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 Zoerarde

Description: This image comes from “Sylvae Sacrae,” dated 1594, bound with “Solitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum”. Saint Zoerarde, also called Saint Andrew Svorad(11th century) practices extreme penitence with chains, and devices to prevent sleep. The names of the artist responsible for the design, Maarten De Vos, and the engraver, Johannes Sadeler I (Jan Sadeler), are at the lower right.

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