SERMONS. Monastic manuscript, comprising miscellaneous sermons by various authors, many unidentified, for major feasts and saints, Germany, perhaps Cologne. Creation dates: Mid(?) 15th century
AUGUSTINE of Hippo (Saint). Manuscript on vellum being fragment of a single leaf from 'Tractatus VII, Cap VII' of Augustine's 'In Joannis Evangelium Tractatus CXXIV', [Germany]. Bloomsbury Auctions, 23 April 2009, Lot 222. Creation dates: [Circa 1050]
CHARLES II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Manuscript in Latin on vellum being a Restoration pardon issued by Charles II to Sir Henry Blount, with the Second Great seal of the king appended, together with a manuscript note of costs 'disbursed for Sr Henry Blunt for his pardon'. Creation...
MEDICINE. Collection of primarily plant-based medical remidies in English, circa 1630, in a single secretary hand, with a few entries and a title - 'Vade mecum. Sive catalogus medicamentorum praestantissimorum morborum quodcumq genus' - in Latin, dated 1624, in another hand, that of a physician ...
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
COSMOGRAPHY. JACOBUS AUBERIUS. Illustrated manuscript, ink on paper, entitled 'In cosmographi ...', with the name 'Jacobus Auberius' on the front binding, [France]. Bonhams, 16 June 2009, 17162, Lot 44. Creation dates: [17th century]
HENRY VIII, King of England. CULPEPER, Thomas (circa 1514 - 1541). Manuscript Letters Patent, being a grant of the Priory of Combewell in Kent to Thomas Culpeper, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, on a single vellum sheet, in a secretary hand, with elaborate decoration, and with initial portrait m...
RAMPEGOLUS, Antonius (circa 1360 - 1423). AUREA BIBLIA. Illuminated manuscript on paper, with text, sometimes known as the 'Aurea Biblia', by Rampegolus. Schussenreid, Germany. Christie's, 5746, 20-21 Jan 2009, Lot 644. Creation dates: Nov 1472
COURTENAY COMPENDIUM. MARCO POLO. The Courtenay Compendium - a collection of English and Near- and Far-Eastern historical accounts including Marco Polo's 'Description of the World', the anonymous 'Encomium Emmae Reginae', Gildas' 'Ruin and Conquest of Britain', William of Tripoli's 'State of Sar...