Book of Hours Printed by Thielman Kerver in Paris in 1507, Use of Rome
Essay: "Use of Rome" and the 1507 Kerver Book of Hours - Ryan O'Connell
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)
Essay: Comparison of Two Books of Hours Printed by Thielman Kerver - Chase Shephard
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)
sig. a1-a2, Table of contents in Latin
sig. a2v-a4v, Computistical tables
sig. a2v, small metalcut, Peter, within the circle for finding the dominical letter
sig. a3, small metalcut, James, within the circle for finding of the golden number
sig. a5-b8v, Calendar, formatted with two pages per month, with cisiolanus verses and verses on the zodiac
Essay: Kerver's 1507 Book of Hours and the Four "Spanish Saints" - Sophia Germond
sig. c1-c4v, Speculum consciencie
Essay: Speculum Conscientie ("Mirror of Conscience") - Halia Daley
sig. c5-e6v, Hours of the Passion, c5, Matins; d2, Prime; d3v, Terce; d5v, Sext; d8, None; e2v, Vespers, e4v, Compline
sig. c5, large metalcut, Arrest of Christ within a Renaissance frame (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
sig. d2, small metalcut, Buffeting of Christ
sig. d3v, small metalcut, Carrying the Cross
sig. d5v, small metalcut, Nailing Christ to the Cross
sig. d8, small metalcut, Crucifixion
sig. e2v, small metalcut, Lamentation
sig. e6v-f3v, Passion according to John
sig. f3v, Prayers including the Stabat mater
sig. f3v, small metalcut, Crucifixion
sig. f5, large metalcut, Christ with the cross, tomb and the instruments of the Passion (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver
Essay: Arma Christi- Bridget Eide
sig. g1 -g5, Gospel Pericopes
sig. g1v, large metalcut, Martyrdom of John the Evangelist by being boiled in oil (Octave series Pichore workshop for Kerver)
Essay: Martyrdom of St. John the Evangelist - David Powers
sig. g2v, small metalcut, Luke
sig. g3, small metalcut, Matthew
sig. g3v, small metalcut, Mark
sig. g4v, large metalcut, Tree of Jesse (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
Essay: The Tree of Jesse - Bridget Eide
sig. g5-l4, Hours of the Virgin (Use of Rome)
sig. g5, large metalcut, Annunciation (Metalcut by the Master of the T res Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
beg. sig. g5v, Extensive marginal narrative : Typological Series
Essay: Typological Images and Thought – Courtney Rhoades
sig. h2, large metalcut, Visitation (Octave series Pichore workshop for Kerver)
sig. h7v, large metalcut, Nativity (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
Essay: The Nativity - Jereme Shaver
sig. i2, large metalcut, Annunciation to the Shepherds (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
sig. i4v, large metalcut, Adoration of the Magi (Octave series Pichore workshop for Kerver)
sig. i6v, large metalcut, Presentation (Octave series Pichore workshop for Kerver)
sig. i8v, large metalcut, Flight into Egypt (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
Essay: The Flight into Egypt - Jereme Shaver
sig. k4, large metalcut, Coronation of Mary (Metalcut by the Master of the T res Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman)
sig. l4-l7, Mass of the Virgin
sig. l4, small metalcut, Madonna and Child with angel
sig. l7-m2v, Hours of the Trinity
beg. sig. m2, Extensive marginal narrative : Signs of the Apocalypse
Essay: Signs of the Apocalypse - Cora Finney
sig. l7v, large metalcut, Trinity with the signs of the four Evangelists (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
Essay: The Three-Faced Representation of the Holy Trinity - Zoe Goedecke
sig. m2v-o7, Office of the Dead (Use of Rome)
sig. m7, large metalcut, Raising of Lazarus (Octave series Pichore workshop for Kerver)
beg. sig. o1, Extensive marginal narrative : Dance of Death
Essay: Danse Macabre - Stefano Parparo
sig. o7v-q3, Penitential Psalms and Litany (beginning on p6v)
sig. q3v, large metalcut, Pentecost (Octave series Pichore workshop for Kerver)
sig. q3-q5v, Hours of the Holy Spirit
sig. q5v-q8, Hours of All Saints
sig. q8-rl, Hours of Corpus Christi
sig. r1 -r3, Hours of the Holy Cross
sig. rlv, large metalcut, Crucifixion (Octave series Pichore workshop for Kerver)
Essay: The Crucifixion - Shawn Peralta
sig. r3v, small metalcut, Archangel Michael
sig. r3-r4v, Hours of Guardian Angel
sig. r5-r6v, Hours of St. Barbara
sig. r5, small metalcut, St. Barbara
sig. r6v, small metalcut, Vernicle
sig. r7v-r8v, [Prayer], Sequitur oratio denota ad ymaginem iesu christi .... , incipit, “Salue sancta facies ...”
sig. r7, small metalcut, Madonna and Child
sig. s1-s7, Suffrages of Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John the Evangelist, Thomas, Philip and James, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude, John the Baptist, Luke, Mark, Stephen, Lawrence, George, Sebastian, Christopher, Nicholas, Anthony, Catherine, Anne, Mary Magdalene, and Margaret
sig. s1, small metalcut, Saints Peter and Paul
sig. s1v, small metalcut, St. James as a pilgrim
sig. 1v, small metalcut, Martyrdom of St. John the Evangelist in boiling oil
sig. 2v, small metalcut, Matthew
sig. s3, small metalcut, Beheading of St. John the Baptist
sig. s3, small metalcut, Luke
sig. s3v, small metalcut, Mark
sig. s3v, small metalcut, Stephen
sig. s4, small metalcut, Martyrdom of St. Lawrence
sig. s4, small metalcut, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
sig. 4v, small metalcut, St. Christopher carrying Christ
sig. 5v, small metalcut, St. Nicholas
sig. 5v, small metalcut,. Anthony
sig. s6, small metalcut, St. Catherine
sig. 6v, small metalcut, St. Anne teaching the Virgin to read
sig. 6v, small metalcut, Mary Magdalene
sig. s7, small metalcut, St. Margaret and the dragon
sig. s7-s8, Seven prayers of St. Gregory
s7v, large metalcut, Christ with the Instruments of the Passion,- repeating sig. f5
Essay: Arma Christi- Bridget Eide
sig. s8v, small metalcut, Archangel Michael
sig. s8v, Suffrage of St. Michael
sig. t1-t3v, Prayer, incipit, "O dulcissime domine ... "
sig. t 1 v, small metalcut, Standing bishop
sig. t3v-t4, Gospel of John in Spanish, incipit, "Enel comienco era el fijo de dios ...”
Essay: 16th-Century French-Spanish Book Trade - Henry Tallman
sig. t4v, large metalcut, Immaculate Mary (Metalcut by the Master of the Tres Petites Heures of Anne de Bretagne for Thielman Kerver)
sig. t4-t7v, Hours of the Conception of the Virgin
sig. t7v-t8, Suffrage of St. Roche
sig. t7v, small metalcut, St. Roche as pilgrim
sig. t8v, Colophon with Kerver’s early unicorn mark
Essay: Kervers's Colophon - Quinn Haslett