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Horae (Hours)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 15th century
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Printer: Guillaume Godard (French, 16th century)
Gilder: Marius Michel (French, founded in 1849)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Printer: Guillaume Godard (French, 16th century)
Gilder: Marius Michel (French, founded in 1849)
about 1525
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous metalcuts, illuminated initials
Dimensions
Overall: 20.8 x 14.4 x 2.2 cm (8 3/16 x 5 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1338
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: [Guillaume Godard, about 1525?]
Description(Paris: [Guillaume Godard, 1525?]) Octavo; 104 leaves; modern blind- and gilt-tooled brown morocco, with armorial stamp on inside doublures (Hardy--Marius Michel).
The title page leaf, and hence the almanac on the verso, is a facsimile, and there is no imprint at the end of the volume. According to an unattributed note in the volume (perhaps by Ruth Mortimer), the large cuts are copied from Pigouchet-Vostre blocks introduced about 1508; the border pieces (Judith & Holofernes, Fortune & Death, etc.) are reverse copies of a Kerver set introduced about 1511. Several other blocks are found in Horae editions printed by Guillaume Godard, but the collation does not match any of the Godard Paris use editions in Bohatta. The writer states that "this edition could be an unrecorded Godard ca. 1525."
The binding is signed by Hardy as the designer and Marius Michel as the "doreur," or gilder/decorator.
The title page leaf, and hence the almanac on the verso, is a facsimile, and there is no imprint at the end of the volume. According to an unattributed note in the volume (perhaps by Ruth Mortimer), the large cuts are copied from Pigouchet-Vostre blocks introduced about 1508; the border pieces (Judith & Holofernes, Fortune & Death, etc.) are reverse copies of a Kerver set introduced about 1511. Several other blocks are found in Horae editions printed by Guillaume Godard, but the collation does not match any of the Godard Paris use editions in Bohatta. The writer states that "this edition could be an unrecorded Godard ca. 1525."
The binding is signed by Hardy as the designer and Marius Michel as the "doreur," or gilder/decorator.
ProvenanceHenri, Marquis Villeneuve de Bargemont [armorial binding]; Samuel Putnam Avery, New York (1822-1904; his sale November 10-12, 1919, lot 465, bought by G.D. Smith, New York); bought from Smith May 6, 1922, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.