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ID: 901001158
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001158
Record Type: Literature

Golden Legend (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260)

Note: Lives of the saints that was very popular in the late medieval period. Was likely compiled ca. 1260, although the text was added to over the centuries. Recounted details of the saints, Mary, and Jesus that were depicted in art of the period.

Display Date: compiled ca. 1260

Names:
Golden Legend (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260) (preferred,t,English-P,D,P)
Legenda Aurea (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260) (Latin-P,D,P)
Legenda Sanctorum (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260) (Latin,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Named written and performed works> (P)
........<Literary works: History, Biographies> (P)
............Golden Legend (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260) (I)
Related Iconography:
is source for .... Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Other Christian narratives, Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Christian narrative)) [901000034]
is source for .... Coronation of the Virgin Mary
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, New Testament narratives, Life of the Virgin Mary (Christian iconography), Coronation of the Virgin Mary (Christian iconography)) [901000780]
is source for .... Marriage of the Virgin Mary
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, New Testament narratives, Life of the Virgin Mary (Christian iconography), Marriage of the Virgin Mary (Christian iconography)) [901000027]
is source for .... Life of Saint Roch
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Other Christian narratives, Life of Saint Roch (Christian iconography)) [901000658]
is source for .... Life of Saint George
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Other Christian narratives, Life of Saint George (Christian iconography)) [901001163]
is source for .... Saint George Slaying the Dragon
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Other Christian narratives, Life of Saint George (Christian iconography), Saint George Slaying the Dragon (Christian iconography)) [901000113]
is source for .... Margaret of Antioch, Saint
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Margaret of Antioch, Saint (Christian character)) [901000590]
is source for .... Erasmus, Saint, Bishop of Antioch
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Erasmus, Saint, Bishop of Antioch (Christian character)) [901000175]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... lives of the saints (literary genre)
.....(biographies (literary genre), genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
author is .... Da Voragine, Giacomo (Italian archbishop and writer, ca. 1230-1298)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:
Golden Legend (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Legenda Aurea (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Legenda Sanctorum (biographies, Da Voragine, ca. 1260)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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