Jerome
On the iconography of Jerome and his lion, see E. Rice, Saint
Jerome in the Renaissance (Baltimore 1985) 37-45. The painting
reproduced here has been argued to be a flattering
portrait of the contemporary cardinal Nicholas of Cusa as well. The
contemporary evolution of the image's implications may be studied through
poems by Randall
Jarrell, Margaret
Moore, and Stephen
Mitchell.
Durer's version
A substantial
selection of Jerome's works in English translation from
the series Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is now available on the
net.
