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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)
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
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).
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.