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Illuminating the Vitae patrum: the lives of desert saints in Fourteenth-Century Italy

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Cultivating virtue in the Vitae patrum -- On withdrawal -- On temptation -- On penance.

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    University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024]

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    • 0271095636
    • 9780271095639

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