A Bestiary for Saint Jerome: Animal Symbolism in European Religious Art

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. Cloth, 378 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: The legend of Saint Jerome in art; Saint Jerome and his animal associates; Saint Jerome in his study; Saint Jerome in the wilderness; Durer's engraving of 1514; Cranach's versions of the Jerome theme; Two penitent Jeromes by Bosch; Antonello da Messina's "Saint Jerome in his study"; Francesco di Giorgio's bronze relief; Tura's "Saint Jerome in penitence"; The bestiary. The ant; The badger; The bear; The beaver; The cat; The chaffinch; The cheetah (and the leopard and the panther); The cock; The crab; The crane; The deer; The dog; The dove; The dragon; The duck; The eagle (and the falcon and the hawk); The fly; The fox; The frog; The genet; The goldfinch; The guineafowl; The harpy; The hawfinch; The heron; The hoopoe; The jackal; The jay; The kingfisher; The lion; The lioness : an iconological problem; The lizard; The magpie; The monkey; The mouse; The otter; The owl; The parrot; The partridge; The peacock; The pheasant; The porphyrio (or purple gallinule); The rabbit (or hare); The raven; The robin; The scorpion; The snail; The snake; The squirrel; The stork; The swallow; The swan; The titmouse; The tortoise; The unicorn; The wallcreeper; The wolf; The woodpecker; Saint Jerome in illuminated manuscripts; Appendix : Pertinent renditions of the Jerome theme.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.