Gilte Legende Volume 2

By: Hamer, Richard

The second of a projected set of three volumes, Volume II concludes the text; Volume III will contain the general introduction, explanatory notes, and glossary.

Gilte Legende is, for the most part, a close translation (1438) of Jean de Vignay's Legende Dor e (ca. 1333-40), itself a close translation of Jacobus de Voragine's immensely influential Legenda Aurea (ca. 1267). The importance of Legenda Aurea as a source book for students of late medieval literature, church history, and visual art, can hardly be overestimated.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199234396
• ISBN13: 9780199234394
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Early English Text Society
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 8.6"