ILLUMINATIONS. Book of Hours, use of Sarum, in Latin with additional devotions in Middle English. Illuminated Manuscript on vellum, London Creation dates: Circa 1410 - 1415
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. MIDDLE ENGLISH. 44 items being a miscellany of devotional texts with large initials, most of them confidently ascribed to St Augustine, Hugh of St Victor (died 1142), Peter of Blois (died 1212), Richard of St Victor (died 1327), and others, in Latin with additions with Mi...
MIDDLE ENGLISH. Manuscript text from a collection of devotional prose texts including the 'xxii Gradus Humilitatis ' or 'Twelve steps of Humility'; the incipit of the 'Epistola Sancti Macharii Monochi ad Filios', the explicit of the 'Epistola Aurea', and incipit of the 'Secreta Jeronimi', Englan...
GENEALOGICAL CHRONICLE ROLL. EDWARD IV, King of England. Genealogical Chronicle Roll, illuminated manuscript on vellum, probably produced for Edward IV or a member of his close circle. Sotheby's, LO7241, 04 Dec 2007, Lot 49. Creation dates: [March 1471 - April 1472]
MIDDLE ENGLISH. MARRIAGE CONTRACT. 2 copies of a marriage contract between Richard Burdett and Isabel Shirwode made in London; one a fair copy on vellum, in Latin, but notably with the marriage vows in Middle English, the other a more rough copy on paper. Creation dates: Nov 1478
ROSEBERY ROLLE. ROLLE, Richard (died 1349). Decorated manuscript on vellum, being the Psalms and Canticles in Richard Rolle's pre-Wycliffe English translation, along with his commentary, [Northern England (probably West Yorkshire)]. Sotheby's, LO9741, 08 Dec 2009, Lot 48. Creation dates: Circa ...