Jacobus, Golden Legend, 1472 (fol. 5r)

The start of the life of Saint Mary of Egypt is marked off by a hand-colored woodcut illustrating her life. Like other books from the earliest years of printing, this does not use many of the printed features that become standard, including headlines, paragraph breaks, signature marks, or catchwords.

The start of the life of Saint Mary of Egypt is marked off by a hand-colored woodcut illustrating her life. Like other books from the earliest years of printing, this does not use many of the printed features that become standard, including headlines, paragraph breaks, signature marks, or catchwords.

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Jacobus de Voragine, Hie hebt sich an das Sumer Teil der Heyligen Leben. [Golden Legend. German.] Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 1472. (fol. 5r)

Library of Congress, Incun. 1472 .J3 (public domain)

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