Hōrai tēs aeiparthenou Marias kat'ethos tēs rōmaïkēs aulēs. Hepta psalmoi tēs metanoias = Horae beatiss[imae] uirginis secu[n]dum consuetudinem Romanae curiae. Septem psalmi poenitentiales cu[m] laetaniis & orationibus.

Accession number: 
PML 18876.2
Published: 
[Venice] : Enetiēsin etypōthē par' Aldō, ouk aneu mentoi pronomiou, chiliostō tetrakosiostō ennenēkostō hebdomō apo tēs theogonias etei, mēnos Poseideōnos pemptē histamenou, epi archontos Augustinou Varvadikou tēn vasilida tōn poleōn taute
Description: 
[112] leaves : 1 woodcut ; 11 cm (16mo)
Credit Line: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Notes: 

Title from half-title page, leaf [alpha]1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [xi]8r: Enetiēsin etypōthē par'aldō; ouk aneu mentoi pronomiou; Chiliostō tetrakosiostō ennenēkostō hevdomō apo tēs Theogonias etei; mēnos poseideōnos pemptē histamenou; epi archontos Augustinou Varvadikou tēn vasilida tōn poleōn tautēn eutychōs ēniochountos.
Printed in Manuzio's type 2:114R and 7:114Gk.
Signatures: [alpha]-[xi]⁸: 112 leaves, leaf [xi]8 blank ([zeta]4 signed [epsilon]4).
Paper format: Median half-sheet 16mo.
Title-page, headings, rubrics, woodcut vinework and floral headpieces and initials, and letterpress capitals printed in red.
Woodcut of the Annunciation on leaf [alpha]1v.
Quire [kappa] is known in 2 settings, designated 'A' and 'B' by Bühler. Cf. C.F. Bühler, "Notes on two incunabula printed by Aldus Manutius," PBSA 36 (1942): 18-26.
Some copies have a prefixed 16-leaf section, signed a-b⁸, containing the "Brevissima introductio ad litteras Graecas" of Aldo Manuzio. Cf. Bühler.
Printed in a single column, 13 lines per page.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 10.4 x 7.5 cm, temoin leaf [lambda]4: 10.7 x 7.6 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: [alpha]1 (half-title) and [xi]8 (blank).

Binding: 
18th/19th-century French gilt-tooled red morocco over paper boards (11 x 8 cm), sewn on 2 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; sprinkled edges.
Variant Title: 

Horae beatiss[imae] uirginis secu[n]dum consuetudinem Romanae curiae. Septem psalmi poenitentiales cu[m] laetaniis & orationibus

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Lyon, Carmelites, inscription: "Carmeli Lugduni S.30," 17th/18th century (leaf [alpha]2r); H.C. Hoskier (1864-1938); his sale, Sotheby's, 30 June 1908, lot 324; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Hoskier, May 1909.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Books of hours
Department: 
Printed Books