Lot 39 · Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including Highlights from The Royal Society of Medicine
St Benedict, historiated initial ‘V’ on a leaf from a Gradual, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Lombardy, final quarter 15 th century]
Lombard illuminator
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- Estimate
- £7,000–£10,000 hammer ≈ $9,317–$13,310
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs, including Highlights from The Royal Society of Medicine, London · 10 December 2025
- Dimensions
- 540 x 415mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3111984
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3111984 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3111984
Lombard illuminator, St Benedict, historiated initial ‘V’ on a leaf from a Gradual, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Lombardy, final quarter 15 th century]. Christie's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 39. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3111984.
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Lombard illuminator, St Benedict, historiated initial ‘V’ on a leaf from a Gradual, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Lombardy, final quarter 15 th century]. Christie's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 39. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3111984.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Autograph manuscripts of eleven poems from his sequence A Gallery to … | Ralph Knevet (1600-1671) | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Autograph letter signed ('A. Ada Byron') to [Emily] Milner, Fordhook … | Ada Lovelace (Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, née Byron, 1815-1852) | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem . Amst… | [LODEWIJCKSZ, Willem (fl. 16th century)] | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The most excellent workes of chirurgerye, made and set forth by maist… | VIGO, Joannes de (fl. 1500) | £10,000–£15,000 | |
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