Hore ad usum romanum.

Accession number: 
PML 569
Published: 
A Paris : par Jehan morand pour [E., J. &] Joffroy de marnef, le xii. iour de feburier. Lan mil CCCC .iiiixx. et xii [12 February 1492/93].
Description: 
[112] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts, metalcuts) ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Credit Line: 
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes: 

Title from title-page, leaf A1r: [E., J. and G. de Marnef's device] Hore ad usum romanum.
Imprint from colophon, leaf l8r: Ces presentes heures a lusaige de rome furent achevees a Paris par Jehan morand: le xii. iour de feburier. Lan mil CCCC .iiiixx. et xii. pour Joffroy de marnef libraire demoura[n]t audit lieu en la gra[n]t saint Jaques a lenseigne du pellican.
Printed in Maurand's types 2:100G and 6:63G.
Signatures: A, Aa, B, a-l⁸: 112 leaves.
Paper format: Median octavo.
Almanac for years 1492-1508, leaf A1r.
Woodcuts and metalcuts. Many of the border cuts are signed (letters or roman numerals) for textual organization.
PML copy on vellum.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 16.7 x 11.4 cm.

Binding: 
Modern limp vellum wrapper with extended (Yapp) edges (17 x 11.5 cm.), sewn on 4 supports.
Variant Title: 

Title in ISTC: Horae: ad usum Romanum.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary French gilt initials on red and blue ground, line fillers. Annotations: No notations in text. Inscriptions abraded around title page and above colophon (leaves A1r and l8r). Modern ink quire numbers and foliation at gutter edge.

Provenance: 
Joannes Severin, signature, 16th century (leaf l8r); Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878), with shelf mark: 6.D (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby's, 25 June 1897, lot 2024; Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (rear pastedown) and bibliographical notes: No. 32, 7/12/97 and price code: wml/-/- +com (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Books of hours
Vellum printings (Printing)
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Wrappers (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books