1527 - Leaf from William Claxton's translation of Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), printed in 1527with all references to the "pope" obliterated at the command ofHenry VIII following his excommunication by Pope Paul III in 1538

Disbound

1538 · Westminster, England

by Jacobus de Voragine and William Claxton
Westminster, England: Wynkyn de Word, 1538. Disbound. Very good. The Golden Legend, or Legenda sanctorum (Readings of the Saints) is a collection of 153 hagiographies originally compiled by Jacobus de Voragine between 1259 and 1266. It was one of the most popular texts of the Middle Ages and printed throughout Europe in more editions than the Bible. It is, in effect, an encyclopedia of the saints with its chapters organized by the date of their feast days.

This leaf (approximately 7" x 10") is from the English translation, a later edition, by William Claxton printed at Westminster by Wynkyn de Worde in 1498. 47 lines of text plus headline. (truncated)
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