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: Saint Theodorus

Description: This image comes from “Trophaeum Vitae Solitariae,” dated 1598, bound with “Solitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum”. Saint Theodore the Studite (759-826) was a Byzantine Greek monk. His letter suggesting monastery reform rules is one of the first recorded stands against slavery. Here, he appears in chains, carrying a cross. The artist responsible for the design was Maarten De Vos and the engraver, Johannes Sadeler I (Jan Sadeler), whose names are at lower left.

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