MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - EN27.jpg


Category	Woodcut
Origin: artist/workshop	Anon; printed by Herman de Campis & Roberte Rabelo
Date	16C/1
Reference No	Res 157A, f 126
Size	7.6x7
Provenance	Lisbon
Present Location	Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional
Bibliography	Leroux 1991, 176
	GL 209
Illustration From	Leroux 1991, No 320
Other illustrations

Country	Portugal

Description:
A woodcut from the 'Legenda Aurea' in Portuguese dated 1513 decorating the beginning of the chapter devoted to Bernard. Bernard kneels in a landscape, his crozier under his right arm and his hands raised in acknowledging the Virgin and Child appearing in the heavens. The Virgin holds the cross-nimbed Child in her right hand while her left hand is squeezing her breast pointed in the direction of Bernard. Two books lie on the ground. The oldest Bernard image printed in Spain.

Description:

A woodcut from the 'Legenda Aurea' in Portuguese dated 1513 decorating the beginning of the chapter devoted to Bernard. Bernard kneels in a landscape, his crozier under his right arm and his hands raised in acknowledging the Virgin and Child appearing in the heavens. The Virgin holds the cross-nimbed Child in her right hand while her left hand is squeezing her breast pointed in the direction of Bernard. Two books lie on the ground. The oldest Bernard image printed in Spain.