Showing posts with label Golden Legend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden Legend. Show all posts

Friday, 29 December 2017

Elsässische Legenda Aurea (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 144)

Matthew preaches to the Moors, f. 120v.

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


Monday, 31 July 2017

Golden Legend (Bibliothèque Mazarine, Ms 1729)

Jesus and the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the symbols of
the Evangelists, f. 1r.

Colloquial name(s): the Golden Legend / Légende dorée
Official name(s): Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Ms 1729

Date: around 1370 (source), 1365-75 (source)
Origin: France (source and source)