> I am studying a late-13th-century manuscript of the Legenda
> aurea, the earliest surviving extensively illuminated copy of this text
> (with 135 extant miniatures.) A large proportion of these illustrate the
> torture and death of martyrs, and I am interested in the different ways
> that male and female martyrs are treated.
Dear Martha,
Your manuscript sounds very interesting. I am aware of a couple of
earlier Byzantine Menologia with extensive depictions of martyrdoms,
but (without meaning to scoop your dissertation) do you know of
earlier European manuscripts of this sort?
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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