from The Office for The Dead
Thielman Kerver, 1507



"A leaf from a printed Book of Hours, by Thielman Kerver, printed in Paris, use of Rome, 23 June 1507, in Latin, on vellum (170 x 116 mm.) There are twenty-five lines of printed gothic text with four sided woodblock panels, versal and capital initials are hand colored employing blue or red inks with liquid gold. This particular leaf is taken from The Office for The Dead, at Matins, The Third Nocturne and features Psalm 39. "