- Lot 1
Messine neumes
A leaf from the liturgical Office of St Remigius, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, c.900]
EstimateGBP 40,000 - 60,000Closed - Lot 2
Byzantine ekphonetic notation
A leaf from a Gospel Lectionary, in Greek, manuscript on vellum [Byzantine Empire, late 10th century]
EstimateGBP 15,000 - 20,000Closed - Lot 3
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 10th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Closed - Lot 4
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, probably Bavaria, Chiemsee, c.1000]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 5
Early German neumes
Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,016Closed - Lot 6
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Closed - Lot 7
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A partial bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 8
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first half of the 11th century]
EstimateGBP 6,000 - 9,000Closed - Lot 9
Aquitanian neumes
Two leaves from a Gradual, palimpsest, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, the underlying text 11th century, the overlying text 14th century]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 10
Aquitanian neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Abbey of St Martial, Limoges, c.1030]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 11
Northern French neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern France, mid-11th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Closed - Lot 12
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Two leaves from a Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-11th century]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Closed - Lot 13
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Closed - Lot 14
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Fragments from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Germany, mid-11th century]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 15
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 16
German accent neumes
A leaf from a Benedictine Proser, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, Bamberg/Würzburg area, second half 11th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 5,670Closed - Lot 17
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Closed - Lot 18
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Italy, second half 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Closed - Lot 19
North Spain notation
A leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Spain?, second half 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 20
Tuscan neumes
A fragment from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, late 11th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 4,032Closed - Lot 22
Beneventan neumes
Gradual, with tropes and prosulas, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, 11th century]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 23
Beneventan neumes
Gradual with Sequences, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, 11th century]
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 24
Beneventan neumes
Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, probably Bari, early 12th century]
EstimateGBP 70,000 - 100,000Closed - Lot 25
Beneventan neumes
Four leaves from a Noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, Montecassino, early 12th century]
EstimateGBP 30,000 - 50,000Closed - Lot 26
Central Italian neumes
Two leaves from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, Tuscany, early 12th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 4,788Closed - Lot 27
Central Italian neumes
A partial bifolium from a Gradual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Central or Southern Italy, c.1100-1140]
EstimateGBP 10,000 - 15,000Closed - Lot 28
Beneventan neumes
A fragment from a Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Montecassino, second half 12th century]
EstimateGBP 12,000 - 18,000Price realisedGBP 15,120Closed - Lot 29
Beneventan neumes
Gradual, with Tropes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, mid-12th century]
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Closed - Lot 30
Central Italian neumes
Two bifolia from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Central Italy, (Rome?), second half 12th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Closed - Lot 31
Central Italian neumes
A bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, possibly Emilia?, first half 12th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 32
Central Italian neumes
A partial leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, c.1150]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 33
Beneventan neumes
A leaf and a fragment from a Beneventan Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Abruzzi, c.1200]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 34
Beneventan neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Abruzzi, c.1200]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 35
Beneventan neumes
Five fragments from Service Books, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [southern Italy, 12th and 13th centuries]
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 1,512Closed - Lot 36
Central Italian neumes
A bifolium from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 2nd half 13th century]
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 504Closed - Lot 37
Beneventan neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [southern Italy, 13th century]
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 2,142Closed - Lot 38
Square neumes
Two leaves from a Pontifical, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France or Germany, mid-12th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Closed - Lot 39
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Germany, first half 12th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 1,890Closed - Lot 40
Cistercian neumes
A bifolium from a Gradual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [northern France, mid-12th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 4,788Closed - Lot 41
Cistercian neumes
A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, mid-12th century]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Price realisedGBP 6,048Closed - Lot 42
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Tonary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, c.1150]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 43
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half 12th century]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 44
Early German neumes
Leaves from a Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Austria or southern Germany, second half 12th century]
EstimateGBP 15,000 - 20,000Closed - Lot 45
English neumes
Two leaves from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England, late 12th century]
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Closed - Lot 46
Staffless diastematic neumes
A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [northern Spain or southern France, late 12th century]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Closed - Lot 47
St Gall neumes
A partial leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Eastern France, ?Alsace, early 13th century]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Closed - Lot 48
Middle Byzantine notation
A leaf from a noted Service Book, possibly an Irmologion, in Greek, manuscript on vellum [Greece or perhaps Sicily?, 13th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 6,930Closed - Lot 49
Square notation
A leaf from the Beauvais Missal, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern France, perhaps Beauvais or Amiens, late 13th or early 14th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 9,450Closed - Lot 50
Square notation
Two leaves from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, c.1300]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 51
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Two leaves from a noted Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, early 14th century]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Closed - Lot 52
Metz-German notation
A leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [German, mid-14th century]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,260Closed - Lot 53
Hufnagel notation
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-14th century]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 54
Hufnagel notation
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-14th century]
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 504Closed - Lot 55
North Spanish square notation
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Spain, mid-14th century]
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 1,134Closed - Lot 56
English square notation
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England, 1st half 15th century]
EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000Price realisedGBP 2,142Closed - Lot 57
Monk of Salzburg
A leaf with sacred songs, in German and Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-15th century]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 5,040Closed - Lot 58
Hufnagel notation
A bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany or Flanders, 15th century]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Closed - Lot 59
Silesian notation
A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Poland, Wrocław?, mid-15th century]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Closed - Lot 60
Prague notation
Two leaves from a Hymnal, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Czech Republic, late 15th century (after 1481)].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 882Closed - Lot 61
Prague notation
A fragment from a Choirbook, in Czech, manuscript on paper [Bohemia, late 15th century]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 62
Venturino Mercati (active 1470s)
St Peter, historiated initial 'L' on a leaf from an illuminated Antiphonal on vellum [Lombardy or Siena, c.1470s]
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Closed - Lot 63
Mensural notation
Ordenung des hohen Ampts am Pfingsten mit Choralmelodien in Mensuris singen, in German, manuscript on paper [Germany, 16th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,772Closed - Lot 64
A polyphonic Credo for Discant and Tenor
Four fragments from a musical manuscript, in Latin and Eastern Upper German, on paper [Bayern-Salzburg, 2nd half 15th or early 16th century]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Closed - Lot 65
Papal scribe Johannes Parvus
A fragment from a Choirbook, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [perhaps Flanders, mid-16th century, ?after c.1535]
EstimateGBP 6,000 - 9,000Closed - Lot 66
Chants for the Mass
Kyriale, in Latin, calligraphic manuscript on vellum [?Austria, 16th century]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Closed - Lot 67
A polyphonic Kyrie
Two partial leaves from an Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Spain, 16th century]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 68
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Manuscript compilation of the seven Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales, n.p. [Germany], n.d. [1st half 19th century]
EstimateGBP 600 - 900Price realisedGBP 504Closed - Lot 69
Teodore Riccio (1540-1600)
Autograph musical manuscript signed (‘Theodorus Riccius’), from a canon, n.p. [probably Ansbach, Germany], 27 April 1597
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,016Closed - Lot 70
Old Russian neumes
Sticherarion, with other material, in Church Slavonic, illuminated musical manuscript on paper [Russia, early 17th century]
EstimateGBP 10,000 - 15,000Closed - Lot 71
Old Russian Neumes
Festal Triodion, in Church Slavonic, musical manuscript on paper [Russia, early 17th century]
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Closed - Lot 72
Old Russian neumes
Sticherarion, in Church Slavonic, illuminated musical manuscript on paper [Russia, mid-17th century].
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Closed - Lot 73
John Hilton the younger (1599-1657)
Contemporary manuscript copy of Short service ‘in Gamut’, n.p. [England], n.d. [c.1630-1660s]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 3,024Closed - Lot 74
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Contemporary manuscript of the opera Armide, LWV 71, n.p. [France], n.d. [17th century]
EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000Closed - Lot 75
Later mensural notation
Psalms in mensural notation, decorated manuscript on paper [France, c.1700]
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Price realisedGBP 6,048Closed - Lot 76
Late Byzantine notation
Papadike, in Greek, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Empire, ?Macedonia]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Closed - Lot 77
Nonantola Abbey Pontifical
Pontifical, use of Nonantola, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, Italy, Nonantola, 1719
EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000Closed - Lot 78
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Contemporary scribal manuscript of the Toccata in D minor for harpsichord, BWV 913, n.d. [probably first quarter 18th century]
EstimateGBP 40,000 - 60,000Closed - Lot 79
François Couperin (1668-1733) and others
Manuscript transcription of music for flute, n.p. [France and England], n.d. [first half 18th century]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,386Closed - Lot 80
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Manuscript of the choruses from the oratorio Messiah, HWV 56, with the libretto in German translation, n.d. [18th century, after 1772]
EstimateGBP 8,000 - 12,000Price realisedGBP 9,450Closed - Lot 81
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Contemporary scribal manuscript of the four Coronation Anthems, ‘Zadock the Priest’, ‘Let thy hand be strengthened’, ‘The king shall rejoice, ‘My heart is inditing’, HWV 258-261, n.p. [England], n.d. [18th century, after 1730]
EstimateGBP 20,000 - 30,000Price realisedGBP 25,200Closed - Lot 82
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Contemporary copyist manuscript of the Mass in D major, P.46, n.p. [?Austria or Germany], n.d. [18th century].
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 630Closed - Lot 83
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Early manuscript copy of the Stabat mater dolorosa, P.77, n.p. [Italy, ?Naples], n.d. [second half 18th century]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000Price realisedGBP 1,008Closed - Lot 84
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Contemporary scribal manuscript copy of La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq. 13, n.p. [?Vienna], n.d. [before 1787]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Closed - Lot 85
Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734-1794)
'Recueil D’airs avec Accompagnement d' Guittare', in French, illuminated manuscript on paper [France, later 18th century]
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Closed