VORAGINE (Jacobus de)

A leaf from the Leben der Heiligen (Legenda Sancta Aurea), by Jacobus de Voragine. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger,

      Rectangular woodcut (182 x 88mm.), with contemporary hand-colouring by a South German illuminator. 1488. A fine coloured woodcut illustration from the Golden Legend, which shows scenes in the the life of St. James the Elder. It shows an executioner about to decapitate the kneeling saint, and the saint addressing two men.H 9981. BMC II, 433. Goff J168.