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165 - Middle Ages – Book of Hours leaves I.
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Estimate €400 - €600
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Middle Ages – Book of Hours leaves I. Collection of 2 leaves (4 pages) from a Book of Hours. Partially rubricated in red and blue, with small gilded Lombard initials and coloured marginal borders; metal-cut on parchment. Text area: 14.2 x 9.6 cm (17.3 x 11.2 cm). Presumably from a French book of hours printed in Paris around 1500, in the style of the printers and publishers Simon Vostre, Thielman Kerver or one of their successors. II. Collection of 6 leaves (12 pages) from a book of hours. Partially rubricated in red and blue, with small gilded Lombard initials and coloured line fillers. Text area: 17.4 x 11.2 cm (20.2 x 14 cm). Metal-engraved on parchment. Probably dated to around 1500–1515 from the workshop of Philippe Pigouchet for the publisher Simon Vostre or a very close successor to this tradition. I. In terms of content, it comprises sections from the Office of the Holy Spirit and Marian psalms/antiphons, as found in the ‘Officium de Sancto Spiritu’ and ‘Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis’ sections of the Book of Hours. II. The text includes psalms, litanies (‘Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis’, etc.) and orations – in short, the usual core content of a Marian breviary. Each page is entirely surrounded by a four-sided border frame of fine metal engravings, featuring grotesques, animals, cherubs, scenes from everyday life and the Bible, as well as ‘Danse macabre’motifs; it is precisely these highly detailed metal-cut frames that are characteristic of Pigouchet’s Parisian prints for Simon Vostre from around 1496–1508. Middle Ages – Book of Hours Leaves I. Collection of 2 leaves (4 pages) from a Book of Hours. Partially rubricated in red and blue, with small gilded Lombard initials and coloured metal-cut border decorations on vellum. Text panel: 14.2 × 9.6 cm (sheet: 17.3 × 11.2 cm). Probably from a French Book of Hours printed in Paris around 1500, in the style of the printers and publishers Simon Vostre, Thielman Kerver, or one of their successors. II. Collection of 6 leaves (12 pages) from a Book of Hours. Partially rubricated in red and blue, with small gilded Lombard initials and coloured line fillers. Text panel: 17.4 × 11.2 cm (sheet: 20.2 × 14 cm). Metal engravings on vellum. Likely produced around 1500–1515 in the workshop of Philippe Pigouchet for the publisher Simon Vostre or a close successor to that tradition. Content: Part I contains sections from the Office of the Holy Spirit and Marian psalms and antiphons, as typically found in the Book of Hours under ‘Officium de Sancto Spiritu’ and ‘Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis’. Part II includes psalms, litanies (‘Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis’, etc.) and prayers – the standard central texts of a Marian Book of Hours. Each page is entirely framed by finely detailed four-sided metal-cut borders, decorated with grotesques, animals, putti, scenes from daily life and the Bible, as well as Danse Macabre motifs. These highly detailed metal-cut frames are characteristic of Parisian prints by Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, circa 1496–1508. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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