Osbern Bokenham: Lives of the Saints

This is the first edition of a major work by the translator and hagiographer Osbern Bokenham. Unknown before the discovery of the unique manuscript in 2005, Bokenham's work comprises a complete translation of Legenda Aurea, a collection of saints' lives compiled by the Dominican friar Jacobus de Voragine which achieved widespread popularity throughout the Middle Ages and survives in over eight hundred manuscripts, supplemented with accounts of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198867972
• ISBN13: 9780198867975
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"