The Golden Legend: The Great Collection of the Legends of the Saints Translated from the Medieval Latin
by de Voragine, Jacobus / Ryan, Granger and Ripperger, Helmut (transl.)
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- first
- Condition
- Book VG: spotting to boards and spine, foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight/DJ G: age toning, spine slightly sunned, edge wear, not clipped
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About This Item
New York: Arno Press, 1969. first thus. hardcover. Book VG: spotting to boards and spine, foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight/DJ G: age toning, spine slightly sunned, edge wear, not clipped. 8vo 800pp. from front flap: "In medieval times the saints were heroes; everyone turned to some special saint for aid. Saint Margaret protected mothers in childbirth, Saint Genevieve cured the burning sickness, Saint Blaise the ills of the throat. Saint Cornelius guarded oxen, Saint Gall the hens, Saint Medard the vinyards. It was this lore of the saints that Jacobus de Voragine compiled for his most famous work, the Golden Legend. Unlike scientific biography these legends were further embellished by Jacobus from what were originally legendary sources. The Golden Legend is the folk-lore of the saints." #01924.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1862
- Title
- The Golden Legend
- Author
- de Voragine, Jacobus / Ryan, Granger and Ripperger, Helmut (transl.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: spotting to boards and spine, foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight
- Jacket Condition
- DJ G: age toning, spine slightly sunned, edge wear, not clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first thus
- Publisher
- Arno Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Catholicism, saints, legends, religion, christianity, nonfiction, biography, first edition
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