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Creator:
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
Title(s):
Leben der Heiligen.
Additional Title(s):
Legenda aurea. German
Published/Created:
Augsburg : Günther Zainer, 1471-1472.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 36 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0059
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Incunabula short title catalogue, ij00156000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J156
Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 9968
Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (3. Aufl.), 4298
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M11402
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, 317 (II)
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0059: Imperfect: comprises 13 non-consecutive leaves, each illustrated with a hand-colored woodcut: [1] Incipit, woodcut of Saint Michael with the scales, and floral extension in the margin; [2] Saint Christophorus; [3] Adoration of the Magi; [4] Annunciation; [5] Saint Vedast (recto), Amandus (verso); [6] Saint Agnes; [7] Saint Marinus; [8] Longinus; [9] Saint Pelagia; [10] Saint Chrysostomos; [11] Saint John's vision; [12] Saint Apollinaris; [13] Saint Hieronymus. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Incunabula in Yale Library.
Saints.
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Zainer, Günther, -1478, printer.
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