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Colloquial name(s): Elsässische Legenda Aurea (The Alsace Golden Legend, The Alsatian Golden Legend)
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 144
Date: 1419 (source)
Origin: Straßburg (Strasbourg), France (historically Germany) (source)
Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON
This manuscript consists of one of the German translations of Jacobus da Varagine's Golden Legend, known as the Alsace or Alsatian Golden Legend (source, source and source). This book was a hugely popular medieval hagiography which sought to compile traditional lore about all of the saints venerated at the time of writing (c. 1260) (source). This copy is lavishly illustrated with full-page pen-and-ink illustrations (source).
Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided (in German) by the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg with both facsimiles.
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