We have seen that Tory had been in the habit for some time of signing his engravings with a double cross; but this had not yet become an invariable signature. For instance, about 1524 he often used a monogram in which his name and surname—or, to use the terms of the present day his Christian name [prénom] and his family name [nom de famille]—both appear. It consists of a capital G, enclosing a smaller S, with the
double cross above. This means, in my opinion, that Tory was the engraver only ('Godofredus Torinus sculpsit'), in distinction from the cross alone, which means that Tory both drew and engraved the pieces on which it appears. In fact, we find in most of those signed with the monogram a roughness of aspect which is not characteristic of Tory's usual style.
However that may be, here is a list of the pieces known to me on which this monogram appears.
I. LE BLAZON DES HERETIQUES.
Quarto of 14 leaves, in gothic type, printed by Philippe Le Noir, 'sworn binder to the University of Paris,' with a privilege from the court of the Parliament of Paris, dated December 21, 1524. This is a satirical production, in verse, attributed to Pierre Gringoire, otherwise called Vaudemont, at the head of which appears the figure, or effigy, of the 'heretic,' signed with the monogram in question. The description of the effigy is as follows:
En gibeciere on luy voit ratz avoir,
Qui sont rongeans et serpens detestables