Legend of Saint Hedwig

IV F 192 Wroclaw University Library (Wroclaw, Poland)

Legenda o św. Jadwidze - Legende der hl. Hedwig Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

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Legend of Saint Hedwig

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Alternative Titles: Hedwig-Legende
Legende der Heiligen Hedwig
Legenda o św. Jadwidze
Type: Printed book on parchment
Size / Format: 243 pages / 34.5 × 24.0 cm
Origin: Poland
Date: 1451
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Saints' Lives
Language: German
Script: Littera bastarda
Illustrations: 60 colored pen drawings, 1 full-page initial miniature, 1 historiated initial, various pen-flourish initials
Content: Genealogy of St. Hedwig, Legenda maior, Legenda minor, Author's prayer to St. Hedwig, Canonization deed by Pope Clement IV, Canonization sermon by Pope Clement IV, Letter from Nicholas of Poznan to Prince Louis of Brieg with colophon, Hedwig antiphons and
Patron: Antonius Hornig († 1464)
Artist / School: Peter Freytag (scribe)
Previous Owners: Wilhelm von Wirz und Burg, imperial consiliarius for Silesia
Library of the Franciscan Convent at St. Dorothea, Wroclaw

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Limited Edition: 1200 copies (1050 of which for sale)

Binding: Brown leather binding with blind tooling

Commentary: 1 volume (630 pp.) by Trude Ehlert, Wojciech Mrozowicz, and Jerzy Łukosz
Language: German, Polish

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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