| Record ID | cp011137 |
| Voet reference number | 1351 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Uniform title | HORAE |
| Title page transcription | [Within woodcut-frame:] HORÆ ‖ BEATISSIMÆ ‖ VIRGINIS ‖ MARIÆ, ‖ AD VSVM ROMANVM. ‖ Nunc primùm perquàm syncerè castigatæ atque re= ‖ purgatæ, ac triplici officio illustratæ. ‖ ⊕ 18 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ - ‖ M.D.LXV. |
| Collation | 8º (158 × 108 [148 × 90 = woodcut border] [95]): [*⁸], A-Z⁸, a-f⁸; pages [1-16], 1-345 (for 355 = 461), [462-464] (Errors: 76 for 67, 72-73 for 78-79, 105-106 for 106-107, 156 for 144, 48 for 148, 171-172-173-174-175-176-171-172-173-174-175, 179 for 176; after 213 numeration was resumed from 114 onwards; in this part following errors: 821 for 128, 176 for 175, 82 for 182, 155 for 255, 288 for 290, 345 for 355. This means that from page 177 numeration too low by 6, from page 213 by 116 units). Printed in black and red. All pages within woodcut-borders |
| Fingerprint | 156508 - # 1b1 A Qu : # 1b2 Z5 e$d - # 2b1 a s : # 2b2 f5 o$ |
| Number of sheets | 30 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2-4]: Introduction to the calendar (parts in italic type) [5-16]: Calendar (parts in italic type) 1-345 (for 355 = 461): Text (parts in italic type) [462-463]: Table (on two columns; italic type) [464]: illustration; EXCVDEBAT CHRISTOPHORVS ‖ PLANTINVS, ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ IDIB. IVNII. M.D.LXV |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcuts showing scenes from the life of the Blessed Virgin, the four Evangelists, saints: a) 9 illustrations, 87 × 57, with the monogram of the woodcutter Arnold Nicolai, on pages 36, 70, 80, 98, 113, 136, 82 [for 182], 186, 189; b) 7 illustrations, 55 × 55, with on most the monogram of the woodcutter Cornelis Muller, on pages 27, 29, 31, 33, 57, 85, 90; c) 1 illustration, 30 × 23, on page 214; d) 38 illustrations, showing saints, 21 × 15, on pages 214, 216 (2 ills, on one page), 217, 218, 219 (2), 220, 221 (2), 222, 223, 224 (2), 225 (2), 226 (2), 227, 228, 229 (2), 230, 231, 232, 233 (2), 234, 235, 236 (2), 237, 238, 239, 240, 256, 259, 263; e) Woodcut-borders of various designs |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus - R 11.9Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience AntwerpBritish Library LondonBodleian LibrariesBibliothèque de l’ArsenalVatican Apolstolic LibraryMunicipal Library VersaillesUNamur- R6A.0430 |
| Bibliographical references | Bohatta, nos. 1270, 1271 (?) and 1273 (?) Lacombe, nos. 582 and 582 bis Not in Ruelens-de BackerCockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 1491 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12926209USTC 401232 |
| Note 1 | According to the colophon the printing was finished on 13 June 1565. |
| Note 2 | The cost-accounting note in Arch. 4, folio 77 verso, gives the following details about 'Horae Latinae in 8º': the wages for composing and printing are entered from 3 February until 9 June 1565, with a last entry for quire f (probably overseen and now noted) on 7 July, for a total amount of 65 florins Carolus guilders 13 stuivers Of the edition 1,000 copies were printed. As each copy contains 30 sheets, 63 reams of 'papier grand bastard' were used, which, at 2 florins Carolus guilders 2 stuivers per ream, came to 132 florins Carolus guilders 6 stuivers An additional expense of 17 stuivers is noted for 'les copies des heures' (probably copies of the editions from which Plantin's publication was reprinted), bringing the overall costs to 188 florins Carolus guilders 16 stuivers Very likely a large part of the publication was intended for the Parisian bookseller Lucas Brayer, as Plantin notes on the opposite page: 'Le 18 May [1565] respondu a Lucas Brayer que la rame vaudra pour luy, s'il en veut 500, à papier et faceon en 5 lb. 10 stuivers [= livres artois?] pour rame'. |
| Note 3 | Listed in M 296, folio 8 verso ([Horae Rom.] lat. in 8º grand pap[ier], f[euilles] 30, [price:] stuivers 7). |
| Note 4 | According to Karen Lee Bowen, this edition was set and printed along with cp010562 between 27 january and 7 july 1565 . For payments for the setting of this Horae see Arch. 31 folio 21 verso and possibly 21 recto. For payments for the printing see Arch. 31 folio 28 recto. Beside Arch 4 folio 77 verso, this Horae is also mentionned in Arch. 3 folio 21 verso, 22 recto, 22 verso, 27 recto, 27 verso, 28 recto, 28 verso, 29 verso, 30 recto, 30 verso and 31 verso. (Bowen, Books of Hours, page 222) |
| Further reading | Bowen, Karen Lee. Christopher Plantin’s Books of Hours: Illustration and Production. Berchem: Nieuwkoop, 1997 |
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