The Golden Legend (Legenda aurea) of Jacobus de Voragine, vol. I | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M22972
People: Anonymous Germany (Magdeburg) 1487, German
Title: The Golden Legend (Legenda aurea) of Jacobus de Voragine, vol. I
Classification: Prints
Work Type: book
Date: 1487
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/254032

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Woodcut
Dimensions: 30.5 x 22.5 cm (12 x 8 7/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Schr. 4322

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year: 1932
Object Number: M22972
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

James E. Walsh, A Catalogue of the Fifteenth-Century Printed Books in the Harvard University Library, Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton, NY, 1991), vol. 1, no. 977

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