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some on a field of burnished gold (containing in the eye i.a. a large peacock (f. 15r), a little dragon
(f. 65v) or flowers). The border decoration includes vegetative and animate motives, including half-
length angels holding ink sprays (f. 15r), 2 birds (f. 65v), 4 small monsters with a man’s head
(f. 104r & 174r), a dragon (105r), a bear (129v), and 2 half-length angels holding shields with
Instruments of the Passion (151r).
Illumination
:
14 full-page miniatures in full borders
(4 facing a 9-line initial, 9 facing a 4/5-line
inital), all within a frame with a gold outer band and a salmon inner band. Subjects: Annunciation
(f. 14v), Angels singing (f. 26r), Crucifixion (64v), Betrayal and Arrest (74v), Christ before Pilate
(80r), Flagellation (83v), Carrying of the Cross (87v), Crucifixion (91r), Lamentation (94v),
Entombment (99v), Christ the Saviour (103v), Pentecost (130r), Last Judgement (150v), Funeral
Service (189v). The miniatures are in the style of the Utrecht Master of the Boston “City of God”,
and are apparently closely related to those in Ms. Frankfurt, SUB, germ. oct. 33 or share features
with e.g. Ms. The Hague, KB, 131 G 4.
Provenance
: “Jan Thyssen” (17th c., f. 196v).
Ref.
L.S. Wierda, De Sarijs-handschriften (1995);
The golden age of Dutch manuscript painting (1989; intr. J. Marrow).
863 [Calligraphy]
- “
Lettres de texte et la maniere de s’en seruir
en copiant ces trois lignes bien
souuent”. [France, c. 1671], French writing master’s copy book, oblong manuscript on vellum, c.
16 x 20 cm, 14 ff., written in a “bastarde brisée” in black ink within a double ruled border, c. 11,2 x
17 cm, disbound, sewn (last f. loose, minor traces of use). In good condition.
Cfr. ill.
€ 600/800
Nice model book with alphabets and examples of commercial scripts and documents. Some with a
date (1666, 1670) or with a reference to Louis XIV. Old name “Milhaud” on 2 ff.
~ Brussels (?) calligrapher L. Vanypen ~
864 [Calligraphy]
- “
Devoir du chretien - Elévations durant la Ste Messe - Litanies de la Sainte
Vierge
”. (Most probably Southern Netherlands, Brussels?), manuscript prayerbook, 1759, 11 x 8,5
cm, cont. red leather (sl. rubbed), elaborately gilt floral decoration on covers, gilt spine, gilt sides,
a.e.g., silk markers, 44 ff. Well preserved, nice small manuscript.
€ 250/400
Text excellently written within double line borders and signed “A La Plume par L. Vanypen” on last
page. Some coloured decorative penwork and ornaments. Dated 1759 (“Oraison a Saint Francois
de Borgia Protecteur contre le tremblement de terre” i.e. a reference to the Lisbon earthquake
of 1755). Collector’s stamp De Ridder, sm. letter (1945?) about the provenance pasted on lower
endpaper.
863