The golden legend : readings on the saints / by Jacobus de Voragine : Transalated by William Ganger Ryan ; Introduction by Eamon Duffy

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Voragine, Jacobus de [Author]

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9780691154077 (pbk)

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282.092 VOR

Summary: Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of factual and fictional stories, The Golden Legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine, a scholarly friar and later archbishop of Genoa, whose purpose was to captivate, encourage, and edify the faithful, while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends and traditions of the church. In this translation, the first in English of the complete text, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich work, which offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious culture.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Book	Chanakya University Knowledge Centre Chanakya University Knowledge Centre	Chanakya University Knowledge Centre	Chanakya University	282.092 VOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		CU12583

Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of factual and fictional stories, The Golden Legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine, a scholarly friar and later archbishop of Genoa, whose purpose was to captivate, encourage, and edify the faithful, while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends and traditions of the church. In this translation, the first in English of the complete text, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich work, which offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious culture.

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