Here begynneth the legende named in Latyn Legenda aurea, : that is to say in Englysshe the Golden legende : for lyke as passeth golde in valewe al other metallys, soo thys legende excedeth all other bokes
This is a 1493 English printing of the Golden Legend, a collection of saints' lives compiled by Jacobus de Voragine and printed at Westminster by Wynkyn de Worde for devout lay readers. The pages carry black-letter text opened by large decorated initials, and one shows the Crucifixion with mourners at its foot. A designer might take from them the dense blackletter setting, ornamental woodcut capitals with foliage and figures inside, and the stark outline woodcut style.
