Jacobus, Golden Legend, 1472 (fol. 2r)

The text of this German edition of The Golden Legend of Saints starts off with an equivalent to “incipit”: “Hie hebt sich an das Sumer Teil der Heyligen Leben…” (“Here begins the Summer Part of the Holy Lives…”). A hand-colored portrait of Jacobus writing his work follows.

The text of this German edition of The Golden Legend of Saints starts off with an equivalent to "incipit": "Hie hebt sich an das Sumer Teil der Heyligen Leben..." ("Here begins the Summer Part of the Holy Lives..."). A hand-colored portrait of Jacobus writing his work follows.

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Jacobus de Voragine, Hie hebt sich an das Sumer Teil der Heyligen Leben. [Golden Legend. German.] Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 1472. (fol. 2r)

Library of Congress, Incun. 1472 .J3 (public domain)

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