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37 - [PRINTED HOURS]. Hours for the use of Rome.
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[PRINTED HOURS]. Hours for the use of Rome. Paris, Thielman Kerver for Gilles Remacle, 14 May 1501 [almanac for 1497 to 1520]. In Latin and French, printed on vellum. With 37 large engravings and 16 small engravings; historiated engraved borders, some with sifted backgrounds. Engravings based on models by the Master of the Very Small Hours of Anne of Brittany (Master of the Rose of the Apocalypse in the Sainte-Chapelle [MdA]) ["MdA für Kerver, 1497-1502"; "Kleinbilder MdA für Kerver, circa 1497"]. Large in-8°, 95 ff [of 96 ff], lacking the title leaf with Kerver's typographical mark (sig. A1 recto) and Anatomical Man and Signs of the Zodiac (sig. A1 verso) [collation: A7 (mq A1) B-M8], gothic characters (bastard gothic), initials painted in red or blue with gold highlights, endpapers in the same style, engravings and borders in black, colophon at the end of the work (sig. M8 verso). Bound in brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, brass clasps, edges spotted red (binding of the late seventeenth century or early eighteenth century). Antique binding, complete with clasps. Binding damaged, with the headpieces torn off and leather missing from the upper part of the second cover. Mottling on the endpapers, also affecting the first and last leaves. Stains at the bottom of leaves K4 verso and K5 recto, with damage to the frame. Size of binding: 214 x 135 mm; size of leaves: 205 x 132 mm. Brunet, Hours, no. 171. - Lacombe, 104 - Tenschert and Nettekoven, Horae B. M. V.: 158 Stundenbuchdrucke der Sammlung Bibermühle, Ramsen, 2003, I, no. 33 and IV, no. 33a. The engravings in these Hours are based on models attributable to the artist known as the "Master of the Very Small Hours of Anne of Brittany" (after the Paris Hours, BnF NAL 3120) or the "Master of the Rose of the Apocalypse in the Sainte-Chapelle", who was active in Paris from around 1490 to circa 1508/1510. A painter, illuminator, engraver, designer of tapestry patterns and stained glass cartoons for several Paris churches, this artist is considered to be the successor of the Master of Dreux Budé (André d'Ypres?), then of the Master of Coëtivy (Nicolas or Colin d'Amiens, alias Nicolas d'Ypres?): he could be identified with Jean d'Ypres (died 1508). Like his contemporary, the Master of the Cardinal of Bourbon, the Master of the Très Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne provided drawings for engravings in the "Ypres style", following in the footsteps of the Master of Coëtivy, between 1489 and 1507, for illustrated editions by Jean Dupré, Simon Vostre, Thielman Kerver and Antoine Vérard, among others. Exceptionally, the artist illuminated his own engravings. Colophon: "Ces presentes heures a l'usaige de Rom[m]e furent achevées le .xiiii. jour de may l'an mil cinq cens et ung. Par Thielman Kerver imprimeur & libraire juré de l'université de Paris pour Gillet Remacle libraire demourant sur le pont sainct Michel a l'enseigne de la Licorne". Provenance: old signature on the first and last leaves, partly redacted or modified, "De Mathiori in finem" and "Mathiori" (or should it read "Malgiori" after the modification?). Text: Sig. A2, Almanac for the years 1497-1520 - Sig. A2v-A8, Calendar. - Sig. A8v-B6v, Evangelical pericopes. - Sig. B7-E7, Hours of the Virgin, for use in Rome. - Sig. E7v-F7, Penitential psalms and litanies. - Sig. F7v-H1v, Office of the Dead. - Sig. H2-H3v, Hours of the Cross. - Sig. H4-H5v, Hours of the Holy Spirit. - Sig. H6-K6v, Suffrages to the saints and prayers. - Sig. K6v-K8v, Hours of the Conception of the Virgin. - Sig. L1-M7, Prayers and suffrages. - Sig. M7v-M8, Table of Hours. - Sig. M8v, Sonnet, "En la par fin de l'oeuvre louer dieu...". - Sig. M8v, colophon (see above). Illustration: Sig. A8v, Martyrdom of St John. - Sig. B1v, Saint Luke. - Sig. B2, Saint Matthew. - Sig. B2v, Saint Mark. - Sig. B3, Betrayal of Judas and arrest of Jesus. - Sig. B7, Annunciation. - Sig. C5v, Visitation. - Sig. D2, Nativity. - Sig. D3v, Announcement to the shepherds. - Sig. D5, Adoration of the Magi. - Sig. D6v, Presentation in the Temple. - Sig. D8, Flight into Egypt. - Sig. E2, Coronation of the Virgin. - Sig. E7v, David and Bathsheba at the bath. - Sig. F7v, Job on his dung heap mocked by his wife and friends; Death piercing a man. - Sig. H2, Crucifixion. - Sig. H4, Pentecost. - Sig. H6, Trinity and Tetramorph. - Sig. H6v, Christ blessing. - Sig. H6v, Christ of pity supported by an angel. - Sig. H7, Pentecost. - Sig. H7, Veil of Veronica. - Sig. H7v, Virgin and Child. - Sig. I1, Pietà. - Sig. I2v, Crucifixion between Mary and John. - Sig. I3, Saint Michael and the dragon. - Sig. I3v, Saint John the Baptist. Sig. I3v, Saint John the Evangelist. - Sig. I3v, Saints Peter and Paul. - Sig. I4, Saint James the Greater. - Sig. I4v, Saint Stephen. - Sig. I4v, Saint Claude. - Sig. I5, Saint Christopher and the Infant Jesus. - Sig. I5v, Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. - Sig. I6, Saint Nicholas and the miracle of the children. - Sig. I6v, Saint Anthony. - Sig. I7, Saint Anne teaching the Virgin to read. - Sig. I7, Saint Mary Magdalene. - Sig. I7v, Saint Catherine. - Sig. I7v, Saint Margaret. - Sig. I8, Saint Barbara. - Sig. I8, Saint Apolline. - Sig. K3v, Christ blessing holding a cruciform orb. - Sig. K4, Pietà. - Sig. K6v, Virgin and Child. - Sig. L2v, Christ standing surrounded by the instruments of his Passion. - Sig. L3v, Pietà. - Sig. L6v, Saint Genevieve. - Sig. L7, David and Bathsheba at the bath. - Sig. M6v, Pentecost. - Sig. M7, Adoration of the Magi.
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