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1. Royal MS 16 G V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 G V
Title:
Des cleres et nobles femmes, an anonymous French translation of Boccacio's De mulieribus claris
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Des cleres et nobles femmes, an anonymous French translation of the poem De mulieribus claris (Concerning Famous Women), begun in 1361 by Giovanni Boccaccio (b. 1313, d. 1375) and revised several times before his death in 1375. The work is a moralizing compilation of bio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c. 1440
Extent:
1 volume

2. Yates Thompson MS 49/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 49/1
Title:
Jean de Vignay, La Légende Dorée, Volume I
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of two volumes containing Jean de Vignay's La Légende Dorée, a Middle French translation of a popular collection of saints' lives known as the Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), originally compiled by Jacobus de Voragine (b. c. 1230, d. 1298). The second volume of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1470
Extent:
1 volume

3. Yates Thompson MS 49/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 49/2
Title:
Jean de Vignay, La Légende Dorée, Volume II
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second of two volumes containing Jean de Vignay's La Légende Dorée, a Middle French translation of a popular collection of saints' lives known as the Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), originally compiled by Jacobus de Voragine (b. c. 1230, d. 1298). The first volume of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1470
Extent:
1 volume

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