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The Crosby-Schoyen Codex, in Coptic, manuscript on papyrus |
middle 3rd century into 4th century |
GBP 2,000,000.00 - 3,000,000.00 |
GBP 3,065,000.00 |
| 4 |
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Codex Sinaiticus Rescriptus, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic and Georgian, manuscript on vellum |
the underlying text late 5th-7th century, the overlying text 979 |
GBP 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 |
GBP 1,250,000.00 |
| 39 |
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Statutes of England, from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI, in Anglo-Norman French and Middle English, and the Modus Tenendi Parliamentum, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
mid 15th century (after 1445) |
GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 |
GBP 289,800.00 |
| 8 |
Bede (c.672-735) |
Bede (c.672-735), In Marci evangelium expositio, in Latin, manuscript on vellum |
c.1050-1075 |
GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 |
GBP 277,200.00 |
| 62 |
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The 'Schoyen chronicle' and John Major's Historia Maioris Brittanniae, in Latin, manuscript on paper |
c.1511 and c.1526 |
GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 |
GBP 277,200.00 |
| 40 |
Lactantius (c.250-c.325) |
Lactantius (c.250-c.325), Divinae Institutiones, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
c.1420-30 and c.1450s |
GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 |
GBP 252,000.00 |
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Plinius Secundus Maior, Gaius ('Pliny the Elder') |
Plinius Secundus Maior, Gaius ('Pliny the Elder'), Naturalis Historia Books 1--13 and 19--37, in Latin, two volumes, decorated manuscripts on vellum |
after 1382 (vol. II) and late 14th or early 15th century (vol. I) |
GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 |
GBP 176,400.00 |
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Book of Hours, use of Paris, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
c.1485 |
GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 |
GBP 163,800.00 |
| 28 |
Francesco Petrarca (1304--1374) |
Francesco Petrarca (1304--1374), Epistolae seniles, Books IX--XVII, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
late 14th century |
GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 |
GBP 132,300.00 |
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Johannes Monacus (Jean le Moine) (d. 1313) |
Johannes Monacus (Jean le Moine) (d. 1313), Apparatus sexti libri decretalium, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
mid 14th century |
GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 |
GBP 105,840.00 |
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Haimo of Auxerre (d. c.865) |
Commentarium in Cantica canticorum; Latin, manuscript on vellum |
late 10th?/11th century |
GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 |
GBP 88,200.00 |
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The Vic Bible, with the Prologues attributed to St Jerome and Interpretation of Hebrew Names, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
mid-13th century |
GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 |
GBP 88,200.00 |
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The Gaetani Bible: Bible with prologues and Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
early 14th century |
GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 |
GBP 88,200.00 |
| 50 |
Gaius Valerius Catullus |
Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
c.1475 |
GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 |
GBP 88,200.00 |
| 34 |
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Antiphonal for Franciscan use, in Latin with scribal notes in German, decorated manuscript in two volumes on vellum |
1430 |
GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 |
GBP 81,900.00 |
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New Testament, in Greek, decorated manuscript on vellum |
13th century |
GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 |
GBP 75,600.00 |
| 26 |
Petrus Comestor (1100-1178) |
Petrus Comestor (1100-1178), Historia Scholastica, in Middle High German, decorated manuscript on paper |
c.1380 |
GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 |
GBP 75,600.00 |
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Plato (c.427-347 BC) |
Phaedo and Phaedrus, in the Latin translation of Leonardo Bruni, and the Pseudo-Platonic Axiochus, trans. Cencio de' Rustici, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
2nd half 15th century |
GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 |
GBP 63,000.00 |
| 46 |
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Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper |
15th century |
GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 |
GBP 63,000.00 |
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A sammelband, in Latin with some Middle High German, manuscript on paper |
c.1380-1430 |
GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 |
GBP 56,700.00 |
| 11 |
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Calendar of Service forms, Apoluses, and the Gospel of St Matthew, in Greek, illuminated manuscript on paper and vellum |
12th and 16th centuries |
GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 |
GBP 52,920.00 |
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Miscellany of texts, including the story of Barlaam and Josephat, in Serbian Church Slavonic, manuscript on paper |
early 15th century |
GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 |
GBP 52,920.00 |
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Breviary, for the use of Birgittine Nuns, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
c.1475 |
GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 |
GBP 52,920.00 |
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Apostol, containing the Acts of the Apostles and all New Testament canonical epistles, with interpretations by John Chrysostom, Athanasios of Alexandria, Severianus of Gabala and other church fathers; St Paul's travels, his death in Rome, and his Roman ci |
c.1500 |
GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 |
GBP 50,400.00 |
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[Pedro IV of Aragon (1319-1387)] |
[Ordinacions de Pere III], in Catalan, decorated manuscript on paper and vellum |
probably between 1412 and 1416 |
GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 |
GBP 47,880.00 |
