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[6], cccxxxiiii, [1] leaves : ill. |
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A translation of "Nova legenda Anglie", which is based on the "Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae" attributed to John of Tynemouth. |
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Title from colophon, which continues: Impressa lo[n]donias: i[n] domo Winandi de Worde: co[m]mora[n]tis ad signu[m] solis: in vico nu[n]cupato (the flete strete). Anno d[omi]ni. M.CCCCC.xvi. xxvij. die Februarij. Itaq[ue] omnes hystorie hic collecte: merito dicu[n]tur noue: quia licet quedam de istis etia[m] reperiu[n]tur apud plures: no[n] tamen ita eme[n]date [et] correcte sicut in hoc volumen continentur. |
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Opening words of text, A2r: Sancti patres qui priscis fuere te[m]porib[us] charitatem in multis frigesce[n]tem aspicie[n]tes. |
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The first leaf recto and verso and the last leaf recto bear the same woodcut. |
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Reproduction of the original in the Folger Shakespeare Library. |
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