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Around what year was the Golden Legend compiled?
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- The middle of the thirteenth century.
- About 1260.
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1260 (answers within ±20 count)
Why
About 1260, by Jacobus de Voragine. It became one of the most copied books of the later Middle Ages, which is why hagiographic painting is so consistent across Europe: painters in different countries were working from versions of the same collection.
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