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Vitae Patrum (Lives of the Desert Fathers)

Publisher Seversz Netherlandish
January 8, 1511
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vitae Patrum (Lives of the Desert Fathers)
  • Author: Saint Jerome (ca. 347–419/20 CE)
  • Publisher: Seversz , Leyden
  • Date: January 8, 1511
  • Medium: Woodcuts
  • Dimensions: 10 3/16 × 7 1/2 × 1 1/16 in. (25.9 × 19.1 × 2.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.31
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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