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HORAE, in Latin. Sequutur septe hore canonice bte

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Paris: Thielman Kerver, 6 June 1505. printed on vellum. Small 8vo (164 x 103 mm). Collation: [g4 (only), h-k8, i10, (no m), n-q8, r5]. 75 ff. only, non num., bound in at the end are 32 pages of manuscript prayers, and two leaves from a contemporary printed copy of an 'Officium Defunctorum'. Gothic type, rubrics in red. With eleven full-page woodcuts, f.3r, The Annunciation; f.9r, The Visitation; f.13v, The Nativity; f.16r, The Annunciation to the Shepherds; f.18v, The Adoration of the Magi; f.20v, Presentation in the Temple; f.22v, Flight into Egypt; f.26r, The Coronation of the Virgin; f.37v, A prophet speaking in Paris; f.57r, The Fountain of Youth; f.69v, Virgin Enthroned. Two in-text woodcuts, of standing saint and vera icon. Every page of text within a fine historiated border of typological scenes, most with three scenes at the side of each page and two portraits of prophets at the foot, fully captioned in red ink. Illuminated by hand throughout with one-, two- and three-line initial letters of gold on alternate grounds of red and blue, the Litany of Saints, ff. 64v-67r, with line fillers in red and blue flourished gold. At the end, ms. prayers, in Latin and English, signed by an English nun, "This was written in the year of our Lord 1690 By sister H.C." Contemporary vellum, ms. title to spine in red, 'Hora'. Condition: some occasional fading to text or border, slightly thumbsoiled, margins shaved, not affecting imagery; joints slightly cracked, extremities rubbed, bowed. Provenance: George Thomas Robinson (armorial bookplate); Charles Eamer Kempe (bookplate). a fine example from the golden age of french printing. Much of the border decoration is in the Gothic style, with some of the larger cuts more Renaissance in feeling, an attractive compilation of technique and style with a plethora of interesting imagery.

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