Jacobus, de Voragine, c 1229-1298 (Archbishop of Genoa and medieval hagiographer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1229~-1298- - 1298
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Legenda aura [incomplete] by Jacobus da Varagine
part
Identifier: MS 89/ff. 90r-101v
Contents
This section of the manuscript contains an extract of Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), a compilation of biographies of saints, or hagiographies, widely read in the late Middle Ages. The text was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus da Varagine (c. 1230-1298), an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa.ContentsText: starts imperfectly on f. 90r with the following...
Dates:
12th-14th century