A. Version with woodcut-illustrations.
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| Record ID | cp013306 |
| Voet reference number | 832 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:1162561 |
| Uniform title | BREVIARIUM |
| Title page transcription | [Within double rules:] BREVIARIVM ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ Ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij ‖ Tridentini restitutum. ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. ‖ iussu editum. ‖ Cum Kalendario Gregoriano, à S.D.N. Sixto PP. V. ‖ aliquot Sanctorum Festis aucto. ‖ Pars Hiemalis. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Archityp. Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXXVII. ‖ Cum Priuilegiis Summi Pontificis, & Regis Catholici. |
| Collation | 4⁰ [158]: *-***⁸, A-Z⁸, Aa-Vv⁸, a-k⁸, 1⁶; pages [1-48], 1-686, [687-688], 1-171, [172] (Errors: in 2nd part: 248 for 148, 6?8 for 638). Printed in black and red, within double rules, on two columns separated by double rules, with the exception of pages [8-22], [43-45] (on one column), and pages [687-688] (on three columns) |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Blank [3-5]: Pius episcopus…ad perpetuam rei memoriam (Rome, 9 July 1568, signed by Cae. Glorierius and H. Cumyn) [5]: Privilege (Rome, 22 November 1568, s. Cae. Glorierius; Brussels, Privy Council, 10 January 1568, and Council of Brabant, 11 January 1568, s. De Langhe) [6-22]: Calendar [23-45]: Rubricae generales [46-47]: Absolutiones et Suffragia [48]: illustration [1] -686: Text (parts in italic type) [687-688]: Indices (italic type; on three columns) 1-107: Commune Sanctorum (parts in italic type) 108-137: Officium Beatae Mariae (parts in italic type) 137-152: Officium defunctorum 152-156: Psalmi graduales 156-171: Septem psalmi paenitentiales cum litaniis and other prayers [172]: Blank |
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| Title page transcription | [Within double rules:]BREVIARIVM ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ Ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij ‖ Tridentini restitutum. ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. ‖ iussu editum, ‖ Cum Kalendario Gregoriano à S.D.N. Sixto PP. V. ‖ aliquot Sanctorum Festis aucto. ‖ Pars Æstiualis. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Archityp. Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXXVII. ‖ Cum Priuilegiis Summi Pontificis, & Regis Catholici |
| Collation | 4⁰ [159]: *-***⁸, A-Z⁸, a-p⁸, q⁴, a-k⁸, 1⁶; pages [1-48], 1-615, [616], 1-171, [172] (Errors: in 2nd part: 206 for 209, 279 for 297, 479 for 477, 913 for 613; in 3rd part: 2 for 112). Printed in black and red, within double rules, on two columns separated by double rules, with the exception of pages [8-22], [41-43] (on one column) and page [616] (on four columns) |
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| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Blank [3-5]: Pius episcopus…ad perpetuam rei memoriam (Rome, 9 July 1568, signed by Cae. Glorierius and H. Cumyn) [5]: Privilege (Rome, 22 November 1568, s. Cae. Glorierius; Brussels, Privy Council, 10 January 1568, and Council of Brabant, 11 January 1568, s. De Langhe) [6-22]: Calendar [23-45]: Rubricae generales [46-47]: Absolutiones et Suffragia [48]: illustration [1] -615: Text (parts in italic type) [616]: Indices (italic type, on four columns) 1-107: Commune Sanctorum (parts in italic type) 108-137: Officium Beatae Mariae (parts in italic type) 137-152: Officium defunctorum 152-156: Psalmi graduales 156-171: Septem psalmi paenitentiales and other prayers [172]: Blank |
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| Illustrations | A) Pars Hiemalis: a) Copper engraving: V. on title-page (Virgin with the Child between St. Petrus and St. Paulus; 55 × 105) b) Woodcuts (with the monograms of the designer Pieter van der Borcht and the woodcutter Antoon van Leest): 5 illustrations, 110 × 75, in 1st part, page [48], and 2nd part, pages 128, 176, 440, 547, printed within woodcut-borders B) Pars Aestivalis: a) Copper engraving: cf. Pars Hiemalis; b) Woodcuts (signed P. van der Borcht and A. van Leest): 5 illustrations, 110 × 75, in 1st part, page [48], and 2nd part, pages 128, 142, 493, 570, printed within woodcut-borders; with the exception of the illustration on page 493 (printed within border of typographical fleurons) |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 1565Allard Pierson |
| Bibliographical references | Bohatta, no. 354 Bib. catholica Neerlandica impressa, no. 3923 Not in Ruelens-de Backer |
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| Note 1 | Of the edition two versions were issued: one with woodcut-illustrations (as described here), and one with copper engraving-illustrations (see following no.). |
| Note 2 | In May 1586 Plantin told his friends that he had started a breviary in 4⁰ in two volumes with the financial backing of booksellers of Paris [Sonnius] and Cologne [Mylius] (Corr., VII, nos. 1101 and 1102, cf. also no. 1112). On 30 September 1586 he sent a copy of the Pars hyemalis to the Spanish ambassador in Paris to forward it to de Cayas; on 24 October 1586 he did the same with the just finished Pars aestivalis (Corr., VIII-IX, no. 1162; cf. also nos. 1165, 1166, 1170). |
| Note 3 | 1,250 copies were printed (Arch. 788). |
| Note 4 | Listed in M 296, folio 2r (Brev[iarium] in 4⁰, 2 voll. 1587, f[euilles] 217½, [price:] cum fig[uris] (= woodcuts) florins Carolus guilders 5. Idem, a fig[ures] de cuivre, florins Carolus guilders 6), and M 321. |
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B. Version with copper engraving-illustrations.
I.
| Title page transcription | [Within double rules:]BREVIARIVM ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ Ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij ‖ Tridentini restitutum. ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. ‖ iussu editum. ‖ Cum Kalendario Gregoriano, à S.D.N. Sixto PP. V. ‖ aliquot Sanctorum Festis aucto. ‖ Pars Hiemalis. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Archityp. Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXXVII. ‖ Cum Priuilegiis Summi Pontificis, & Regis Catholici. |
| Collation | 4⁰ [158]: *-***⁸, A-Z⁸, Aa-Vv⁸, a-k⁸, 1⁶; pages [1-48], 1-686, [687-688], 1-171, [172] (Errors: in 2nd part: 248 for 148, 6?8 for 638). Printed in black and red, within double rules, on two columns separated by double rules, with the exception of pages [8-22], [43-45] (on one column), and pages [687-688] (on three columns) |
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| Title page transcription | [Within double rules:]BREVIARIVM ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ Ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij ‖ Tridentini restitutum. ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. ‖ iussu editum. ‖ Cum Kalendario Gregoriano à S.D.N. Sixto PP. V. ‖ aliquot Sanctorum Festis aucto. ‖ Pars Æstiualis. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Archityp. Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXXVII ‖ Cum Priuilegiis Summi Pontificis, & Regis Catholici. |
| Collation | 4⁰ [159]: *-***⁸, A-Z⁸, a-p⁸, q⁴, a-k⁸, 1⁶; pages [1-48], 1-615, [616], 1-171, [172] (Errors: in 2nd part: 206 for 209, 279 for 297, 479 for 477, 913 for 613; in 3rd part: 2 for 112). Printed in black and red, within double rules, on two columns separated by double rules, with the exception of pages [8-22], [41-43] (on one column), and page [616] (on four columns) |
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| Illustrations | Copper engravings, some with the monograms of the designer, Pieter van der Borcht (PB), and of the engravers, Abraham de Bruyn (AB), Pieter Huys (PH) and Joannes Wiericx (IW): A) Pars Hiemalis: 1) V. on title-page: cf. Pars Aestivalis; 2) 5 illustrations, 110 × 75, in 1st part, page [48], and 2nd part, pages 128, 176 (PB; PH), 440 (PB; IW), 547 (PB; AB), printed within woodcut-bordersB) Pars Aestivalis: 1) V. on title-page (Virgin with the Child between St. Petrus and St. Paulus; 55 × 105) 2) 5 illustrations, 110 × 75, in 1st part, page [48], and 2nd part, pages 128, 142 (PB; IW), 493, 570, printed within woodcut-borders with the exception of the illustration on page 493 (printed within border of typographical fleurons) |
| Copies | Bayerische StaatsbibliothekStaats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (only Pars Hiemalis) |
| Bibliographical references | Cf. preceding no |
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| Note 1 | Of the edition two versions were issued: one with copper engraving-illustrations (as described here), and one with woodcut-illustrations (see preceding no.). |
| Note 2 | For more details see preceding no. |
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