Gilte Legende Volume 2
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hamer, Richard / Russell, Vida, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, 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 () of Jean de Vignay's Legende Doree (ca. ), itself a close translation of Jacobus de Voragine's immensely influential Legenda Aurea (ca. ). The importance of Legenda Aurea as a source book for students of late medieval literature, church history, and visual art, can hardly be overestimated.