Lot 157
  • 157

BATTLING KNIGHTS AND ZODIAC SIGN PISCES, A TWO-PART MINIATURE [NETHERLANDS OR WESTERN GERMANY (COLOGNE?), C.1460–70]

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Battling Knights and the zodiac sign Pisces, a two-part miniature from an unidentified text, in Latin 
  • c.1460–70
cutting, c.90 by 90mm, vellum, miniature in two tiers: two fish above, a battle below, with two jousting knights in the foreground and six further knights fighting with swords in the background, the reverse with 16 lines of text in bâtarde script from a life of St Ignatius of Antioch, capitals stroked in red, silver and white darkened through oxidisation, otherwise in excellent condition