PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Feb 5, 2022
possibly 17th century, intact, bound hand illuminated antiphonary, undated, bound in full leather over wood boards, with four raised bands, front and back with pierced metal decorative hardware, intact leather clasp (later), probably bound later, containing 184 double sided vellum sheets, plus four additional double sided vellum sheets (possibly associated), 188 sheets total, unpaginated, each sheet with black and red musical notes and decorations, with initial vignettes, the first with floral decorations in color, a few in blue and red, with cloth place marker ribbons, 21-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 4-1/4 in.
Provenance: From a Private Collection Assembled in Spain and Britain from the 1960s through the 1980s
with wear at top and bottom of spine and at extremities with some losses, metal pieces with some verdigris, foredges with hand written lettering, sheets with typical wear and occasional staining at edges, a few with small holes/losses, nine sheets with one or more tears with stitch bound repairs
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