Officium passionis Iesu Christi
Subtitle: ex oraculis prophetarum desumptum
Contributors: Moretus, Balthasar, 1574-1641, printer; Plantijnsche Drukkerij
Publisher: Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
Published: 1630
Place of publication: Antuerpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Passion; Texts; Liturgy; Books of hours; Catholic Church
Other titles: Officivm passionis Iesv Christi
Work titles: Book of hours
Notes: Signatures: A-B¹² C⁶.

Engraved t.p. of the instruments of the Passion below the cross and phoenix; title on plaque on middle of cross; imprint within cartouche below; text in red and black, within double-ruled border in black; ornamental initials; red tail-pieces; device of Moretus in red on recto of last leaf.

Each of the 11 sections of the Hours is illustrated with a fine copper engraving (56 x 51 mm.) of a scene from the Passion of Christ; engravings are unsigned, in the style of Antonie Wierix. Cf. Funck, p. 371; and the 1997 exhibit catalog of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, "Illustration of books published by the Moretuses," p. 129.

Funck, M.  Livre belge à gravures, p. 371

Plantin-Moretus Museum (Antwerp).  Illustration of books published by the Moretuses, no. 35, p. 129