Golden Legend: Selections by Jacobus De Voragine by Jacobus De Voragine

Penguin Books, 1998 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A visibly not very noticeable damp warp near the top corners of pages which fades out after the first hundred pages or so. Light edge wear..

Penguin Classics, 0000-00-00. Revised. paperback. Used: Good.

Penguin Classics, 1998-01-01. Paperback. Like New.

Penguin Classics, 1998-01-01. Paperback. New.

Penguin Classics, 0000-00-00. Revised. paperback. Used:Good.

Penguin Classics, May 1999. Paper Back. New. <i>The Golden Legend</i> was the most widely read medieval collection of saints' lives, originally compiled in about 1260, and without peer until replaced by Butler's <i>Lives</i> four hundred years later. The readings on the saints and on feast days were originally written with an eye toward edification and piety rather than Enlightenment standards of historical accuracy. Not to say that Jacobus was uninterested in history; over 130 sources dating from the second to the thirteenth centuries were incorporated into his work, and he was aware of and tried to reconcile discrepancies between them. But his primary concern was to illustrate the awareness of God present and active in human history, an activity which in the medieval mind presupposed the miraculous as commonplace. <i>The Golden Legend</i>, abridged in this Penguin Classic, is an incomparable source for the study of medieval art history, popular culture,… Read More

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Paperback / softback. New. A summary of saint's lives and religious festivals which decisively influenced medieval poetry, painting and stained glass. A resource for students of art history and religious studies. Contains a selection of over 70 biographies ranging from the first Apostles to Francis of Assisi. The selection and translation is by Christopher Stace.

Penguin Classics, 1998-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!