Thus endeth the legende named in latyn legenda aurea, that is to saye in englysshe the golden legende ...

All titles

• Thus endeth the legende named in latyn legenda aurea, that is to saye in englysshe the golden legende ...
• Legenda aurea. English
• Golden legende Holy and blessed doctour saynt Ierom sayth thys auctoryte, do alweye somme good werke, to thende that the deuyl fynde the not ydle Holy and blessed doctour saynt Jerom sayth thys auctoryte, do alweye somme good werke, to thende that the devyl fynde the not ydle

People / Organizations

• Jacobus (Author)
• William Caxton ("printed by")

Imprint

[Westminster: Printed by William Caxton, 1483 (20 Nov.)

Added name

Caxton, William, 1422-1491, tr.

Publication year

?

ESTC No.

S123156

Grub Street ID

142674

Description

[6], lxxxix, lxxxxj-Clxxxxix, CCj-CCliij, CClv-CClxxxix, CClxxxix-CClxxxxvi, CClxxxxix-CCCxxxxi, CCCxxxxiiiij [i.e. 344]-CCClxxi [i.e. 372], CCClxxi-CCCCxliiij [i.e. 445] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 2⁰

Note

Anonymous. By Jacobus de Voragine.

A translation, probably by William Caxton, based in part on the French translation of Jean de Vignay.

Title and imprint from colophon, which reads: ... whyche werke I haue accomplisshed at the commau[n]demente and requeste of the noble and puyssaunte erle, and my specyal good lord wyllyam erle of arondel, [and] haue fynysshed it at westmestre the twenty day of nouembre, the yere of our lord M,CCCC,lxxxiij ... By me wylyam Caxton.

Signatures: pi? a-z? [et]? [con]?; A-X? 2a-2f? 2g? 2h-2i? 2k?.