Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Acknowledgments XI
4. Abbreviations XIII
5. 1. Pilgrims to the Living in Context 1
6. 2. Desert Ascetics and Distant Marvels: The Historia as Travelogue 35
7. 3. Imagined Journeys: Literary Paradigms for Pilgrimage to Holy People 79
8. 4. Pilgrims and the Eye of Faith 102
9. 5. How to Read a Face: Pilgrims and Ascetic Physiognomy 134
10. 6. Pilgrims to the Living and the Memory of the Eyes 171
11. Select Bibliography 183
12. Index 211