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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States YOU ARE BIDDING ON A NEARLY 600 YEAR OLD VELLUM LEAF OF GORGEOUSLY HAND PAINTED ADORNED AND ILLUMINATED TEXT FROM A CATHOLIC BOOK OF HOURS CIRCA 1450-1500 ... moreThis is a rare GOLD and FLORAL adorned manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours. With beautiful script hand, gold floral bordering and intricate gold adorned initials. Probably Italian or French, second half of 15th Century. Gorgeously illuminated medieval piece, ruled with singular red and brown medieval cursive. C omplexly arranged and created with the utmost in precision. 23 lines of text with 13 gold adorned initials and devices in text. With a delicate design in each letter in gold, surrounded by red, purple, green and blue as well. 2 of these initials are three lined as well. If you look closely, you can see the liquid gold shine in the illuminated letters, a perfect reflection of the care and time taken to make this page. History of the Art Creation and Color of these pages: Gold foil ornaments could afford to larger extent only princes. Bishops and rich monasteries. One painted with thin brushes and water or opaque colors, drawn with india ink and goose keel. Red color was often formed by red ochers, Zinnober, Menninge, carmine, Vermiculum, Folium, kite blood(bird) Krapp found and later Brasilholz was used. The precious magenta served in the antiquity and in the early Middle Ages contributed to dyeing some particularly magnificent Pergamentmanuskripte, which were then inscribed with gold or silver ink. For yellow colours stood yellow ochers, Auripigment, lead-yellow, Safran and Wau for order, for green colours green earth, malachite-green and for verdigris as well as Ultramarin, Azurit and Indigo as blue color means. For black tones lead and bone white, as well as soot were used. As bonding agents in the Middle Ages fish glue, Egg or rubber were used.
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$3.45 Shipping Location: Rye, United States Rare 1894 Book IN MEMORY OF JOHN JAMES BELL, Exeter NH - Masonic Memorial. Condition is Good to very Good. Please see photos for detail. Fully guaranteed.
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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States Book of Hours: France, c1430. Fine original 15th-century illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, most likely produced in a French scriptorium around 1430. ... moreEverything has been done by hand--from the making of vellum out of animal skin, to the scribe inking the text and the illuminator embellishing with color & decorative touches.
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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States YOU ARE BIDDING ON A NEARLY 600 YEAR OLD VELLUM LEAF OF GORGEOUSLY HAND PAINTED ADORNED AND ILLUMINATED TEXT FROM A CATHOLIC BOOK OF HOURS CIRCA 1450-1500 ... moreThis is a rare GOLD and FLORAL adorned manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours. With beautiful script hand, gold floral bordering and intricate gold adorned initials. Probably Italian or French, second half of 15th Century. Gorgeously illuminated medieval piece, ruled with singular red and brown medieval cursive. C omplexly arranged and created with the utmost in precision. 23 lines of text with 13 gold adorned initials and devices in text. With a delicate design in each letter in gold, surrounded by red, purple, green and blue as well. 2 of these initials are three lined as well. If you look closely, you can see the liquid gold shine in the illuminated letters, a perfect reflection of the care and time taken to make this page. History of the Art Creation and Color of these pages: Gold foil ornaments could afford to larger extent only princes. Bishops and rich monasteries. One painted with thin brushes and water or opaque colors, drawn with india ink and goose keel. Red color was often formed by red ochers, Zinnober, Menninge, carmine, Vermiculum, Folium, kite blood(bird) Krapp found and later Brasilholz was used. The precious magenta served in the antiquity and in the early Middle Ages contributed to dyeing some particularly magnificent Pergamentmanuskripte, which were then inscribed with gold or silver ink. For yellow colours stood yellow ochers, Auripigment, lead-yellow, Safran and Wau for order, for green colours green earth, malachite-green and for verdigris as well as Ultramarin, Azurit and Indigo as blue color means. For black tones lead and bone white, as well as soot were used. As bonding agents in the Middle Ages fish glue, Egg or rubber were used.
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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States YOU ARE BIDDING ON A NEARLY 600 YEAR OLD VELLUM LEAF OF GORGEOUSLY HAND PAINTED ADORNED AND ILLUMINATED TEXT FROM A CATHOLIC BOOK OF HOURS CIRCA 1450-1500 ... moreThis is a rare GOLD and FLORAL adorned manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours. With beautiful script hand, gold floral bordering and intricate gold adorned initials. Probably Italian or French, second half of 15th Century. Gorgeously illuminated medieval piece, ruled with singular red and brown medieval cursive. C omplexly arranged and created with the utmost in precision. 23 lines of text with 13 gold adorned initials and devices in text. With a delicate design in each letter in gold, surrounded by red, purple, green and blue as well. 2 of these initials are three lined as well. If you look closely, you can see the liquid gold shine in the illuminated letters, a perfect reflection of the care and time taken to make this page. History of the Art Creation and Color of these pages: Gold foil ornaments could afford to larger extent only princes. Bishops and rich monasteries. One painted with thin brushes and water or opaque colors, drawn with india ink and goose keel. Red color was often formed by red ochers, Zinnober, Menninge, carmine, Vermiculum, Folium, kite blood(bird) Krapp found and later Brasilholz was used. The precious magenta served in the antiquity and in the early Middle Ages contributed to dyeing some particularly magnificent Pergamentmanuskripte, which were then inscribed with gold or silver ink. For yellow colours stood yellow ochers, Auripigment, lead-yellow, Safran and Wau for order, for green colours green earth, malachite-green and for verdigris as well as Ultramarin, Azurit and Indigo as blue color means. For black tones lead and bone white, as well as soot were used. As bonding agents in the Middle Ages fish glue, Egg or rubber were used.
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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States YOU ARE BIDDING ON A NEARLY 600 YEAR OLD VELLUM LEAF OF GORGEOUSLY HAND PAINTED ADORNED AND ILLUMINATED TEXT FROM A CATHOLIC BOOK OF HOURS CIRCA 1450-1500 ... moreThis is a rare GOLD and FLORAL adorned manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours. With beautiful script hand, gold floral bordering and intricate gold adorned initials. Probably Italian or French, second half of 15th Century. Gorgeously illuminated medieval piece, ruled with singular red and brown medieval cursive. C omplexly arranged and created with the utmost in precision. 23 lines of text with 13 gold adorned initials and devices in text. With a delicate design in each letter in gold, surrounded by red, purple, green and blue as well. 2 of these initials are three lined as well. If you look closely, you can see the liquid gold shine in the illuminated letters, a perfect reflection of the care and time taken to make this page. History of the Art Creation and Color of these pages: Gold foil ornaments could afford to larger extent only princes. Bishops and rich monasteries. One painted with thin brushes and water or opaque colors, drawn with india ink and goose keel. Red color was often formed by red ochers, Zinnober, Menninge, carmine, Vermiculum, Folium, kite blood(bird) Krapp found and later Brasilholz was used. The precious magenta served in the antiquity and in the early Middle Ages contributed to dyeing some particularly magnificent Pergamentmanuskripte, which were then inscribed with gold or silver ink. For yellow colours stood yellow ochers, Auripigment, lead-yellow, Safran and Wau for order, for green colours green earth, malachite-green and for verdigris as well as Ultramarin, Azurit and Indigo as blue color means. For black tones lead and bone white, as well as soot were used. As bonding agents in the Middle Ages fish glue, Egg or rubber were used.
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$4.87 Shipping Location: Denver, United States Book of Hours: France, c1460. Fine original 15th-century illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, most likely produced in a French scriptorium around 1460. ... moreEverything has been done by hand--from the making of vellum out of animal skin, to the scribe inking the text and the illuminator embellishing with color & decorative touches.
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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States Two fine original 15th-century illuminated manuscript bifolium leaves on vellum, most likely produced in a French scriptorium around 1450. Book of Hours: ... moreFrance, c1450. Condition: As shown, on vellum in good condition with minor evidence of storing and a few age marks to outer margins.
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$4.13 Shipping Location: Hammond, United States From the 'Book of Common Prayer' printed 1627. in English.
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Free Shipping Location: Hudson, United States The text is for the most part legible and clear. Laid in at the front is also a hand written letter from 1840. First four pages (blanks) are loose and ... morelaid in, otherwise a nice copy of a unique item!
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$7.09 Shipping Location: Houston, United States As indicated on the first page by priest Peter Nikolaevich Gakhovich, the bible was later sent to Moscow from Elizaveta Nikolaevna Lyalina in 1900.
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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States Two fine original 15th-century illuminated manuscript bifolium leaves on vellum, most likely produced in a French scriptorium around 1450. Book of Hours: ... moreFrance, c1450. Condition: As shown, on vellum in good condition with minor evidence of storing and a few age marks to outer margins.
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$14.50 Shipping Location: Denver, United States YOU ARE BIDDING ON A NEARLY 600 YEAR OLD VELLUM LEAF OF GORGEOUSLY HAND PAINTED ADORNED AND ILLUMINATED TEXT FROM A CATHOLIC BOOK OF HOURS CIRCA 1450-1500 ... moreThis is a rare GOLD and FLORAL adorned manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours. With beautiful script hand, gold floral bordering and intricate gold adorned initials. Probably Italian or French, second half of 15th Century. Gorgeously illuminated medieval piece, ruled with singular red and brown medieval cursive. C omplexly arranged and created with the utmost in precision. 23 lines of text with 13 gold adorned initials and devices in text. With a delicate design in each letter in gold, surrounded by red, purple, green and blue as well. 2 of these initials are three lined as well. If you look closely, you can see the liquid gold shine in the illuminated letters, a perfect reflection of the care and time taken to make this page. History of the Art Creation and Color of these pages: Gold foil ornaments could afford to larger extent only princes. Bishops and rich monasteries. One painted with thin brushes and water or opaque colors, drawn with india ink and goose keel. Red color was often formed by red ochers, Zinnober, Menninge, carmine, Vermiculum, Folium, kite blood(bird) Krapp found and later Brasilholz was used. The precious magenta served in the antiquity and in the early Middle Ages contributed to dyeing some particularly magnificent Pergamentmanuskripte, which were then inscribed with gold or silver ink. For yellow colours stood yellow ochers, Auripigment, lead-yellow, Safran and Wau for order, for green colours green earth, malachite-green and for verdigris as well as Ultramarin, Azurit and Indigo as blue color means. For black tones lead and bone white, as well as soot were used. As bonding agents in the Middle Ages fish glue, Egg or rubber were used.
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Free Shipping Location: Gretna, United States [4] page note dated May 22, signed Mina Monroe. 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.
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$18.00 Shipping Location: Wien, Austria Two attractive, colorful Indian Tantric paintings, ca. 90 to 100 years old. Left side few entries are for interest recovered. One rupee has 16 Anna. Single ... morevertical line equals to four annas. Horizontal line equals to one Anna.
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$127.65 Shipping Location: Zeeland, United States Believed to be made out of Maple.
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$8.70 Shipping Location: Potomac, United States Antique Map of the Pacific Northwest and ALASKA 1711! It was mapped on only a few obscure Russian manuscripts in the second decade of the 18th century, ... moreand was probably derived from the discoveries of Petr Popov, who was sent from Anadyrsk to the Chukchi Peninsula in 1711 to reconnoiter and negotiate with the Chukchi Tribes.
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Free Shipping Location: Bethlehem, United States Further, they have no idea ohow detailed the lessons of our forefathers were. Scanning through its pages of learning is truly a treasure. I have been ... morecollecting/dealing in Antiques and Collectibles for well over 45 years.
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Free Shipping Location: Kalamazoo, United States 1923 Funk And Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary English Language In One Volume. See pics, this is an 100 year old book and has some wear on the spine and ... moreedges of the cover. The pages are all in nice shape with the exception of what’s pictured and likely a couple other random rips with age/use. Very heavy!
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Free Shipping Location: Hudson, United States You are bidding on a set of two cash and expense and legal books for Horace A Manchester of Chepachet Rhode Island. The two books date from 1835 through ... more1841. The first book is a legal ledger listing the names of litigating parties, with notations as to the outcomes of the various cases. The ledger is approximately half full, with neat and mostly legible script. The second ledger is a cash and expense ledger, approximately 1/3 full and also in a neat legible script. A great primary resource of historian and researchers. Please email any questions and thanks for looking!
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$9.09 Shipping Location: Birmingham, United States Harold Holzer & Joshua Wolf Shenk. In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts.
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Free Shipping Location: Potomac, United States “In the end, Washington lost patience with L’Enfant, who was dismissed in 1792. L’Enfant was replaced by Ellicott. However, in picque, L’Enfant refused ... moreto hand over any of his survey work, so Ellicott was forced to reconstruct the plan from his own working notes and recollections.
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Free Shipping Location: San Jose, United States Hardback 1907 version. by N. O Winter.
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$8.00 Shipping Location: Chambers, United States Vintage 1959 Brady Nebraska John Deere Issued HANDY FARM BOOK Expenses Used OLD!. The staples are rusted out causing some issues with the binding. Check ... moreout photos for other flaws.
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$17.80 Shipping Location: Easton, United States Edition: 1st Edition. In a later hardback binding of blue cloth with original title wrap laid down to front board, making a very attractive appearance.
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Location: Waterbury Center, United States 1960 Sotheby's catalog page advertised this set for sale and stated, "A VERY FINE SET. from the Estate of Esquire Moore Stevens. This fine set has been ... moresaid to be the finest, complete set in the World.
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Location: Vidalia, United States Executed his 6 May 1877 re-affirmation testimony to the Book of. This original manuscript letter of testimony supports and validates. The testimony of ... morethe Eight Witnesses was signed there, and it. after he executed this most significant testimony to the Book of.
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Condition: Used Location: Richmond, United States This very interesting antique music cabinet, long forgotten, was rediscovered in a garage, where it had sat unnoticed for many years. The cabinet was ... moreloaded with sheet music from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
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