Excerpt from Legenda Aurea Légende Dorée Golden Legend: A Study of Caxton's Golden Legend With Special Reference to Its Relations to the Earlier English Prose Translation, A Dissertation Presented to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University for the Degree of Doctor of PhilosophyBut the very limited time devoted to the question of Jacobus's sources does not entitle me to o¿'er opinions. I Shall merely state that while his book was confessedly a compilation, he used his sources with considerable judgment and care.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.