Auction Preview: The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection at Christie’s, London, July 10
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What: The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schoyen CollectionWhere: Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James’s, LondonWhen: July 10, 10:30amPublic Viewing: July 6, 12pm - 5pm, July 7, 12pm - 5pm, July 8, 9am - 4:30pm,&Auction Preview: The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection at Christie’s, London, July 10
What: The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schoyen CollectionWhere: Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James’s, LondonWhen: July 10, 10:30amPublic Viewing: July 6, 12pm - 5pm, July 7, 12pm - 5pm, July 8, 9am - 4:30pm, July 8, 6pm - 8:30pm, July 9, 9am - 8pmTop Lots at the Sale:— “Bible, Ezechiel, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [northern Italy, 5th century].” The oldest known manuscript of Ezechiel 20 in Latin and the oldest western manuscript in private hands: an exceptional survival of the highest historical importance with unbroken provenance from the great libraries of Reichenau, Constance Cathedral, and Donaueschingen. Featured in lot 415. Estimate: GBP 120,000 – GBP 180,000 (USD 151,440 – USD 227,160)— “The Schoyen Collection of Medieval Seal Matrices.” One of the largest collections of medieval seal matrices — and almost certainly the largest collection of private seal matrices — in the world: 402 individual matrices ranging in date from the 12th to the end of the 16th-century. Featured in lot 461. Estimate: GBP 100,000 – GBP 150,000 (USD 126,200 – USD 189,300)— “The Palaeographical Album of Pierre-Camille Le Moine,” a compilation of fragments from medieval codices on vellum and paper, some decorated and illuminated, in French and Latin [France, Lorraine, 10th to 18th-centuries]. Featured in lot 459. Estimate: GBP 70,000 – GBP 100,000 (USD 88,340 – USD 126,200)— “The Seal of Wulfric, an Anglo-Saxon walrus ivory seal matrix [England, first half 11th-century].” One of only five surviving seal matrices from Anglo-Saxon England, and one of only three 11th-century ivory matrices. A splendid testimony to the increasing use of the written word in Anglo-Saxon government. Featured in lot 460. Estimate: GBP 70,000 – GBP 100,000 (USD 88,340 – USD 126,200)— “Homiliary of Paul the Deacon, including excerpts from Homilies by Bede, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, Rhineland, c.800].” The earliest known fragments of the homiliary of Paul the Deacon, the great text of the Carolingian renovatio, contemporary with the author and containing excerpts from the Venerable Bede. Featured in lot 424. Estimate: GBP 60,000 – GBP 90,000 (USD 75,720 – USD 113,580)— “Homiliary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [west Germany, 2nd quarter 9th- century].” A substantial fragment of what would have been an imposing and deluxe Carolingian Homiliary produced in a west German scriptorium. Featured in lot 428. Estimate: GBP 60,000 – GBP 90,000 (USD 75,720 – USD 113,580)— “Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel, Commentary on the Rule of St Benedict, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Visigothic Spain (perhaps Burgos province), 10th-century].” “Apart from Paris and London, very few libraries in Europe can boast of more than one or two Visigothic manuscripts.” Featured in lot 418. Estimate: GBP 35,000 – GBP 50,000 (USD 44,170 – USD 63,100)— “Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, Veroli, early 12th-century].” A substantial portion of an important illuminated Beneventan Psalter produced in or around Veroli, with charming zoomorphic initials. Featured in lot 422. Estimate: GBP 30,000 – GBP 50,000 (USD 37,860 – USD 63,100)For details, visit: https://www.christies.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the salehttps://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more