RARE 1516 BREVIARY USE OF BRUSSELS Catholic Liturgy BADIUS Paris Post - Incunable




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Reference Number: Avaluer:104213Year Printed: 1516
Subject: Religion & SpiritualityModified Item: No
Original/Facsimile: OriginalCountry/Region of Manufacture: France
Language: LatinTopic: Christianity, Bibles
Publisher: Didier MaheuBinding: Leather
Place of Publication: ParisRegion: Europe
Special Attributes: Earliest extant edition of Brussels Breviary, Summer & Winter Parts, Printed in red-and-black, TWO FINE LARGE WOODCUTS, EXTREMELY RARE: only 3 other copies known, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Luxury EditionAuthor: Josse Bade, editor
Original Description:
[Early Printing - post-incunabula - Paris] [Roman Catholic Church - Rite and Liturgy] [Early Woodcut Book Illustrations]

Printed in Paris by Didier Maheu, 30 October 1516.Two parts (Summer & Winter) in one volume. VERY RARE POST-INCUNABLE CATHOLIC BREVIARY ACCORDING TO THE LITURGICAL USE OF BRUSSELS,  ELEGANTLY PRINTED IN RED-AND-BLACK THROUGHOUT, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO FINE LARGE WOODCUTS.This is the only breviary for Brussels that is listed by Bohatta, and appears t...o be the earliest extant edition of a Brussels breviary. At this time, Brussels was part of the archdiocese of Cambrai.The book is of great rarity: USTC only locates 3 copies of this edition worldwide (in Koninklijke Bibliotheek Brussel, British Library and Cambridge University Library) and both UK copies apparently contain the Summer Part (Pars estivalis) only.A breviary (Latin: breviarium) is a liturgical book used in Western Christianity for praying the canonical hours. It contains the daily service for the divine office, the official prayer of the church consisting of psalms, readings, and hymns that are recited at stated hours of the day. Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, but eventually the Roman Breviary became the standard within the Roman Catholic Church.The title page is embellished with a fine near-full-page woodcut of St Gudula (7th century; Dutch: Sinte Goedele, French: Sainte Gudule), one of the patron saints of Brussels. Saint Gudula was born in Brabant (in present-day Belgium). According to her 11th-century biography (Vita Gudilae), written by a monk of the abbey of Hautmont between 1048 and 1051, she was the daughter of a duke of Lotharingia called Witger. Gudula's Mother, Saint Amalberga, embraced the religious life in the abbey of Maubeuge. She received the veil from the hands of St. Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai. Gudula had two sisters, St. Pharaildis and St. Reineldis, and one brother, Saint Emebertus.  She was educated in the abbey of Nivelles by her godmother, Gertrude of Nivelles. When Gertrude died, Gudula moved back to her home at Moorsel, spending her time in good works and religious devotion. She frequently visited the church of Moorsel, about two miles from her parents' house.  She died between 680 and 714 and was buried at Hamme (Flemish Brabant). Later her relics were removed to the church of St. Salvator in Moorsel, where the body was interred behind the altar. During the reign of Duke Charles of Lotharingia (977 - 992), the body of the saint was transferred to the chapel of St Gaugericus at Brussels. Lambert II, Count of Leuven, founded a chapter in 1047 in honor of St Gudula. Bishop Gerardus I of Cambrai led the translation of her relics to the church of Saint Michael in Brussels. The church later became the famous St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral.The editor of this edition, Josse Bade, aka Jodocus Badius (1462 - 1535), was a renowned French humanist philologist and publisher, sometimes called Badius Ascensius from his birthplace, the village of Assche near Brussels (in Flemish Brabant). Before moving to Paris, where he soon became a prominent printer in his own right, Badius worked in 1492 - 1498 as an editor and proof-reader for printer Johann Trechsel in Lyon, where he also taught Greek. The reputation of Badius as both a scholar and a publisher was well established with the leading humanists of the day, many of whom Bade knew personally. He corresponded with Erasmus and Budé, among others, and his Parisian household was a meeting place for intellectuals and writers.Bibliographic references:Bohatta 2048; Moreau II 1280; Renouard, Badius Ascensius III, 396; Pettegree, French Books, 66411.Physical description:Thick Octavo: text block measures 15 cm x 10 cm.; bound in a 20th-century light-brown polished calf, spine with four raised bands and gilt-lettered "Breviary / Paris 1516." All edges speckled.Foliation: [6], 36, [108], 62, 26-32, [14], 22, [64], 98 (i.e. total of 417 leaves, forming 834 pages)
Signatures: ✠8 [-✠2, 7] a-d8 e4, aa-nn8 oo4, A-G8 H6; 2D8 [-2D1] aa8 bb6 A-B8 C6 AA-HH8 2A-L8 M10.
Lacking two leaves of the calendar (✠2, 7) as well as 25 leaves (quires 2A-C and 1st leaf of quire 2D) of the Psalter & Hymns for the Summer part.
Some parts are also bound in an order different from the usual one (cf. Renouard): for example, the Winter Temporale is here bound at the end, after Winter Sanctorale (which closes with the colophon).Note also, the parts common to both Summer and Winter parts, namely calendar, Canon of Mass, Commune Sanctorum appear here only once (not duplicated). Although they are listed by Renouard as part of collation in each of the two parts, he notes that they are "de la meme impression que dans la [autre] partie, " so while they are needed when the Summer and Winter parts are bound separately, but redundant when (like here) they are found together.Actually, the text of the missing part of the Psalter & Hymns for the Summer part is also, most likely, identical or very close to the text present in the corresponding part of the Winter part.Thus, our example, while missing a few leaves, is, in fact, almost textually complete, safe for the two calendar leaves.Title-page printed in red and with a large woodcut of St Gudula printed in black. Another fine full-page woodcut in the Canon of Mass (leaf aa3v) of the Crucifixion with inset scenes of Abraham Sacrificing Isaac and Moses with the bronze serpent on a pole (Nehushtan).Text printed in red and black in gothic type throughout, in double columns.Numerous metalcut decorative initials.Short preface to verso of title, followed by the calendar.Colophon at the end of the Winter Sanctorale (leaf HH8r).Condition:Very Good antiquarian condition. Lacking a few text leaves (see above for details), but essentially complete. A wormhole to title-page (slightly affecting the woodcut and one word on verso), and to the following two calendar leaves (without loss of legibility). Blank verso of the last leaf of Summer part (oo4v) with extensive manuscript notes in late-16th-century hand. Occasional light soiling, mostly marginal. Minor bibliographical notes penciled to front fly-leaf (in 19th-century hand). In all, a clean, bright and solid example of this excessively rare breviary.
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