'Rex christianiss. statuit ne quis alius a Gotofredo Torino Biturigico, Bibliopola Parrhisiis habitante, imprimat aut imprimi faciat infra decennium in toto regno hujusmodi coronamenta et figuras, sub pœna gravissima, ut in diplomate ad hoc obtento latissime patet.'
Then comes an abstract of the pontifical license, undated; and on the following leaf the table of Easter-Days from 1530 to 1552.
On the last page: 'Parrhisiis, apud Gotofredum Torinum Biturigicum, viii. die febr. anno sal. M. D. XXIX,[252] ad insigne Vasis effracti.'
The signatures run from A to Y; that is to say, the book consists of 22 octavo forms, or 176 leaves. The pages, which contain 21 lines of brevier, measure thus:—
| Height, text alone | 77 millimetres. |
| Height, with border | 96 millimetres. |
| Width, text alone | 29 millimetres. |
| Width, with border | 48 millimetres. |
The volume contains twenty-one small cuts, unsigned, but all engraved in Tory's manner. Here is a list of them:—
1. Jesus on the Cross; a very small cut with five sections, like the Crucifixion of the quarto of 1524-1525; that is to say, there are bees at work, birds building their nests, a peasant ploughing, and another shearing sheep.
2 and 3. The Angelic Salutation; two cuts facing each other, as in the Hours of 1524-1525.
4 and 5. The Visitation (idem).
6 and 7. The Birth of Jesus (idem).
8 and 9. The Annunciation to the Shepherds (idem).
10 and 11. The Adoration of the Magi (idem).
12 and 13. The Circumcision (idem).
14. The Massacre of the Innocents.
15. The Coronation of the Virgin.
16. The Crucifixion.
17. The Descent of the Holy Spirit.
18. Bathsheba at the Bath.
19. The Triumph of Death.
20. The Trinity (small cut).
21. The Virgin in a halo, with an angel on each side.[253]
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BOOK OF HOURS, quarto; same typographical arrangement as in the quarto of 1524-1525. On the title-page, which has the border of those copies of the earlier edition which bear the imprint of Simon de Colines, we read:—
'HORÆ IN LAUDEM BEATISS. VIRGINIS MARIÆ. AD USUM ROMANUM.—PARRHISIIS, APUD GOTOFREDUM TORINUM BITURIGICUM, REGIUM IMPRESSOREM. (Then comes the motto: MENTI BONÆ DEVS OCCVRRIT, and beneath it the Pot Cassé.) Cum privilegio summi Pont. et Regis christianiss. ad decennium et ultra, ut in calce hujus operis patet.'[254]