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Illuminating the Vitae patrum: The Lives of Desert Saints in Fourteenth-Century Italy Gallant, Denva (Rice University)
Illuminating the Vitae patrum: The Lives of Desert Saints in Fourteenth-Century Italy
Gallant, Denva (Rice University)
Examines the most extensively illustrated codex of the Vitae patrum, The Lives of the Desert Fathers, to show how images made the practices of the desert saints compelling and accessible to fourteenth-century city dwellers who were just beginning to cultivate the habit of private devotion on a wide scale.
168 pages, 35 Halftones, color; 39 Halftones, black and white; 35 Halftones, color; 39 Halftones, bl
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 30, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9780271095639 |
| Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Pages | 168 |
| Dimensions | 213 × 263 × 21 mm · 964 g |
| Language | English |