790
$85
Kalapasutra Leaf
Indian. 16th c. Sanskrit text in black with red borders.
Sheet: 4-15/16 x 10-5/16 inches.
16042
$85
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Updated: 1/19/10
Updated: 1/19/10