Excerpt from "The Golden Legend"

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dc.contributor.author	de Voragine, Jacobus
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-23T15:26:07Z
dc.date.created	1483
dc.date.issued	2020-03-23T15:26:07Z
dc.date.issued	2020-03-23T15:26:07Z
dc.identifier.citation	de Voragine, Jacobus. Excerpt from "The Golden Legend." London: Printed by William Caxton, 1483. Bentley Rare Book Museum.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://soar.kennesaw.edu/handle/11360/3507
dc.description	This printed leaf is an excerpt from "The Lyfe of Saynt George" within "The Golden Legend." This text was originally written in Latin by Jacobus de Voragine in the thirteenth century. It was later printed by William Caxton in the fifteenth century. William Caxton is generally known as the first English printer. "The Golden Legend" is a collection of hagiographies, or biographies of saints. This excerpt was printed in blackletter font on rag linen paper and includes a woodcut illustration.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Excerpt of "The Lyfe of Saynt George" from "The Golden Legend." Originally written by Jacobus de Voragine (1229-1298) and translated and printed in English by William Caxton (circa 1422-1492).	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Printed by William Caxton	en_US
dc.subject	Hagiography	en_US
dc.subject	Jacobus de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298	en_US
dc.subject	Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492	en_US
dc.title	Excerpt from "The Golden Legend"	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US

Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printing
A selection of digitized manuscript leaves and book excerpts demonstrating the development of the written and printed word in the late medieval period and the early modern era in the West.