Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints
A hagiographic reference by N. D'Anvers, published in London by G. Bell & Sons in 1902, recounting the lives of desert hermits, church fathers and related saints for English readers of devotional and art history. The plates are halftone reproductions of Italian frescoes and altarpieces showing enthroned bishops, the Virgin under coffered vaults, ranks of standing saints in niches, and narrative scenes with monks and demons in perspectival architecture, useful for saints' attributes, architectural frames and tonal grey compositions.
