Oraculum Anchoreticum [male hermits]; Engraved in the maanner of Maarten de Vos (1532-1603) and published by the Sadeler brothers Johann (1550-1600) and Rafael 1560-1628), Flemish

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Engraving represented a different if not new art form applied in Europe, descending from engraving of military armor. Engraving applied to images of hermits became a specialty of the Sadeler family, with brothers Jan and Raphael inspiring if not executing many portfolios of hermits in these galleries. The brothers frequently worked in Germany as well as native Antwerp.
The obscure hermits range from antiquity to late medieval, reflecting a grand sympathy and nostalgia for the disappeared. The hermits are depicted uniformly in stylized clothing, housing, and natural setting, an imaginary presentation almost mystical in its projection of benignity and quietude.

FIGURES REPRESENTED

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DECORATIVE PAGE
1. Saint Beatus of Lungern
2. Saint Marinus
3. Saint Ephaestios
4. Saint Nathaniel of Nitria
5. Saint Zeno
6. Saint Possidonius the Theban
7. Saint Symmachus
8. Saint Lucius of Cyrene
9. Saint Dorotheus
10. Saint Liphardus
11. Saint Leonardus
12. Saint Saba
13. Saint Auxentius of Bithynia
14. Saint Vinvalocius
15. Saint Ethbinus
16. Saint Magloire
17. Saint Landelinus
18. Saint Fiacrius
19. Saint Vulmarus
20. Saint Wendelinus
21. Saint Salomon
22. Saint Petrus (Peter the Hermit)
23. Saint Theobaldus
24. Saint Gualfardus