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A Chronology of Brinting - C. Clair 655 C38 (Santa Clara)
The 1st date book printed in the French language
in France was La Légende Dorée, a French translation by
Jean de Vignay of Jacobus de Voragine, Légende Aurea, Lyons:
Guillaume Le Roy & Barthélemy Buyer, 1476.

between the warring factions. What has brought Voragine's
fame to this day is a Life of the Saints that he
wrote, which became popular under the name of
Légende Dorée (Golden Legend). Composed first in
Latin & titled San Legenda Sanctorum in the
Historia lombardica manuscripts (too restrictive a title,
for it applies almost exclusively to Chapter 176) the
work was enthousiastically nicknamed Legenda Aurea
by his contemporaries. First distributed as numerous
hand written manuscripts, the work was one of the 1st
ever to be printed. Editions multiplied till the end of
the 15th C., but the oldest extant do not
appear to be earlier than 1470. They are undated
and the format is in folio. The 1st dated one is from
1475, Paris, in folio, gothic, under the title Aurea
Legenda. First translated into French by Jean Belet
(hand written only) the legende dorée was than translated
by Father Batelier who connected an earlier version of
Jean de Vigney (Lyon, 1496 in folio). This translation was
utilized by Antoine Verard, Pierre Leber, Marnet etc.
in their respective editions. The most recent translation & edition
in French is that of Mr. Gustave Brunet (Paris, 1843, 2 vol
in 8vo) The 1st English edition was that of Caxton, the
printer, under the title Golden Legend (London 1483)
Voragine has also authorized Sermons, in Latin, printed
in 1484, s.l.n.d. in folio, gothic at Venice 1457 in 4to; a
life of Mary titled Marialis, Venice 1497, in 4to and
especially a Chronique de la ville de Genoa, which goes
as far as 1279, and which was inserted by Muratori in
his "Rerum italicanum scriptoris, t. IX.

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