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Saint Jerome Writing is a painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1607 or 1608, housed in the Oratory of St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta. It can be compared with Caravaggio's earlier version of the same subject in the Borghese Gallery in Rome .
The painting depicts Saint Jerome, a Doctor of the Church in Roman Catholicism and a popular subject for painting, even for Caravaggio, who produced other paintings of Jerome in Meditation and engaged in writing. In this image, Jerome is reading intently, an outstretched arm resting with quill. It has been suggested that Jerome is depicted in ...
Saint Jerome in Meditation: Montserrat, Museum of Montserrat: 118 × 81 cm Oil on canvas: c. 1605: Saint Jerome Writing: Rome, Borghese: 112 × 157 cm Oil on canvas: 1605: Portrait of Pope Paul V: Rome, Private Collection of the Prince Borghese 203 × 119 cm Oil on canvas: Disputed 1605: Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge: Rome, Borghese ...
Saint Jerome Writing, by Caravaggio, 1607, at St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta. Jerome was a scholar at a time when being a scholar implied a fluency in Greek. He knew some Hebrew when he started his translation project, but moved to Jerusalem to strengthen his grip on Jewish scripture commentary.
A hypothetical pre-Glagolitic writing system is typically referred to as cherty i rezy (strokes and incisions) [71] – but no material evidence of the existence of any pre-Glagolitic Slavic writing system has been found, except for a few brief and vague references in old chronicles and "lives of the saints".
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The book Saint Jerome is reading represents knowledge. The books surrounding him refer to his translation of the Bible into Latin. The lion in the shadows to the right of the saint is from a story about Saint Jerome pulling a thorn out of a lion's paw. In gratitude, the lion follows Saint Jerome around for the rest of his life, like a house cat.
The light enters from a window behind the writing desk and from the foreground, in order to illuminate any detail of the scene. Objects on the desk and the shelves include an hourglass , a pounce pot , a ruler , an astrolabe , numerous books and writing instruments, all suitable for the idealized Renaissance man .