28 MYERS & Co., 59, High Holborn, London, W.C. 



FINE FLEMISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM OF THE 

 SCHOOL OF BRUGES, WITH 25 CHOICE MINIATURES 



S^EC XV. 



120 MANUSCRIPT HOR/E BKAT^S MARLE VIRGINIS SECUNDUM USUM ROMANUM, 

 cum Calendario et aliis officiis. A CHARMING AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED 



MANUSCRIPT ON FINE WHITE VELLUM. EXECUTED AT BRUGES ABOUT 1480-90, BY 

 ONE OF THE CLEVER MINIATURISTS OF THE CELEBRATED GUILD OF THAT CITY, 



1 80 leaves, 4^ by 3{-in , written in ICtttCS frfttftt&CSi long lines, 16 to a full-page, 

 Calendar in Latin in red and black, not full, some months having hardly any names, 

 rubrics in red, text in Latin, DECORATED WITH 15 LARGE ARCHED 

 MINIATURES OF GREAT MERIT, each surrounded by a fine border of birds of 

 gear geous plumage, butterflies, flowers, fruit, etc., beautifully painted after nature on a 

 ground of gold wash, 7 of the miniatures are slightly larger than the rest, have no 

 text on their reverse and have opposite them a similar full-page border with a large 

 ornamental initial, all but one containing the sacred monogram. THERE ARE ALSO 



10 HISTORIATED INITIALS CONTAINING CHARMING SMALL MINIATURES OF SAINTS BY 

 A CLEVER BUT ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ARTIST FROM THAT OF THE OTHER 15, all 



within three part borders of similar work to the full-page borders and by the same 

 artist, together with a large initial and very many elegantly designed large and small 

 capitals and flnials painted in white and lilac on shaded gold grounds, THE WHOLE 

 FINELY ILLUMINATED IN GOLD AND COLOURS, one miniature very 

 slightly rubbed, three just touched at the top by the binder, BUT A REMARKABLY WELL 

 PRKSERVED MANUSCRIPT, WITH WIDE MARGINS, in a XVIth Century French binding 

 of calf , single gold fillet on sides, a leafy ornament with the initial M as centrepiece, 

 acorn ornament in the middle of 4 compartments of the bach, g.e., joints skilfully 

 repaired, ^125 



A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OK THE SKILL OF A CLEVER ARTIST OF THE FAMOUS SCHOOL OF BRUGES. 

 THE MINIATURES ARE REMARKABLE FOR TOE DELIGHTFULLY DRAWN FACES AND ADMIRABLE 

 GROUPING OF THE SUBJECTS, WHILE THE TREATMENT OF SEVERAL OF THEM IS DISTINCTLY 



UNUSUAL. THE BORDER WORK OF NATURAL OBJECTS is OF GREAT DELICACY AND FINISH. 

 The larger miniatures represent : 1, Salvator Mundi, a fine typical Bruges portrait painting of 

 Christ ; 2, The Crucifixion, the cross surrounded by 6 figures, Jerusalem in the background ; 

 3, Pentecost, A VERY UNCOMMON TREATMENT OF THIS SUBJECT; Sec Illustration. 4, The 

 Virgin and Child enthroned under a canopy with two attendant angels, playing a harp and 

 guitar; 5, The Annunciation, a fine painting ; 6, King David praying; 7, The raising of 

 Lazurus, / finely painted scene with 8 figures including gravedigger, church as background. The 

 smaller miniatures represent : 1, The Salutation ; 2, The Nativity, shepherds in the distance 

 a fine interior ; 3, The Shepherds, one with bagpipes a fine exterior with houses; 4, The 

 Magi ; 5, The Presentation ; 6, Massacre of the Innocents, fine exterior with soldiers ; 7, 

 The Flight into Egypt; 8, The Deposition from the cross, an exquisitely painted group. The 

 10 small paintings depict : 1, The Trinity ; 2, Corpus Christi, two angels supporting the Host 

 on a linen cloth ; 3, Mass of St. Gregory, Christ in the tomb appears to St. Gregory over the 

 altar on which is a gold chalice, behind is a cardinal kneeling holding the Pope's tiara ; 4, St. 

 Bernard, in white habit with black stole, crozier and open book, 5, St. John the Baptise ; 6, 

 St. Peter and St. Paul ; 7, St. James the Great ; 8, St. Christopher and the infant Christ ; 

 9, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian ; 10, St. Anthony, with book, crozier and hog. The Calendar 

 is not full. The Major festivals are marked in red and include St. Amandus of Maistricht. 

 St. Eligius of Noyon (twice), St. Remigius of Rheims, St. Bavo of Ghent, St. Denis, St. 

 Donatian and St. Nichasius, both of Rheims. Those marked in black include St. Gudula of 

 Brussels, St. Hubert of Li&ge, St. Medard of Noyon, St. Remade of Spa, St. Guido of 

 Auderkcht, St. Willibrod of Utrecht, and St. Gumbert of Reims. The litany invokes St. 

 Cornelius of Ghent, St. Louis of France, St. Eligius, St. Giles of St. Omers, Ghent, St. Hubert 

 and St. Erasmus. These names point out clearly enough the provenance of the manuscript. 



[See Illustration.] 



PRESENTATION COPY TO ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. 



lai LODGE (Thomas) GOSSE (Edmund W.) MEMOIR OF THOMAS LODGE, Privately 

 Printed, 1882, 4to, finely printed on hand-made paper, roxburghe, uncut, ^5 xos 

 PRESENTATION COPY WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION, "Algernon C. Swinburne from his friend 

 the Author, 1 " on fly-leaf. Accompanied by a note, " Ten copies printed of wh. this is No, 1," 

 in Gosse's handwriting. From the library of the late Algernon Charles Swinburne. 



