Null Illumination on vellum, polychrome and gilt, initial D with a holy figure b…

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Illumination on vellum, polychrome and gilt, initial D with a holy figure blessing, holding a cross in the left hand. Northern Italy, Venice, attributed to Cristoforo Cortese (active between 1399 and 1445) end of the first quarter of the 15th century H. 16.5 cm - L. 14.5 cm H. of the initial : 10 cm - L. : 9 cm (laminated, some wear and tear)

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Illumination on vellum, polychrome and gilt, initial D with a holy figure blessing, holding a cross in the left hand. Northern Italy, Venice, attributed to Cristoforo Cortese (active between 1399 and 1445) end of the first quarter of the 15th century H. 16.5 cm - L. 14.5 cm H. of the initial : 10 cm - L. : 9 cm (laminated, some wear and tear)

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Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM SKIN. - Wedding hours. Paris, Gruel-Engelmann, circa 1880. In-12, brown jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, black morocco lining adorned with a gilt border and gilt fleurons with a gilt numeral in the center, brown moire endpapers, gilt edges, metal clasps (Gruel). Delightful illuminated manuscript on vellum, in the style of medieval books of hours. Between 1875 and 1890, master bookbinder Léon Gruel and his half-brother Edmond Engelmann produced some of these exquisite wedding books. It contains 2 bl. ff., 48 ff. of text including the false title and the title; 4 full-page illuminations (Archangel, Coronation of the Virgin, Christ Triumphant, Nativity); 2 ff. of prayers with large illuminated decorations; 3 ff. "Souvenirs" left blank of notes; 2 bl. ff. Each page comprises 16 lines on red rules and is adorned with a beautiful foliate ornament; fine gilded initials and perfect calligraphy. Contains 2 small calligraphic flyleaves with illumination.

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A SAFAVID CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIO OF PERSIAN VERSES, PERSIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

ILLUMINATIONS. Set of approximately 23 leaves on vellum in Latin with illuminated lettering. Most feature remarkable lettering enhanced with gold. 15th century (?). Some in fair condition.

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[ENLUMINURE]. Fragment of a choir book (Gradual or Antiphonary?) Historiated Q initial Adoration of the shepherds France, Paris, circa 1530-1540 Anonymous illuminator influenced by the Groupe Etienne Colaud (?) (active in Paris from 1512 to circa 1540) Dimensions: 152 x 170 mm Illumination mounted on a cardboard base, framed in ink and marked "Peinture sur vélin" (size of cardboard base: 186 x 202 mm). This handsome historiated initial can be traced back to the 1520s-1540s. The historiated initial is inscribed in a blue lettering with white highlights, set against a liquid gold background and decorated with vine leaves and floral motifs. This type of motif is found in an Evangeliary preserved at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, MS 106, and is associated with the Colaud group and possibly with an artist known in the archives as Jean Leclerc (?), a collaborator of Etienne Colaud (see M.-B. Cousseau, Enlumineur anonyme (Jean Leclerc?), in Enluminures du Louvre (2011), cat. 127). In some respects, the present illumination recalls the work of an artist identified as Martial Vaillant, son-in-law of Etienne Colaud, documented in Paris since 1523 (he was one of the governors of the Confrérie des Enlumineurs Saint-Jean l'Evangéliste), painter of a Book of Hours for the Dauphin François (Paris, BnF, NAL 104, Heures peintes en deux campagnes, l'une dans les années 1530 et l'autre plus tard dans les années 1550 pour les encadrement ; see M.-B. Cousseau, Etienne Colaud et l'enluminure parisienne sous le règne de François Ier (2016), pp. 87-91). Further research is needed to better identify the illuminator of this initial, which also shows influences from the major artist of these decades, namely Noël Bellemare, whose compositions influenced the artists of the "Colaud group". Expert: Ariane ADELINE

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