MS on grey steatite, North Syria/North Iraq/Iran, 5th millennium BC, 1 square stamp seal, 3,0x3,5x0,6 cm, 1 pictographic sign on reverse, pierced through.
MS on clay, North Syria/highland Iran, 7th-6th millennium BC, 1 oval stamp seal, 4,9x4,0x3,9 cm, with gable handle pierced through.
Black goatskin book box worked in cuir-ciselé technique throughout with inscribed lid.
Decorated black cowhide book box with blindstamped decoration on a ground of min back; dome-shaped lid attached with long iron hinges and with clasp to lock on the front of the box, iron loops for a carrying strap.
MS in Arabic on paper, Iran, ca. 1300, 10 vols, muhaqqaq script, titles, verse dividers, marginal medallions, red penwork arabesques, framed in gold, containing varying number of medallions and lozenges.
Copper gilt upper cover of a gospel book in central panel the Crucifixion, with Christ flanked by the Virgin and St. John.
Upper cover of a Gospel book, originally on wooden boards, with Christ in majesty holding a gospel book within a mandorla, surrounded by the 4 gospel symbols.
MS in Latin on vellum, Paris, France, ca. 1200, in regular early Gothic book script of high grade by at least 3 scribes, marginal glosses within elegant triangular designs in an exquisite Gothic book script, related to the finest MSS of the workshop of Ptolemy's Almagest.
