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Talking about the Sun! - I almost forgot that a butchered manuscript
sold as single leaves on eBay, right now is in the middle of the
'Marien-Psalter' translated into medieval Dutch. The leaf for sale
now (for 2 more days) contains the last lines of psalm 55 and
psalm 56 which has become: Miserere mei Domina. lvi. (rubric in Latin),
and in Dutch:
'Ontferme mijnre vrou ontferme mijnre, want mijn herte is bereit te ondervinden dinen wil. Ende in den scheem dijnre vlogelen sel ic rusten want inder waerheit so is mi ghenoechlic mijn vercoelinge.' ...etc.
The present bid is 30 US Dollars, but, dear listmembers, please do not
encourage these speculants to butcher more complete manuscripts! The
condition of the leaf is poor, and 50 US Dollars is about the market
price. No need to hurry, there are at least 50 more identical folios
to come from the same provider, with the continued 'Psalter of Mary'
right up to psalm 150!
The preceding leaf (folio 22) was sold on 14 Jan. for 56 Euro
(containing psalms 53-55)
See the present offer:
eBay item=6507887606 (search for the item number, if you want the US eBay.com)
[This is an Original Medieval Manuscript Leaf from Book of Hours, which was made about 1420 A.D. at the beginning of the 15th Cent. in Utrecht, Netherlands.
THIS IS NO REPRODUCTION!! We guarantee for the quality and our discription as dealers who are since more than 15 years on the international market.
Leaf size about 8,4 cm by 12,0 cm, written space about 5,3 cm by 7,8 cm. Written in latin in gothic letters with a dark brown and red ink. Handpainted Initials in Red and Blue with marginal extension. Very good condition.Very nice example of medieval european Bookart. ]
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23048&item=6507887606&rd=1
The description is written by the Neumann-Walter's of Leipzig, who have no idea whatsoever, about what they in reality are selling. They just buy a manuscript cheap, cut it up in single leaves, and sell them on eBay one by one.
Quite simple - not any different from selling fresh fruit or vegetables.
Cheers
Erik
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Mag.art. Erik Drigsdahl CHD Center for Haandskriftstudier i Danmark
Kapelvej 25B 3.tv Phone: +45 +35 37 20 47
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