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Lot 18

Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450

Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
Lot 18 Details
Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450

12 mo., 698pp. including feast day calendar and rubrics in littera bastarda of the 15th century, breviary proper in written in double columns with red and blue initials, and a number of larger, illuminated capitols, in later vellum boards having a ribbed spine titled 'Breviarium Collegii S. Gertrudis' and a brass clap, now boxed
boards 6.75 x 5.1 x 3.25 in — 17.1 x 13 x 8.3 cm

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $21,600
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Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
  • Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
  • Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
  • Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
  • Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
  • Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
  • Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
  • Medieval Belgian Breviary Romanum from the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles Abbey, Brabant, Belgium, c.1450
Provenance:

Noted owners:
Illegible, 1481
Helena de Montmorency, (Cannoness of Nivelles)
Madamoyselle de Malberghe, 1598
Helena de Montmorency, Cannoness of Nivelles, 1599
Isabel Doyenbrughe de Duras (Abbess of Nivelles, 1654-1688)

CONDITION DETAILS

In very good condition. May have been trimmed for binding. Calendar missing leafs for March, April, May and June. Pagination in modern pencil. Various owners with dates in quill.

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