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Aurea legenda maior beati Francisci
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Author: Saint Bonaventure (about 1217–1274)
Author: Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian, 1182–1226)
Printer: Filippo Giunta (Italian, 1450–1517)
Author: Saint Bonaventure (about 1217–1274)
Author: Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian, 1182–1226)
Printer: Filippo Giunta (Italian, 1450–1517)
1509
Place of Publication: Florence, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with two woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 16.1 x 11.3 x 2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Anna C. Hoyt
Accession Number23.1319
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1509
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet I, 1091; Proctor/Isaac 13345; Sander 1165; Kristeller, Florentine, 68
Description(Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1509) Octavo; 98 leaves; half gilt-stamped brown calf, paste-paper boards.
Illustration of stigmatization of St. Francis on title (repeated verso).
Illustration of stigmatization of St. Francis on title (repeated verso).
ProvenanceOld library stamp on title and colophon leaves (from Bologna?); Davis & Orioli, England (Cat. 37?), from whom purchased by Anna C. Hoyt; given by her to MFA, October 1923.