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Jacobus De Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)4
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Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901)3
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The Golden legend (v. 1)

Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298); Caxton, William (1422-1491); Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901); Kelmscott Press

1892

One of 500 copies. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 325-6. Decorated initials. Translated by William Caxton.

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The Golden legend (v. 2)

Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298); Caxton, William (1422-1491); Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901); Kelmscott Press

1892

One of 500 copies. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 325-6. Decorated initials. Translated by William Caxton.

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The Golden legend (v. 3)

Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298); Caxton, William (1422-1491); Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901); Kelmscott Press

1892

One of 500 copies. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 325-6. Decorated initials. Translated by William Caxton.

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Animals under the rainbow

Roche, Aloysius (1886-); Parker, Agnes Miller (1895-1980)

1952

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Legenda aurea sanctorum
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Legenda aurea sanctorum

Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)

[ca. 1300-1320]

The medieval foliation is one too high after f. 45. Quires are numbered and horizontal catchwords included. Decoration: One 10-line historiated initial in blue patterned in white and on decorated ...

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St. Agatha of Sicily (fol. 65v)
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St. Agatha of Sicily (fol. 65v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Agatha, holding a candle (?).

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Martyrs (fol. 152v)
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Martyrs (fol. 152v)

[1450-1475]

The miniature depicts a group of martyrs, with the four at the front individualised by their symbols.

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Confessors (fol. 159r)
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Confessors (fol. 159r)

[1450-1475]

The miniature shows a group of confessors, with one of them holding a ladder.

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St. Sophia (fol. 76r)
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St. Sophia (fol. 76r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Sophia, holding a book and a palm branch.

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