farfel_n04_073_259

259
Josef's Books
(Riverside, Ca.)
Monterey Book fair
Aug '87 $75.00
(framed)
Jacobus de Voragine (1230-98)
Leben der Heiligen.
See
#1
for
another
leaf
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger. 5 Dec. 1488 f0
Ref: H. 9981 BMC II 433 Goff J-168 Schramm, Bilderschmack
Cop: HEHL, PML, MMu(p)L XVII,3,8,and Abb. 56-314.
Von Sant Ruprecht. folio CLXVII (9x13")
387 printed leaves, 3-387 numbered I-CCCLXXXV 2 col.
4a: 50 lines and headline, 302 (314) x 186mm
Types: 162, headlines (names of saints) and headings; 120 text.
Capital spaces. with woodcuts. (401x275mm)
See
#1
120 German text type, cut for the German Bible of 1483.
In use in 1483, 84, 88 and 91.
162 German title and heading type. The M is Da Haebler's M62.

Along with the Gesta Romannum and the Scolastica historia,
the Legends Aurea was one of the favorite medieval
books of anecdotes and stories, largely of a miraculous nature.
Legenda sanctorum - Readings about the Saints.
The 3 most widely read books in Western Europe of the 12 and 13th C
were 1) Romance of the Rose
2) Golden Legend.
3) Reynard the Fox.
The Golden Legend was probably the most popular non-litergical work
of the late middle ages, with some 500 copies extant. The 182 chapters
of Voragine's original text were intended for regular devotional
readings in Chapter Houses and refectories of monastic institutions.
The original Latin text was seldom illustrated, though
illuminated copies of the French version by Jean de Vignay
are not uncommon.

259
Josef's Books
(Riverside, Ca.)
Monterey Book fair
Aug '87 $75.00
(framed)
Jacobus de Voragine (1230-98)
Leben der Heiligen.
See
#1
for
another
leaf
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger. 5 Dec. 1488 f0
Ref: H. 9981 BMC II 433 Goff J-168 Schramm, Bilderschmack
Cop: HEHL, PML, MMu(p)L XVII,3,8,and Abb. 56-314.
Von Sant Ruprecht. folio CLXVII (9x13")
387 printed leaves, 3-387 numbered I-CCCLXXXV 2 col.
4a: 50 lines and headline, 302 (314) x 186mm
Types: 162, headlines (names of saints) and headings; 120 text.
Capital spaces. with woodcuts. (401x275mm)
See
#1
120 German text type, cut for the German Bible of 1483.
In use in 1483, 84, 88 and 91.
162 German title and heading type. The M is Da Haebler's M62.

Along with the Gesta Romannum and the Scolastica historia,
the Legends Aurea was one of the favorite medieval
books of anecdotes and stories, largely of a miraculous nature.
Legenda sanctorum - Readings about the Saints.
The 3 most widely read books in Western Europe of the 12 and 13th C
were 1) Romance of the Rose
2) Golden Legend.
3) Reynard the Fox.
The Golden Legend was probably the most popular non-litergical work
of the late middle ages, with some 500 copies extant. The 182 chapters
of Voragine's original text were intended for regular devotional
readings in Chapter [?Houser?] and refectories of monastic institutions.
The original Latin text was seldom illustrated, though
illuminated copies of the French version by Jean de Vighay
are not uncommon.