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Western Illuminated Manuscripts
25 November - 9 December 2025 • London
1 5 fragments with St Gall Neumes | Germany and Northern Italy | 10th-11th century
2 The Vision of Ezekiel | by the Almagest Master: a historiated initial on a Bible leaf, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum | France, Paris | 13th century (c. 1220s)
3 Martyrdom of St Mark on a leaf from a Gradual | Italy, Bologna | 1st half of the fourteenth century
4 St Anthony of Padua, historiated initial 'I' on a leaf from a Gradual, in Latin | Italy, Siena | early 1340s
5 Vincent Beauvais | Speculum historiale in Latin bifolium on vellum with large illuminated historiated initial | Netherlands | c.1430
6 Illuminated Leaf from a Missal with Dutch text on the verso | Austria, possibly Vienna/Salzburg or Klosterneuburg | c.1430
7 Illuminated leaf from a Gradual with decorative floral border and historiated initial | Northern Italy? | 17th century
8 Three illuminatd roundels from the margins of a Choirbook on vellum illuminated by Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna | Italy, Bologna | c.1365
9 A King and a Saint, historiated initials ‘A’ or ‘N’ and ‘U’ from a Choirbook on vellum, illuminated by an unknown Master | Italy | c.1490-1500.
10 Illuminated initial ‘R’, Christus Trimphans by Taddeo Crivelli | Italy, Ferrara | c.1460
11 A Bishop Saint, historiated initial ‘S’ from a Choirbook on vellum, illuminated by the Master of the Graduals of San Salvatore in Pavia | Italy, Lombardy | c.1500
12 Imperial Charter issued by Emperor Heinrich V of the Holy Roman Empire | Italy, likely Treviso | 1116, with Imperial monogram and seal
13 Illuminated Portolan Chart of Western Europe | by Dierick Vijt | Netherlands, probably Amsterdam | c.1575–1580
14 Illuminated Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean | by Petrus Roselli | Spain, Mallorca | 1447
15 Book of Hours in German, Use of Nuremberg(?), with Latin incipits | Germany (Nuremberg?) | 2nd half of the 14th century
16 Bible with Prologues and Interpretations of Hebrew Names, in Latin | Italy, probably Bologna | dated 1273 |
17 Antiphonal, Sanctoral covering the liturgical year from August 1st to Advent | Italy, Emilia-Romagna | circa 1270-75
18 Saint Augustine. Soliloquia – Pseudo-Bernard. Tractatus de interiori domo seu de conscientia aedificanda – St Anselmus. Orationes | Italy | 1375
19 Thomas Aquinas | Quaestiones de potentia dei. Quaestiones de malo | Italy, Naples | 30 December 1480