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Welcome to Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
120 Main Street, Upton MA 01568-6193
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15th-Century North Italian Illuminated Manuscript
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During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the nobility and the merchant class in Italy could afford the services of artists to make them illuminated prayer books to take with them to church for services. Our example contains thirteen leaves hand lettered on both sides, giving a total of twenty-six pages. The manuscript is on vellum. The first page contains two miniatures, the Virgin and St. Peter. It also contains a coat of arms, which we have not yet identified. There are three other miniatures: The Virgin, St. James the Pilgrim, and St. Paul. All pages contain either text, music, or a mixture of both. We have illustrated a number of these below. The illuminations are fresh, but the pages are worn, sometimes with soiling from many years of use, sometimes corners have been lost and new corners made to keep the damage from becoming worse. At sometime in the 18th century, the manuscrpt was bound in a Florentine cover. The cover measures 195x146mm (c. 7-5/8 x 5-5/8 inches). The pages themselves measure approximately 186x136mm (7-5/6x5-3/8 inches). All pages are the same background color; page 24 below comes closest to showing it. We are asking Please call or email for current pricing information for the manuscript.
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Page 1: The Virgin Mary and St. Peter are given pride of place on the opening page; bottom center is the coat of arms of the owner. The style seems to be North Italian and the date mid to late 15th century. The illuminations, marginalia, and red letters are in very good condition and seem hardly to have aged; the black ink, however, has faded (though not so much as the photograph suggests).
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Page 4: The Virgin Mary. The style seems to be North Italian and the date mid to late 15th century. The illuminations, marginalia, and red letters are in very good condition and seem hardly to have aged; the black ink, however, has faded (though not so much as the photograph suggests).
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Page 6: St. James, who was the Apostle to Spain, shown with his pilgrim's hat. The style seems to be North Italian and the date mid to late 15th century. The illuminations, marginalia, and red letters are in very good condition and seem hardly to have aged; the black ink, however, has faded (though not so much as the photograph suggests).
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Page 24: St. Paul. The style seems to be North Italian and the date mid to late 15th century. The illuminations, marginalia, and red letters are in very good condition and seem hardly to have aged; the black ink, however, has faded (though not so much as the photograph suggests). This leaf (and only this leaf) is detached from the binding.
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Page 17: mixed text and music. The style seems to be North Italian and the date mid to late 15th century. The illuminations, marginalia, and red letters are in very good condition and seem hardly to have aged; the black ink, however, has faded (though not so much as the photograph suggests).
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Page 22: musical setting for the De Profundis (Psalm 130). The style seems to be North Italian and the date mid to late 15th century. The illuminations, marginalia, and red letters are in very good condition and seem hardly to have aged; the black ink, however, has faded (though not so much as the photograph suggests); the blue is richer than the photograph.
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Front cover. The style seems to be Florentine and the date 18th century. There is a one inch tear at the bottom of the spine (visible at left). The front tie visible at the right margins has broken off; the rear tie is fine (about 7-1/4 inches remains).
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Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
To purchase, call us at 1-800-809-3343 (1-508-529-2511 in Upton MA & vicinity) or send an email to spaightwood@gmail.com
We accept AmericanExpress, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and Visa.
We also accept wire transfers and paypal.
For directions and visiting information, please call. We are, of course, always available over the web and by telephone (see above for contact information). Click the following for links to past shows and artists. For a visual tour of the gallery, please click here. For information about Andy Weiner and Sonja Hansard-Weiner, please click here. For a list of special offers currently available, see Specials.
All works are sold with an unconditional guarantee of authenticity (as described in our website listing).
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Visiting hours: Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday noon to 6:00 pm and other times by arrangement.
Please call to confirm your visit. Browsers and guests are welcome.
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