Legenda Aurea. Dat duytsche Passionel

Köln (Cologne): Ludwig von Renchen, 1485. Very Good -. A scarce German incunable leaf from the press of Ludwig von Renchen. The text is taken from Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (Legenda Aurea). Jacobus de Voragine (c. 1230 - 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the most popular religious works of the Middle Ages [Wikipedia]. The leaf is printed in double columns with 43 lines of text, which is rubricated. A good copy with browning and some staining. There are small chips along the margin where the leaf was removed from a bound volume. Measures 7.5 x 10 inches. Goff J-171; Proctor 1262. EPHEM/060123 I.