Manuscript

Fresh batch of material related to artist Anne and husband Hezekiah brings extra family detail

Pairing old with new has become a familiar tactic in the art market.

In February in New York, Sotheby’s will offer for sale one of the most important illustrated Hebrew Prayerbooks to come to market: The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor.

An ‘exceptional and newly discovered’ Mamluk manuscript copy of an Arabic text on hippiatry (equine medicine) was the highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s latest Islamic and Indian art sale in London.

These two pages of working lyrics for the Jimi Hendrix song Room Full of Mirrors (which later appeared on his 1971 album Rainbow Bridge) are handwritten on Londonderry Hotel, Park Lane, stationery.

Draft of a speech by the author written when he had fled US slavery appears for sale in modern-day Ohio

Original manuscript copies of the famous medieval Paston Letters come to the rostrum in Norfolk

This copy of 'The Night Land' (1912) is a presentation first inscribed on the front endpaper 'Mrs N. Harrison from William Hope Hodgson, Nov 28th /12'.

The principal contribution made by James Stirling (1692-1770) to the history of mathematics is the Methodus Differentialis, a paper first published in 1730.

Manuscript work offered in Nottingham covers contents of Georgian private museum in north London

Wedding gift for Catherine of Aragon stands out as one of the highlights at the latest Frieze Masters

Calendars listing details of prisoners in a 17th century gaol prove popular in North Yorkshire saleroom

An unexpected assist from the Richard Strauss Institute helped Clarke Auction Gallery (25% buyer’s premium) to hammer down a musical manuscript page for $9500 (£6970) against a guide of $800-1200.

Occult group listed by specialist bookseller in the 19th century reappears at a 21st century auction

A late 15th century French illuminated manuscript vellum leaf achieved the stand-out result in a collection of illuminated manuscripts offered at Batemans (25% buyer’s premium).

Etymologist buys a glossary which provides a rich seam when it comes to English language changes