Saint Jerome 

This engraving of Saint Jerome was created in the late 15th or early 16th century, probably in Germany. The image shows Saint Jerome, who translated the Bible into Latin, in the desert with a lion. This print reflects the culture of the late medieval church, with its emphasis on hermits, penance, and the lives of the saints. But it's also a product of a new technology: printmaking. Engravings like this were relatively cheap to produce, and they circulated widely. They were collected by ordinary people, often pasted into books or onto walls, and they helped to spread new ideas and images. We can trace the cultural history of images like this using sources from the time: books, letters, inventories, and so on. What was the role of this image in early modern religious life? What can the image tell us about changes in religious belief?