Hagiographies
Subject
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
MS 98: Collection of Sermons, Epistles, Hagiographies, and other religious texts by Guerric of Igny, Augustine of Hippo, Peter Damian, and other important figures of the Catholic Church, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 98
Contents
This manuscript contains a collection of around 70 Sermons, Epistles, Hagiographies, prayers, and other religious texts by several different authors, including Guerric of Igny, Augustine of Hippo, Peter Damian, Maximus [?], Pope Sylvester, Pope Eugene IV, Pope Boniface IX, and abbot Gibuinus.ContentsSermo Guerrici Abbatis. De Adventu Domini: starts on f. 1r with the following words: Vox...
Dates:
15th century
MS 101: Dialogi de Miraculis Sanctorum Patrum by Gregory I, also known as Dialogi, 12th century
Item
Identifier: MS 101
Contents
This manuscript contains the Dialogi (Dialogues) by pope Gregory I (c. 540–604), also known as Saint Gregory the Great. He was an influential statesman and prolific religious writer, considered doctor and father of the Church, and revered as saint by several Christian traditions. The Dialogi are a collection of miracles and astounding deeds done by saints and other holy people. The text is...
Dates:
12th century
Vita et Legenda Beate Katherine Virginis, 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 23/ff. 40v-72v
Contents
This section of the manuscript contains a hagiographical text about Saint Katherine, a virgin martyr: Vita et Legenda Beate Katherine Virginis (The Life and Legend of Saint Katherine, Virgin).This section starts on f.40v, but the prologue begins on f.42r. It is prefaced with Incipit prologus in vita Beata Katherine Virginis et Martyris. The text of the prologue itself starts on the same folio...
Dates:
15th century