Book Title: Trophaeum vitae solitariae

Author: Leu, Thomas de, 1560-1612

Image Title: Saint Simeon Stylites

Description: Saint Simeon Stylites fasts for Lent. The head of his monastery brought him water and loaves, but he refused to eat them. He spent 39 years living an ascetic life while standing on a pillar (background).The engraver, Thomas de Leu, and the printer Emundus Charpy have placed their signatures in the bottom center. De Leu copied (but reversed) the earlier designs of Maarten De Vos, whose work may be found in the Digital Image Archive under the call number 1587SADE..

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