Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

199 ● (MANUSCRIPT LEAF.) Vellum leaf from glossed Psalter in Latin, text of 62:4-63:5 and commentary written in gothic script in black ink in 3 columns with biblical text on 16 lines in center column and commentary in outer columns ruled for 46 lines. One 3-line decorated initial in blue and many one-line initials in red. 301x198 mm; slight darkening and wrinkling in upper outer corner, minor soiling in outer and lower margins, bottom few lines of text on verso rubbed but legible. France, 12th century [800/1,200] Cf. http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BANCMSUCB147_1. 200 ● (MANUSCRIPT LEAVES.) Illuminated vellum bifolium from the calendar of a Book of Hours showing the months of January and June, with miniature for each month and historiated three-quarter border on each page in colors and gold. French text written in gothic hand in red, blue, and gold. 163x115 mm folded; some marginal soiling, light surface wear to scenes of theVirgin in border on first page. France, later 15th century [1,500/2,500] The miniature for January depicts a solitary noble feasting, and Aquarius as an angel; the one for June shows a harvester with a scythe, and a somewhat unrealistic crab representing Cancer. The borders incorporate scenes from the life of the Virgin, and figures of saints and bishops. 200 [ SEE ALSO SPREAD PRECEDING LOTS 1-3]