Research Catalog

Title

Hore Deipare Virginis Marie secundum usum Romanum : pleris[que] Biblie figuris at[que] chorea lethi circu[m]munite, nouis[que] effigiebus adornate, vt in septet[m] Psalmis penitentiali[bus], in vigiliis defunctoru[m], & in horis S[an]cte[m] Crucis, in horis quo[que] S[an]cti Sp[irit]us videre licebit.

Author

Catholic Church.

Publication

Exarate [qui]dem Parisiis : industria bibliographi Thielmanni Keruer, preclare Vniuersitatis Parisiane librarii iurati in vico Sancti Iacobi ad signum Vnicornis commorantis, anno D[omi]ni mil cccccxix die v mensis Decembris [5 December 1519].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kerver, Thielmann, -1522
• Master of the Unicorn Hunt, active approximately 1480-1510
• Pichore, Jean, active 1502-1520
• Wallace, Walter Thomas, 1866-1922
• Poor, Henry W. (Henry William), 1844-1915

Description

[264] pages : illustrations; 17 cm (8vo)

Uniform Title

Book of hours

Alternative Title

• Book of hours
• Hore Deipare Virginis Marie secundum vsum Romanum
• Horae Deiparae Virginis Marie secundum usum Romanum

Subject

• Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions > Early works to 1800. > Latin
• Bible. > Illustrations > Early works to 1800
• Books of hours > France > Texts > Early works to 1800
• Books of hours > France > Illustrations > Early works to 1800
• Devotional calendars > Early works to 1800
• Dance of death in art > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Woodcuts – France – 16th century.
• Metal cuts – France – 16th century.
• Vellum printings (Printing) – France – 16th century.
• Bookbinding (Binding) – France – 18th century.

Note

• Year of publication from title page. Remainder of imprint information from colophon.
• Brunet erroneously gives date as "1519, 19 Dec."
• With almanac for 1519-1538 on leaf A2v.
• Calendar on leaves A3r-A8v.
• Signatures: A-I⁸ k⁸ L-Q⁸ R⁴.
• Printed in red and black. Roman type.
• Spencer Coll. copy printed on vellum.
• Illustrations: 47 large cuts (including one repeat, B3v/M3v), approximately 125 x 80 mm or 105 x 70 mm, within ornamental architectural borders; usually with 3 or 5 lines of letterpress in subjacent border. Comprise woodcut of anatomical man on title page verso; 13 metal cuts from two octavo series previously employed by Thielmann Kerver; 29 cuts from a new series executed for Kerver in the style of German prints (including some based on woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer and Hans Schäufelein); and 3 (one repeated) in the same style, not in a series. Besides most standard Books of Hours subjects, they include the set of 31 additional subjects for the Hours of the Cross, the Hours of the Holy Ghost, the Penitential Psalms and the Office of the Dead as described in: Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. French 16th century books, pages 363-365. There are also 35 small cuts in the text (including one repeat, P1v/Q2v), of which 8 are from from a series previously employed by Kerver and 26 (one repeated) from a new series in Kerver's late style. These mostly depict saints and scenes from the Passion. For a detailed description, see Tenschert & Nettekoven, cited below. Tenschert & Nettekoven ascribe the anatomical man cut, one of the previously used octavo series (3 cuts) and the previously used series of small cuts, as well as the design of a large cut in Kerver's late style, to the Master of the Apocalypse Rose of Sainte Chapelle, also known as the Master of the Unicorn Hunt; they ascribe the other previously used octavo series (10 cuts) to the workshop of Jean Pichore. The creator of the new series of octavo cuts and small cuts is unidentified.
• Kerver's device on title page (variant of: Silvestre, L.-C. Marques typographiques, 50; Renouard, P. Marques typographiques parisiennes des XVe et XVIe siècles, 4 99).
• Historiated and decorative metal cut and woodcut borders throughout, some criblé; many are purely ornamental in Kerver's late style, with scrollwerk, foliage, vanitas motifs, putti and various other human and animal figures. Others, usually accompanied by letterpress captions, are from several series: calendar pictures; a Creation cycle; an Apocalypse cycle; signs of the Last Judgment; a Dance of Death, accompanied by (bas-de-page) a series of the dead and the Mouth of Hell; Susannah and Prodigal Son cycles; sibyls. Tenschert & Nettekoven assign most to series by the Master of the Unicorn Hunt or Pichore's workshop for Kerver; some are copies after series by the Master of the Unicorn Hunt for Simon Vostre; some, including the signs of the Last Judgment beginning on H5v, are in Kerver's late style.

Indexed In (note)

• Universal short title catalogue
• Bibliographie des éditions parisiennes du 16e siècle
• Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries
• Bohatta, H. Bibliographie der Livres d'heures (2. Aufl.)
• Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.)
• Horae B.M.V. (Tenschert & Nettekoven)
• Moreau, B. Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle
• Praet, J. van. Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin de la Bibliothèque du roi
• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection of illustrated books

Provenance (note)

• With bookplates of Henry William Poor (see Anderson Auction Company, Catalogue of the library of Henry W. Poor, part 1, November 17-19, 1908, lot 661) and Walter Thomas Wallace (see American Art Association, Illustrated catalogue of the literary treasures of Walter Thomas Wallace of South Orange, New Jersey, March 23-25, 1920, lot 659).

Binding (note)

• 18th-century French brown speckled calf, gilt. Sides within three fillets with a fleuron in each corner. Spine tooled and lettered; rebacked, with original spine strip laid down. Edges gilt. Red morocco spine label, with binder's title: Heures d. l. Vierge gothique.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1519 (Catholic. Hore)

OCLC

1008596292

Author

Catholic Church.

Title

Hore Deipare Virginis Marie secundum usum Romanum : pleris[que] Biblie figuris at[que] chorea lethi circu[m]munite, nouis[que] effigiebus adornate, vt in septet[m] Psalmis penitentiali[bus], in vigiliis defunctoru[m], & in horis S[an]cte[m] Crucis, in horis quo[que] S[an]cti Sp[irit]us videre licebit.

Publisher

Exarate [qui]dem Parisiis : industria bibliographi Thielmanni Keruer, preclare Vniuersitatis Parisiane librarii iurati in vico Sancti Iacobi ad signum Vnicornis commorantis, anno D[omi]ni mil cccccxix die v mensis Decembris [5 December 1519].

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy rubricated: Initials and capitals in red, blue and gold. Illustrations and borders are uncolored. Ruled in red throughout.

Indexed In:

Universal short title catalogue, 183928 http://ustc.ac.uk/index.php/record/183928

Bibliographie des éditions parisiennes du 16e siècle, BP16_103749 http://bp16.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41876762c/

Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, entry L-1031

Bohatta, H. Bibliographie der Livres d'heures (2. Aufl.), entry 1032

Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), v. 5, column 1622, no. 194

Horae B.M.V. (Tenschert & Nettekoven), no. 117

Moreau, B. Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle, v. 2, page 536 (1519, no. 2086)

Praet, J. van. Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin de la Bibliothèque du roi, v. 4, page 15, no. 180

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection of illustrated books, page 17

Binding

18th-century French brown speckled calf, gilt. Sides within three fillets with a fleuron in each corner. Spine tooled and lettered; rebacked, with original spine strip laid down. Edges gilt. Red morocco spine label, with binder's title: Heures d. l. Vierge gothique. NN

Provenance

With bookplates of Henry William Poor (see Anderson Auction Company, Catalogue of the library of Henry W. Poor, part 1, November 17-19, 1908, lot 661) and Walter Thomas Wallace (see American Art Association, Illustrated catalogue of the literary treasures of Walter Thomas Wallace of South Orange, New Jersey, March 23-25, 1920, lot 659). NN

Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Kerver, Thielmann, -1522, printer.

Master of the Unicorn Hunt, active approximately 1480-1510, illustrator.

Pichore, Jean, active 1502-1520, illustrator.

Wallace, Walter Thomas, 1866-1922, former owner.

Poor, Henry W. (Henry William), 1844-1915, former owner.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1519 (Catholic. Hore)