See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

LEGEND (through the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French from the med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)  , in its See also:

• PRIMARY

primary meaning the See also:

• HISTORY

history or See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of a See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint, and so applied to portions of Scripture and selections from the lives of the See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints as read at divine service . The See also:

• STATUTE

statute of 3 and 4 See also:

• EDWARD

Edward VI. dealing with the abolition of certain books and images (1549), cap. ro, See also:

• SECT

sect . 1, says that " all bookes . . . called processionalles, manuelles, legends . . . shall be . . . abolished." The " See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

Legend," or Aurea Legenda, was the name given to a See also:

• BOOK

book containing lives of the saints and descriptions of festivals, written by Jacobus de Voragine, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . From the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original application of the word to stories of the saints containing wonders and miracles, the word came to be applied to a story handed down without any See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation in history, but popularly believed to be true . " Legend " is also used of a See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, inscription, or See also:

• MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto on coins or medals, and in connexion with coats of arms, See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields, monuments, &c .