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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