MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - EN26.jpg


Category	Woodcut
Origin: artist/workshop	workshop of Michel Angier
Date	16C/1
Reference No	BN Res 2625 P., f 146
Size	4.6x3.3
Provenance	Caen
Present Location	Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional
Bibliography	Leroux 1991, 176
	GL 209
Illustration From	Leroux 1991, No 319
Other illustrations

Country	France

Description:
Woodcut from Caen dated 1510 from the 'Legenda Aurea' at the beginning of the chapter dealing with Bernard which records his origin in Burgundy. Bernard kneels on a black and white tiled floor before the Virgin shown as an image on the wall holding her cross-nimbed Child with her right hand and squeezing her breast with her right hand as a result of which a jet of milk is squirted in the direction of Bernard.

Description:

Woodcut from Caen dated 1510 from the 'Legenda Aurea' at the beginning of the chapter dealing with Bernard which records his origin in Burgundy. Bernard kneels on a black and white tiled floor before the Virgin shown as an image on the wall holding her cross-nimbed Child with her right hand and squeezing her breast with her right hand as a result of which a jet of milk is squirted in the direction of Bernard.