The Feeding of the Five Thousand, in a historiated initial from a manuscript of Augustine

The Feeding of the Five Thousand, in a historiated initial from a manuscript of Augustine, Tractatus in Iohannem, in Latin, on parchment [Alsace (perhaps Strasbourg), c. 1460-70] Single initial 'M' (m

Historiated initial under glass, apparently cut from a larger illuminated Gospel or antiphonal manuscript. Pigments and gold leaf. Minor losses. Approx. 5 3/8" x 6 3/4".

Leaf from a Psalter, with a large historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (probably Rouen), mid-thirteenth century] Single leaf, with a large historiated in

Leaf from a Breviary, with a fine historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Ferrara or Cremona), c. 1470] Single leaf, with double column of 36 lines of a tiny gothic

‡ Leaf from the Llangattock Breviary, with two historiated initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Ferrara), 1441-48] Single leaf with double column of 30 lines of a roun

A leaf from a Latin bible printed at Lyon in 1514. Five portrait initials, from Ecclesiastes, Early manuscript notes. Fine condition, measures 4.5 x 7". Accompanied by a color copy of the title leaf.

ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATOR (15TH CENTURY) Historiated initial 'T'(erribilis) est locus iste: hic dom[us Dei est], circa 1450 ink and gold leaf on vellum 14 x 12.7 cm (5 1/2 x 5 in.) LOT NOTESFor a

Psalter, Latin. Single leaf from a Psalter, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, historiated initial in red and blue, in dark brown ink, staves in red, browned, laid down on old pasteboard as the cover of

‡ Two cuttings with historiated initials from a Gradual, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [southern Germany, Bohemia or perhaps Hungary, c. 1500] Two nearly square cuttings, each wi

‡ Six initials on cuttings, with five humans, including a hunter with a bow and a hare slung over his shoulder, a cat and a finely drawn hunting hound, from two illustrated manuscripts on parchm

15th Century Illuminated Medieval Antiphonal Leaf with a large Illuminated Initial "A" having six lines of manuscript music and five-line staves in red with black notes and black gothic text on both s

The 1977 Five Thousand Piso Gold Coin of the Phillippines

Two Antiphonary Leaves, Historiated Initials, two leaves, one with two illuminated historiated initials, depicting an armored soldier and a child on a pillow holding a book, the second with an illumin

IRELAND - JAMES I Illuminated letters patent creating Thomas Cromwell the Viscount Lecale, in Latin, signed at the foot by Francis Edgeworth, Clerk of the Hanaper, bearing historiated initial letter p

Leaf from the gargantuan 'Bohun Bible', with an illuminated initial, manuscript in Latin on parchment [England (East Anglia, perhaps Cambridge), c. 1340] Single leaf, with double column of 22 lines in

Four (4) 1949 Chinese Bank Notes including: 1949 Twenty Yuan Note (Serial # 14893552) Two (2) Differently styled 1949 Five Thousand Yuan Note (Serial # 1618662 and 01714428) 1949 Two Hundred Yuan Note

Heading: (Cuba - Slavery) Author: Title: Bound volume of documents relating to an auction of slaves in Cuba Place Published: Cuba Publisher: Date Published: c.1860s Description: Fi

A Group of Five-Thousand-Yuan Banknotes.

Health.- Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Castel of helth corrected and in some places augmented, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut arms at end of table and historiated initials,

[Flacius, Matthias]. Ecclesiastica Historia, intergram Ecclesiae Christi ideam ... Basle: Joannes Oporinus, 1560 engraved title device, historiated initials; (approx 500ff), old blind-ruled reversed c

Substantial remains of a single gathering from a large manuscript of Augustine, De sermone Domini in monte secundum Matthaeum, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [probably Germany, second hal

CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE TOPKAPI SARAY MUSEUM, Three Volumes. One thousand five hundred copies of this edition have been printed of which this is number 1384. 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches.

CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE TOPKAPI SARAY MUSEUM, Three Volumes. One thousand five hundred copies of this edition have been printed of which this is number 1384. 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 INCHES.

Three cuttings from a large Carolingian Theological Compendium , with a decorated geometric and animal initial, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [most probably France, ninth century (probably first h