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expertly written in black/brown ink, 23-24 ll. In very good condition (some central quires def. at top
because of damage probably caused by a bullet).
Cfr. ill.
€ 8000/10000
Contents:
a voluminous collection of some very rare Middle Dutch prayers including i.a. “Dat
roesengertten”, the “Hundert Betrachtungen und Begehrungen” by Henricus Suso, a Marian
Psalterium and Litany, a text by Jacobus van Gruitrode etc.
Decoration:
rubricated throughout in red; numerous 2- and 3-line initials; over 40 larger initials in
red and blue with penwork decoration; marginal penwork decoration (incl. human faces) on some
vellum ff.; some penwork decoration in rectangular border strips.
Provenance
: on verso of lower flyleaf “Bidt voor suster Anneken | Belhem die dit bouck | heeft laten
schriue(n) ende bekostichet” (17th c.?), on f.[2]r in pen “Anna Maria | Dierna | M. E. Tielens”
(A.M. Dierna, d. 1733, was prioress of the Hasselt Witte Nonnen); on f. [1]v in pencil “Zerezo de
Tejada” [Laakdal]; loosely inserted funeral devotional engraving for “Maria-Elisabetha Paulz,
Zonhoven 1741-1822” and her husband “Philippus-Jacobus Tielens, Zonhoven 1730-1806”.
Ref.
Florilège du livre en principauté de Liège (2009) pp. 472-473 nr. 5.
878 [Medicine - gout]
-
Two documents on gout,
17th c., mod. half cloth (old folds, somewhat soiled,
ms. with sewing (?) holes). In good condition.
€ 100/120
Manuscript verse in Dutch
, [Southern Netherlands, 17th c. (1608?)], on paper, c. 21,5 x 16
cm, [2] ff. Inc. “Lieuen heer wanneer salt weesen | dat ick eens sal syn ghenesen”. Incomplete:
present stanzas 1-4 & 9-10 (hence lacking 1 f.). -
Printed broadsheet
, c. 22 x 35,5 cm. French
mock ordinance by the “Confrérie des Gouteux”, issued “à Gouttopolis aux incurables, le 33. de la
Lune”, signed by “Souffrance”, and countersigned by “Patience”. Sealed (under paper). Name of
patient added in handwriting (“Pr. anthoine de clippele de Grammont”).
879 [Medicine]
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4 études de cas
, XVIIIe-XIXe s. En français.
€ 100/150
Verny & Thizet
, Montpellier, 20/5/1739, 4 pp. sur 1 double f., in-8. Pour des dartres causés par “un
sang sec et chargé de saleures”. Ils conseillent une saignée, une purge, du bouillon de poulet aux
herbes, du lait d’ânesse, des pommades... “et l’on boira le vin bien trempé d’eau”. -
Geoffroy
, Paris,
7/3/1791, 3 pp. sur 1 double f., in-8 (déchir. et petits manques). Pour des douleurs rhumatismales,
augmentées “par le verre d’extrait de plomb qu’elle a avallé par imprudence”. Il conseille un
vésicatoire, l’usage d’eau de “bardanne” et de sureau, des demi-bains tièdes, des “pillules
savonneuses”, etc. -
Michonaux (?)
, Paris, 10/2/1820, 1 p. sur 1 double f., in-8. Il conseille une
opération. -
Cazales?
, s.l., s.d., 7 1/2 pp. sur 2 doubles ff., in-4. Longue consultation.
Joint
:
Lettre de recommandation
en faveur de Desaubleau, Nivelles, 24/5/1753, sign. non déchiffrée.
Pour un pharmacien désirant devenir médecin, avec son curriculum vitae. -
Capart, Jean
- Dédic.
aut.s. au docteur G. Kleefeld sur 1 portrait photogr., Bruxelles, 12/4/1924. Par l’égyptologue belge
“en témoignage d’estime, d’affection et de reconnaissance pour les excellents soins (...)”. Signée et
datée par le photographe Cramponi. (6 pcs)
880 [Miniature]
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Mary in Heaven
. Miniature by the Master of the Harley Froissart, [Paris, c. 1450-
1460]. Illuminated vellum leaf, aquarelle with tempera and gold leaf, c. 19,5 x 14 cm, decoration
c. 16 x 13 cm. Expertly mounted under passe-partout, both sides visible (very minor loss of sm.
pigments, a few tiny def.). In good condition.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1500
Nice miniature attributed to the Master of the Harley Froissart (BL), a Flemish illuminator of the
Ghent-Bruges School, who was active in Paris c. 1450-1460. Attribution of his work made by John
Plummer in “The Last Flowering” (Pierpont Morgan Library 1982).
Recto
: fully illuminated leaf showing Mary kneeling before God on his throne. Border decoration
with strawberry shoots, a bird in each corner, a medallion with a choir of angels, and at bottom
a person riding a snail. Text underneath (Ps. 84:5).
Verso
: border decorated with a medallion
scene (Visitation), a bird, St Catherine of Alexandria, acanthus leaves, flowers, strawberry shoots.
Text in centre: Ps. 69:2 & 12:1-4.
Ref.
Vlaamse kunst op perkament (1981) nr. 103. Leuchtendes
Mittelalter III:184-203 nr. 13.