Horae: ad usum Romanum (Rome).

Accession number:

PML 348

Published:

Impressum Venetiis : per Joannem hamanum, Anno incarnationis christi: Millesimoquadringe[n]tesimononagesimo. Pridie no[nas] Decembris [4 December 1490].

Description:

[160] leaves : illustrated (woodcuts) ; 9 cm. (Median 32mo)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.

Notes:

Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, leaf v8r-v: Officiu[m] beate marie virginis: una cu[m] septe[m] psalmis penite[n]tialibus: officio mortuo[rum]: sancte crucis: [et] s[an]c[t]i spiritus explicit. Impressum Venetiis per Joannem ha/ (leaf v8v) manum de Landoia: dictu[m] Hertzog. Anno incarnationis christi: Millesimoquadringe[n]tesimononagesimo. Pridie no[nas] Decembris.
Printed in Hamman's type 12:73G.
Signatures: a-v⁸: 160 leaves.
Paper format: Median 32mo.
Printed in black and red throughout. Red printed initials.
6 woodcut miniatures, borders, and initials.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 cm.

Binding:

18th/19th-century (Italian?) full black morocco over paper boards (9 x 6 cm.), sewn on 2 supports. Printed paper pastedowns and fly leaves, with plain paper fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt and gauffered edges. 2 clasps/catches missing.

Variant Title:

Title from colophon: Officium beate marie virginis

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Woodcut miniatures and initials painted by hand. Annotations: Contemporary date "M.C.C.C.C.X.C" (leaf [1]/1r). No marginal notations in text. Illegible (bibliographic?) inscription or shelf mark, 17th/18th century (front fly leaf).

Provenance:

James Toovey (1814-1893), monogram booklabel (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Books of hours

Department:

Printed Books