| Record ID | cp011353 |
| Voet reference number | 1374 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:1113794 |
| Uniform title | HORAE |
| Title page transcription | HEVRES DE ‖ NOSTRE DAME, A ‖ L'VSAGE DE ROMME ‖ en François, auec plusieurs belles ‖ oraisons & instructions. ‖ V. ‖ EN ANVERS ‖ De l'imprimerie de Christofle Plantin ‖ en la Rue de la Chambre, à la ‖ Licorne d'or. ‖ 1557. |
| Collation | 12mo [96]: A-Kⁱ; folios 1 recto-150 verso (= for 120 verso) (Errors: 61-90 omitted, meaning that from 91 numeration too low by 30 units; 94, 98, 107 not numbered). Printed in black and red |
| Fingerprint | 155712 - # b1 A5 ost : # b2 K6 opti |
| Number of sheets | |
| Pages | [1 recto]: Title [1 verso-8 verso]: Calendar 9 recto-150 verso (= for 120 verso): Text |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcuts, showing scenes from the life of the Blessed Virgin, most bearing the monogram A of the woodcutter Arnold Nicolai: 1) vignette on title-page (A), 60 × 40, printed within a typographical rule, showing the Virgin with symbolic representations 2) 2 illustrations, 60 × 40, both printed within a typographical rule and showing the monogram of Nicolai, on folios 96 recto and 104 recto 3) 1 illustration, 57 × 47, on folio 60 verso 4) 6 illustrations, 22 × 53, all, except the last one, with the monogram of Nicolai, on folios 34 verso, 40 recto, 44 verso, 47 recto, 49 recto, 53 recto 5) 1 illustration, 21 × 50, with the monogram of Nicolai, on folio 25 recto |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus - R 51.26 |
| Bibliographical references | Not in Ruelens-de Backer and Bohatta Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 5949 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12919530 |
| Note 1 | On 18 June 1577 Plantin shipped to Arnould Langelier in Paris 250 'Heures en fransoys'. As each copy contained 10 sheets, 2½ reams of paper were used, which, at 1 florins Carolus guilders per ream, came to 2 florins Carolus guilders 10 stuivers The printing 'est de double prys [prix] à cause que sont rouge et noir': 1 florins Carolus guilders 16 stuivers per ream were charged, amounting in all to 4 florins Carolus guilders 10 stuivers, and bringing the overall charge to 7 florins Carolus guilders (Arch. 34, page 16). On 12 July 1577 were forwarded 6 'heures en francoys' to the 'Poule Grasse' (Birckman at Antwerp) (Arch. 38, folio 9 verso) and on 4 August 1557 nine copies to Jacques Boschard at Malines (Arch. 38, folio 28 verso). |
| Note 2 | See also cp011920. |
| Further reading | Bowen, Karen Lee. Christopher Plantin’s Books of Hours: Illustration and Production. Nieuwkoop: De Graaf Publishers, 1997. |
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