Book Title: Solitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum : per antiquissimu[m] Patrem D. Hieronimu[m] eorundem primarium olim conscripta / iam verò primu*m æneis laminis, idq*[ue] Ioannis et Raphael Sadeler, fratru[m] impensis scalpt. & excusa

Author: Sadeler, Jan, 1550-1600

Image Title: Joannicius the Great

Description: This image comes from “Trophaeum Vitae Solitariae,” dated 1598, bound with “Solitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum”. The hermit saint Joannicius the Great (8th-9th centuries) was born in Bithinia and served in the army before becoming a monk. The artist responsible for the design was Maarten De Vos and the engraver was Johannes Sadeler I (Jan Sadeler), whose names are at the lower left.

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