![[MANUSCRIPT] Extracted miniature from a French Romaunt or Chronicle.](/sites/default/files/styles/auction_slider/public/images/lots/666/1553666.jpg?itok=_qfAsX5U)
Lot Details
Lot 123A
[MANUSCRIPT] Extracted miniature from a French Romaunt or Chronicle.
Likely Paris: mid-fifteenth century. 3 7/8 x 5 inches (10 x 13 cm); gold and colors on vellum, depicting a rider in gold armor on a grey horse caparisoned in white and gold, leading a troop of lancers against bowmen standing in a wagon, bows drawn, with a border of acanthus and vine to left and right; the verso with the text in a fine cursiva formata. The colors showing some oxidation on the reverse. In an early gilt frame, rather attractively wormed.
The source seems likely to be Froissart or Monstrelet,
C
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Sold for $7,560 (includes buyer's premium)
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