1. Harley MS 4775
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4775
- Title:
- Gilte Legende (Middle English prose translation of the Legenda Aurea)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the so-called Gilte Legende. This is a complete Middle English prose translation of the Legenda Aurea: a Latin collection of almost 200 saints' lives compiled by the French Dominican chronicler Jacobus de Voragine [Jean de Vignay] (b. c. 1230, d. 1298), and completed around ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume