SACRAMENTARY. Fragments (two strips which fit together) from a single column from a large double-columned Sacramentary. 24 lines in dark brown ink in two sizes of Carolingian miniscule, the text being from St John Chapter 9, probably France. Sotheby's, LO7241, 4 Dec 2007, Lot 1. Creation dates:...
DICKSON, William. NORTHUMBERLAND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Collection of manuscript and printed papers relating to the 'Uniformity Act' and its administration gathered together by the Alnwick solicitor Dickson, together with his own essay on the history of weights and measures, with special referenc...
POTTER, Beatrix. Autograph Letter Signed ('H.B. Heelis (Mrs. W. Heelis)'), being a letter of recommendation to an unnamed correspondent for Benjamin Dawson, gardener, who had worked for Potter's mother. Creation dates: March 1933
TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel. Autograph Letter Signed to Mr & Mrs Ashton, parents of a student of Tolkien's at Leeds, discussing the consequences of the nervous breakdown suffered by the son, Ronald, June 1925. Autograph Letter Signed to [Ronald] Ashton, offering to supply a testimonial for a ...
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]
ILLUMINATIONS. Miniature, being a cutting from a manuscript on paper, showing God the Father with His hand on an orb and giving the gesture of benediction, North Italy, Lombardy? Creation dates: Early 16th century
BOOK OF HOURS. Leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated on vellum, showing Saint John framed between two columns, with an eagle beneath, attributed to Jean Colombe, France, Bourges. Creation dates: Circa 1480
ISABELLA OF CASTILE (1451-1504). Document Signed ('Yo la Reyna' - I the Queen), requiring her chamberlain Sancho de Parades to pay the sum of 1000 maravedis to Pero Martin, her groom of chambers, as a reward for his services, countersigned by the Queen's secretary Gaspar de Grizio, below which M...