. Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects. ur little Sarum Horae was by far themost popular, and influenced the editions of all the leadingpublishers. To trace the history of these border-pieces would requirea separate article. Jean du Pre, Verard, and Pigouchet,made several experiments in smaller Horae with designsof flowers and birds for borders ; but the popular tastedecided in favour of allegorical and historical figures, andthese were soon multiplied to such an extent that theiroriginal order and significance were lost sight of. In theeditions published by Jean du Pre in
. Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects. ur little Sarum Horae was by far themost popular, and influenced the editions of all the leadingpublishers. To trace the history of these border-pieces would requirea separate article. Jean du Pre, Verard, and Pigouchet,made several experiments in smaller Horae with designsof flowers and birds for borders ; but the popular tastedecided in favour of allegorical and historical figures, andthese were soon multiplied to such an extent that theiroriginal order and significance were lost sight of. In theeditions published by Jean du Pre in 1488, and by Verardin 1489, several pages are occupied with an explanationof the small figures in the border. Jesse and Balaam areshown as types of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, thebetrothal of Isaac and Rebecca as a type of her Espousal,Eve tempted by the Serpent shows the Fall to which theAnnunciation preluded the remedy, the Burning Bushand Aarons rod foreshadowed the Nativity. Here all isclear, but as the demand for variety increased, there were.
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