Only the last of these bears the monogram that I have described[332]; but the other engravings, being in the same style, should all be attributed to Tory. We might perhaps also attribute to him the six analogous engravings which appear in the same author's 'Chants royaux' (printed at the same time and usually bound with the Hours), but not one of which is signed. They represent:—
- 1. The Synagogue: Jesus in the background, entering a pillar.
- 2. The Prodigal Son: Jesus in the background, curing a woman.
- 3. Hunters: Jesus in the background, curing one possessed of devils.
- 4. The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes.
- 5. Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem.
- 6. The Crowning with Thorns.
These two books have been reprinted several times. I know of four quarto editions of the Hours.[333] The first is the one I have just described. It contains some other engravings, in an entirely different style from Tory's, which appear also in other books of Hours of older date. The second has a table of Easter-Days beginning with 1528, and a privilege dated November 15, 1527. In other respects it is similar to the earlier one. The third has a table of Easter-Days beginning with 1534. It is like the last except in one point: in place of the final engraving there is a different one, signed in the same way, representing Job at prayer before his burning house, and his neighbours reviling him. This engraving proves that Tory must have engraved a longer series from which the printer took this one at random, being unable at the moment to find the one that he required. The fourth has a calendar beginning with 1540. It is like the second, except for the privilege, which is dated November, 1525, doubtless by mistake. These four editions are all in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.
III. HISTOIRE ... DE LA ... GLORIEUSE VICTOIRE OBTENUE CONTRE LES SEDUITZ ET ABUSEZ LUTHERIENS MESCREANZ DU PAYS DAULSAYS ... PAR ... ANTHOINE ... DUC DE CALABRE ..., PAR NICOLE VOLCYR (otherwise called Volkire) DE SEROUVILLE, etc.
Small folio, in gothic type, without date of printing, but with a privilege dated January 12, 1526 (1527 new style), issued by Jean de la Barre, 'garde de la prévôté' of Paris. The battle took place in 1525.
Volcyr's work contains seven engravings, but only the last two, at the beginning of the last two books, are signed. We may, however, I think, attribute to Tory the one at the head of the first book also. A description of these engravings follows:—
1. Frontispiece representing Faith: a helmeted woman trampling upon the dragon.
2. The author, seated, writing his book.