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English translation of adaptation of 'Legenda Aurea', written in A.D. 1438

At end:' ... Here endith the Lives of Seintis that is callid in latynne Legenda Aurea, and in Englissh the Gilte Legend, the which is drawen out of Frensshe into Englisshe. The yere of oure Lorde M.CCCC. and xxxviij bi a synfulle wrecche ...' This work by Jacobus de Voragine begins in this English translation with 'knowliched that he was ouercome', in the Life of st. Anthony, and ends with ' The Life of Adam and of Eve. cap° c lxxxj°' (fol. 157) and 'The fyve wilis of Kinge Pharao' (fol.…
Collection: Douce Manuscripts
Shelfmark: MS. Douce 372
Extents: 170 Leaves
Dates: written in A.D. 1438