MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - EN28.jpg


Category	Woodcut
Origin: artist/workshop	Anon; printer Jacques Huguetano
Date	16C/1
Reference No	Res 1239 V, f 111
Size	2.9x2.8
Provenance	Lyon
Present Location	Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional
Bibliography	Leroux 1991, 180
	GL 209
Illustration From	Leroux 1991, No 332
Other illustrations

Country	France

Description:
Woodcut from 1507 from the 'Legenda Aurea'. A bust of Bernard is shown in the lower half of the initial 'B' at the opening of the text of the chapter on Bernard. A bust of the crowned Virgin and Child, with rays suggesting that they are suspended in the sky, is featured in the upper half of the initial. The woodcut is rather primitive, and it is not absolutely clear whether this is a Lactation scene although it seems likely.

Description:

Woodcut from 1507 from the 'Legenda Aurea'. A bust of Bernard is shown in the lower half of the initial 'B' at the opening of the text of the chapter on Bernard. A bust of the crowned Virgin and Child, with rays suggesting that they are suspended in the sky, is featured in the upper half of the initial. The woodcut is rather primitive, and it is not absolutely clear whether this is a Lactation scene although it seems likely.