Book of Hours Printed by Thielman Kerver in Paris in 1507, Use of Rome
Languages: Mostly Latin with some French and Spanish
Illustrations: Kerver’s printer’s mark, 2 illustrated tables, 36 small metalcuts and 19 large metalcuts (1 repeat)
In-8° format, i (parchment) + 152 + i (parchment) unnumbered parchment leaves, complete, 19 quires (collation a-t8), signed in the first half of each quire with a minuscule letter followed by a roman numeral with slight variations in the notation: a.i a.ij a.iij a.iiij- h.i, etc.
Justification text and border 150 x 90, text alone 105 x 60 mm
Printed in a rounded gothic font on up to 25 lines, rubrics and headings within the borders printed in red, full metalcut borders on every text page
Kerver’s unicorn printer’s mark above the last page’s colophon dating the book to June 23, 1507
16th-century binding (for details please see condition report)
"Use of Rome" and the 1507 Kerver Book of Hours - Ryan O'Connell
16th-Century French-Spanish Book Trade - Henry Tallman
Speculum Conscientie ("Mirror of Conscience") - Halia Daley
Kerver's Widow and Female Printers in 16-Century France - Darrah Culp
Condition Report - Nalani Meinken
Kerver's 1507 Book of Hours and the Four "Spanish Saints" - Sophia Germond
Kervers's Colophon - Quinn Haslett
Comparison of Two Books of Hours Printed by Thielman Kerver - Chase Shephard
Typological Images and Thought – Courtney Rhoades
Signs of the Apocalypse - Cora Finney
Danse Macabre - Stefano Parparo
The Three-Faced Representation of the Holy Trinity - Zoe Goedecke
The Tree of Jesse - Bridget Eide
The Flight into Egypt - Jereme Shaver