1505-32. Scene dated c 1106 from the 'Vita prima' of Bernard's vision as a child of the Nativity. When all were getting ready on Christmas night for solemn Vigils Bernard was sitting and waiting. He fell asleep and saw the Infant Jesus revealing his Nativity. So persuasive was the vision that he has ever since believed that this was the very hour of the Lord's birth. Aleth sits on a bench with a rosary in her hands. Next to her is Bernard asleep resting his head on his right hand and clutching a book in his left. The Nativity vision is indicated by a medallion above his head. In a room in the background four men are asleep and a woman kneels before an altar. Compare this with the corresponding scene from St Apern (see GL58).
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