Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

***RESERVED*** Medieval Charter. Manuscript on Parchment, 1272. Merchant Jacques De Lépine Receives Payment of 38 Sols on a House in Paris

A Monumental and Beautiful Abbasid Qur’an, Circa 1175-1200, Iraq. Substantial 27 Leaf Section of a 12th Century Arabic Illuminated Manuscript on Fine Paper, Likely Used for Leading Prayers

Espelo de Confesors, The Mirror of Confessors. Likely Copied from Martin Perez’s Libro de las Confessiones. Decorated Manuscript Confessional on Paper, Spain, Late 15th Century

Leaf from a Qur’an, Late 12th to Early 13th Century, Likely North Africa or Andalusia. Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum

Suite of Seven Folios with Large Detailed Miniatures from an Early Shahnameh, or Book of Kings, Likely Safavid Iran. Circa 1620-1650, One Leaf With Later Additions. With Heavy Similarities to the Great Windsor Shahnameh of 1648

A Suite of Ten Folios with Large Miniatures from an Early Shahnameh, or Book of Kings, Likely Safavid Iran. Circa 1600-1650. Persian Illuminated Manuscripts on Paper

Folio from the Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt, depicting a Bear, also known as The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation, 18th Century. Likely India. Illustrated Manuscript on Paper

***RESERVED*** Medieval Charter. Manuscript on Parchment, August 1270. Sale to one Gilles de Pas of Artois

Prieres de Matin, and other Prayers, 18th Century. French Manuscript Book of Morning Prayers and More

Leaf from Gratian’s Decretum Gratiani, France, Circa 1275-1325. Recovered from a Binding. Manuscript on Parchment. 30 Lines of Gothic Script, and Ornate Initials

Leaf from a Latin Breviary or Missal, Germany, 14th Century. Recovered from a Binding. Manuscript on Parchment. 30 Lines of Gothic Script, and Ornate Initials

Two Leaves from the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, France, Late 13th Century. With Early Usage of Arabic Numerals. Latin Manuscript on Parchment