04-27-2008, 10:00 PM
SP Silver Wrote:Shlama Kulkhon:
This is the latest whereabouts of the Khabouris Codex. It was to be auctioned off at Sotheby's in London, England. Does anyone have any more current information. Was the auction completed or was the Khabouris withdrawn?
Shlama,
Stephen
Lot Details
Sotheby's - London - 2007
Show Location Details
34-35 New Bond Street
London, Greater London
Shlama Stephen,
1/ Results of a quick web search:
Quote:"Selections from the James Melikian Collection"
One of the foremost private collections of ancient illuminated texts, the James Melikian Collection features several rare objects of note. "The Khabouris Codex" is one of only two Assyrian New Testament manuscripts from the 11th/12th centuries, written in Aramaic, and still in existence in the Western Hemisphere (the other is housed in the Library of Congress). "
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Quote:PHOENIX, AZ -- 10/23/07 -- Phoenix Art Museum will present one of its most divine exhibitions from December 11, 2007 - March 9, 2008, focusing on handmade Bibles and religious manuscripts from throughout history. Bringing together the old and new, three unique exhibitions will collectively span the more than 1300 years of history represented through this ancient art form. Highlighting this exhibition will be one of the most remarkable artistic endeavors undertaken this millennium as the museum plays host to "Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible" -- the only handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned since the advent of the printing press more than 500 years ago.
Concurrent with "The Saint John's Bible," Phoenix Art Museum will host "The Early History of the Bible" from the world-class collection of sacred manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and "Selections from the James Melikian Collection" from a private collection in Phoenix representing more than 20 ancient Christian and Jewish texts and manuscripts from these two important collections.
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From the above I understand that at the end of 2007 the codex was in James Melikian Collection.
2/ Sotheby's site allows some searches. This Codex is not in the sold lot archive, seems like it has been withdrawn.
Detailed auction results are also available when you login. Registration is free, at least this is what they say on the web page.
Do you know which auction is this Lot 30 referring to? (e.g. LO7403, Continental Books, Manuscripts and Science?).
Or maybe have an approximate date? There were over 100 auctions at New Bond Street in 2007.
Jerzy