II. ENCHIRIDION PRECLARE ECCLESIE SARUM, DEVOTISSIMIS PRECATIONIBUS AC VENUSTISSIMIS IMAGINIBUS, ET IIS QUIDEM NON PAUCIS REFERTUM. (Here the mark of Thielman Kerver--two unicorns holding a shield _au Gril_, with the T. K., and, beneath, the full name, Thielman Kerver.) Parisiis ex officina librarie vidue spectabilis viri Thielmanni.
Small octavo, Paris, 1528, with engravings signed with the Lorraine cross.[361] Printed in red and black, in gothic type. There are 31 signatures of 8 leaves,--_a_ to _z_, and A to G (signatures _x_ and _y_ have only four leaves each). In all there are 232 numbered leaves, plus 4 leaves of index not numbered.
The volume begins with the title-page, followed by a calendar, the whole occupying 13 leaves, after which comes the text. It contains 54 engraved plates, 12 of which are in the calendar, and a large number of initial letters representing sacred subjects. Beneath each plate is a quatrain in English.
The 12 plates in the calendar represent allegorical subjects. They are enclosed in oval borders, and are 71 millimetres by 55. Consequently they are all out of proportion to the size of the book, which is 84 millimetres by 48. It is evident therefore that they were not made for it. At the foot of each, in the border, is the name of the month. The engraving for the month of February represents a school; that for March, a hunt; that for April, a gentleman and lady, walking in the country, arm in arm; that for July, a domestic interior. The last is the only one of these engravings that I have seen, and that only in a copy. The Lorraine cross may be seen at the foot.
Here follows a list of the other engravings of this priceless volume, of which only a single copy is known to exist. It is to be observed that the pages on which they appear are not numbered, as the cuts occupy the whole space.
1. The Trinity. 2. The Annunciation. 3. The Visitation. 4. Jesus arrested by the Jews. 5. Nativity of Jesus. 6. Jesus before Pilate. 7. The Annunciation to the Shepherds. 8. The Crowning with Thorns. 9. The Adoration of the Magi. 10. The Bearing of the Cross. 11. The Circumcision. 12. Jesus on the Cross. 13. The Flight into Egypt. 14. The Descent from the Cross. 15. The Coronation of the Virgin. 16. The Placing in the Tomb. 17. David and Bathsheba. 18. David and Joab. 19 to 23. The Story of David. 24. Dance of the Dead. 25. Three Men on Horseback in a Forest. 26. Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise. 27. Adam and Eve condemned to labour. 28. The Creation of Man. 29. Six Men praying before a Bier. 30. Birth and Death. 31. Purgatory. 32. Extreme Unction. 33. Job. 34. A Woman, seated, surrounded by the Virgin, the Evil One, and a Man bearing the World. 35. The Trinity (same as no. 1). 36. Jesus in Limbo. 37. The Resurrection. 38. Jesus appearing to His Mother. 39. Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalen. 40. Jesus at Emmaus. 41. The Incredulity of St. Thomas. 42. The Ascent of the Virgin.[362]