However that may be, here is a list of the pieces known to me on which this monogram appears.
Quarto of 14 leaves, in gothic type, printed by Philippe Le Noir, 'sworn binder to the University of Paris,' with a privilege from the court of the Parliament of Paris, dated December 21, 1524. This is a satirical production, in verse, attributed to Pierre Gringoire, otherwise called Vaudemont, at the head of which appears the figure, or effigy, of the 'heretic,' signed with the monogram in question. The description of the effigy is as follows:
En gibeciere on luy voit ratz avoir, Qui sont rongeans et serpens detestables En son giron faisant mords diffamables. De son sian sort ung aspre feu vollant, Qui cueur et corps et livres est bruslant.[331]
This very rare work was reprinted at Chartres, in 1832, under the auspices of M. Hérisson, the librarian of that city. The reprint contains a facsimile of the engraving.
II. HEURES DE NOSTRE DAME, TRANSLATEES EN FRANCOYS ET MISES EN RITHME PAR PIERRE GRINGOIRE, DIT VAUDEMONT, PAR LE COMMANDEMENT DE ... MADAME REGNEE DE BOURBON, DUCHESSE DE LORRAINE, etc.
A quarto, in gothic type, undated, but containing a table of Easter-Days beginning with 1524, and a privilege dated October 10, 1525.
This book, which was published by the bookseller Jean Petit, contains 13 large engravings, a list of which follows:--
1. The Annunciation. 2. Adam and Eve. 3. The Cross. 4. The Holy Ghost. 5. The Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles. 6. David praying for Zion, threatened with the divine thunderbolts. 7. The Virgin and the Child Jesus. 8. A Family at Table (Pentecost?). 9. Eight Naked Children Praying; the Holy Trinity in the Heavens. 10. The Manna. 11. David's Penance. 12. The Triumph of Death. 13. Jesus receiving the Crown of Thorns and the Reed.
Only the last of these bears the monogram that I have described[332]; but the other engravings, being in the same style, should all be attributed to Tory. We might perhaps also attribute to him the six analogous engravings which appear in the same author's 'Chants royaux' (printed at the same time and usually bound with the Hours), but not one of which is signed. They represent:--
1. The Synagogue: Jesus in the background, entering a pillar. 2. The Prodigal Son: Jesus in the background, curing a woman. 3. Hunters: Jesus in the background, curing one possessed of devils. 4. The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 5. Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. 6. The Crowning with Thorns.