Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
10-14 June 1901
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/85
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    75/500 page 69
    Lor 189—continued. right hand, INSERTED IN THE UPPER COVER. The MS. has 10 FULL PAGE ILLUMINATIONS, 8 OF WHICH CONSIST OF LARGE AND ELABORATE INITIALS OF INVOLVED SPIRALS OF GOLD AND SILVER, ON PURPLE, BLUE AND GREEN GROUNDS, with details of the same colours, within square frames of sculptured leafy branches, the ends of the letters overlapping the frames, each initial being accompanied by the remaining letters of the word which it commences in smaller gold letters, as follows: (1) A splendid F. followed by R.A.T.R.E.S. (2) P(A.U.L.US.) (8) A fine and intricate M. followed by U LTI FA RIE; above the initial, F.R.S. (for Fratres). (4) A very fine S alone within a border of diagonals with dice ornaments, the prevailing tone of which is red; on the reverse of which is (5) a text in cursive gold letters on a purple ground, opposite which is (6) a smaller initial E, commencing ‘‘ Expurgate,” with the remainder of the sentence as in No. 5. (7) Consists of a page of text in gold capitals beginning DIE DOMINI, on blue ground within a tartan border ; on the opposite page is (8) a large S followed by U.M. within a border of sculptured leaves. (9) is a remarkable monogram of I N. within an ornamental frame, the upper part of which consists of two arches of Byzantine influence, and (10) is an KE with some text in gold cursives, within a border of sculptured leafy branches. ‘These 10 superb illuminations are all of the same size, viz. 73 by 54 in. besides which there is a fine initial S followed by URGE. on a purple ground measuring 5 by 4 im. and 9 rich but smaller ones of similar character throughout the text. The whole of these decora- tions are similar in style to those in the “ Book of Kells,” and are probably of Celtic origin with Byzantine influence. 190. EVANGELISTARIUM, sive LECTIONES PER ANNI CIRCULUM; TABULA PREMISSA. (V) 4io *,* MS. OF THE NINTH CENTURY, ON VELLUM, ff. 111, written in very legible roman letters, with rubrics, long lines, 22 to a page, IN LETTERS OF GOLD, the lines on grounds of green, within ornamental borders of purple, green and blue, with tablets in the outer margin indicating the rubrics, but much defaced by damp. The tables are in silver letters upon purple vellum, but the metal is oxydized. Some- thing is wanting at tne end. Modern boarded blue morocco extra with clasp, having a head of Charlemagne in high relief. IN THE COVER IS INSERTED AN ANCIENT IVORY FLOREATED CARVING, ORNA- MENTED WITH 2] EMERALDS AND CARBUNCLES. A VERY IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT. Loy, EVANGELIA QUATUOR, CUM PROLOGIS S. HIERONYMI ET CANONIBVS EUSEBIANIS, una cum Capitularibus Evangeliorum de Circulo Anni. (v1) 4to *,* MS. OF THE NINTH OR TENTH CENTURY, ON VELLUM, ff. 119. finely written in roman letters, long lines, 31 to a page; the Canons
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