| Record ID | cp089152 |
| Voet reference number | 1770 Only the copy with woodcut-illustrations and woodcut-borders was known in the Plantin Press |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:3242869 |
| Uniform title | OFFICIUM BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS |
| Title page transcription | OFFICIVM ‖ B. MARIÆ ‖ VIRGINIS, ‖ Nuper reformatum, ‖ ET ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. IVSSV EDITVM. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ M.D.LXXIII. |
| Collation | 8°: A-Z⁸ a-h⁸ A-D⁸ E4; pages 1-492, [493-496], 1-70, [2], (Errors: 10-21, 31-32 not numbered; 59 for 95, 98 ?) |
| Fingerprint | 157308 - # *1b1 B a : *1b2 Z t - # *2b1 a e$ : # *2b2 h pi - # 3b1 2A o : # 3b2 2E3 s$ei (State B)157308 - # *1b1 B a : *1b2 Z t - # *2b1 a $ : # *2b2 h i (State C) |
| Number of sheets | 35.50 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Blank 3-6: Bull of Pius V on the reformation of the Officium 7: Privilege (Rome, 13 March 1572) 8-[21]: Calendar 22-28: Institutio christiana 29-30: Initium sancti Evangelium secundum Ioannem [31]: illustration [32]: illustration 33-188: Officium Beatae Mariae 189: illustration 190-269: Officium defunctorum 270-277: Psalmi graduales 278: illustration 279-297: Septem Psalmi paenitentiales 297-312: Litaniae; preces; orationes 313: illustration 314-322: Officium signed by Crucis 323: illustration 324-332: Officium S. Spiritus 333-393: Exercitium quotidianum; orationes; Psalmus; Symbolum Athanasii 394: illustration 395-411: Passio Domini…secundum Matthaeum 412: illustration 413-426: Passio Domini…secundum Marcum 427: illustration 428-441: Passio Domini secundum Lucam 442: illustration 443-453: Passio Domini…secundum Ioannem 454: illustration 455-492: Orationes [493-494]: Table (italic type) [495]: illustration with the names of the illustrators Petrsu vander Borcht and Antonius van Leest [496]: Blank 1-70: Text [71]: Colophon [72]: Blank |
| Edition information | Different states. Some copies were printed with copper engraving-illustrations and copper engraving-borders (State A); other copies were printed with woodcut-illustrations and woodcut-borders (State B). In some of the copies with the woodcut-illustrations and woodcut-borders the fingerprint differs slightly and reads: - # *2b1 a $ : # *2b2 h i (state C)With: Hymni per totvm annvm (pages 1-72) |
| Illustrations | Woodcuts in A 1613 (state C): 1) V. on title-page, 72 × 72: in a circular medallion the Blessed Virgin surrounded by angels with protuding underneath Plantin's compasses and his device 'Labore et Constantia' (monogram of the wood-cutter A. van Leest) 2) 1 illustration, 130 × 70 (Tree of Jesse; monogram of the woodcutter A. Nicolai) on page 31 3) 18 illustrations, 110 × 74, with scenes from the New Testament and the Evangelists, designed by P. van der Borcht (PB) and cut by A. van Leest (AVL), their monograms figuring on most of the illustrations: pages 32 (PB, AVL), 66 (PB, AVL), 90 (PB, AVL), 98 (PB, AVL), 105 (PB, AVL), 112 (PB, AVL), 119 (PB, AVL), 133 (PB, AVL), 189 (PB), 278 (PB, AVL), 313 (PB, AVL), 323 (PB, AVL), 394 (PB, AVL), 412 (PB, AVL),427 (PB, AVL), 442 (PB, AVL), 454 (PB, AVL), [495] (PB, AVL) Digitisation of the woodblocks Engravings in 4 228 (state A): |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus - 8 883 (State B; lacks folio A1-2 with the typographical title page, folio B4, gathering G8 and folio c6-7; with provenance) - A 1613 (State C; lacks everything after folio h8) - 4 228 (State A; lacks folio h8; with provenances) Bodleian Libraries - Douce BB. 158University Library Tübingen - Gi 230 |
| Digital copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus: 4 228 |
| Bibliographical references | Bowen, K. Christopher Plantin's books of hours, p. 238-239 Ruelens-de Backer, page 138 (1573, no. 15) Bohatta, II, no. 193 (quotes British Museum and a number of catalogues, but his description - 8, 396 + 70 = 466 pages - does not fit) Bib. catholica Neerlandica impressa, no. 3423 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV 12927294 USTC 430642 USTC 407242 |
| Note 1 | This edition was published in three versions as described in M 296, folio 13v: 'In 8° cum fig. et ornamentis aeneis' (= with illustrations and borders in copper engraving) (florins Carolus guilders 8)', 'In 8° cum fig[uris] aeneis et ornamentis ligneis' (= with copper engraving-illustrations and woodcut-borders) (florins Carolus guilders 2), 'In 8° figuris et ornamentis ligneis' (= with woodcut-illustrations and borders) (florins Carolus guilders 1). The edition with with copper engraving-illustrations and woodcut-borders is not yet known. |
| Note 2 | In a letter to de Çayas, 12 January 1573, Plantin affirms that 'las horas in 8° con orlas de madera' will be finished shortly (Corr., III, no. 451, page 275). For some reason, however, only a limited number of copies were shipped to Spain and that as late as 12 November 1573: only 12 'Horȩ in 8° cum vig[nettes] (= borders) et fig[ures] de cuivre', worth 6 florins Carolus guilders 10 stuivers a piece. The shipment included also some copies in de luxe-bindings to be presented to Philip II (5 with copper engravings and 2 with woodcut-illustrations) and de Virbiesca (1 with copper engravings and 2 with copper engraving-illustrations and woodcut-borders) (Arch. 22, folio 23r). The remaining copies must have been sold by Plantin to his regular customers. |
| Note 3 | In Plantin's correspondence in those months mention is often made of 'Heures grandes', but this very likely refers to the in 4° edition of 1573 (see cp010447). |
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