Lot 11 · Valuable Books and Manuscripts
A Saint or Prophet in prayer, historiated initial 'U' cut from an illuminated choirbook on vellum [Bologna, c.1320]
Second Master of the San Domenico Choirbooks
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- Estimate
- £2,500–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,091–$3,710
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books and Manuscripts, London · 14 December 2022
- Dimensions
- 73 x 73mm. Initial 'U' with a praying Saint or Prophet (some craquelure to the burnished gold, a few losses of pigment to the faces of God and the Saint, the red of the Saint's robe a little smudged)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3394151
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3394151 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3394151
Second Master of the San Domenico Choirbooks, A Saint or Prophet in prayer, historiated initial 'U' cut from an illuminated choirbook on vellum [Bologna, c.1320]. Christie's, 14 Dec 2022, lot 11. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3394151.
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Second Master of the San Domenico Choirbooks, A Saint or Prophet in prayer, historiated initial 'U' cut from an illuminated choirbook on vellum [Bologna, c.1320]. Christie's, 14 Dec 2022, lot 11. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3394151.
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