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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > saints > male saints (with NAME) > the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone > personal devotion of St. Jerome > St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him

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11H(JEROME)36St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him  

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  • beating
  • book
  • cardinal's insignia
  • chest (breast)
  • Christian religion
  • crucifix
  • desert
  • hat
  • hermit
  • hourglass
  • Jerome (St.)
  • kneeling
  • lion
  • penitence
  • religion
  • saint
  • scorpion
  • self-castigation
  • skull
  • snake
  • stone
  • supernatural
  • symbol
  • Vanitas
  • vanity

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  • 11H(JEROME)36

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