Legenda aurea (Golden Legend)
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca1990011
Title: Legenda aurea (Golden Legend)
Script:
Gothic
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 1r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Incipit to the Life of St. Eustachius
Notes:
This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1350.
Notes:
This manuscript is a fragment of the Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, a highly popluar collection of saints' lives written around the year 1260. This fragment contains the lives of St. Eustachius, the 11,000 Virgin Martyrs, St. Judocus, and St. Margaret.
Country: Country:Flanders
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1360
Image Dimensions Width: 254 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 199
Creator Name: Jacobus de Voragine - Author
f. 1r