MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - GL26.jpg


Category	Glass
Origin: artist/workshop	Cologne workshop
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size	65x84
Provenance	Altenberg Cistercian Abbey, cloister
Present Location	Aachen, Ludwig Collection
Bibliography	VP2:1:4 & 2:2:8 (PL185:271& 273); Paffrath 1984, 114-6
	Eckert 1953, 86
Illustration From	Paffrath 1984, ill 29
Other illustrations	Eckert 1953, pl 24

Country	Germany

Description:
1505/32. Scene from the Council of Pisa 1135 called by Innocent II to put an end to the last remaining pockets of schism in Italy. The pope presiding sits on a throne in the centre wearing a golden tiara and cope. The place of honour to his right is taken by Bernard, then a bishop and other clerics, and on the pope's left a cardinal and other clerics. The location is indicated by the inscription on the wall: 'Pisa'.

Description:

1505/32. Scene from the Council of Pisa 1135 called by Innocent II to put an end to the last remaining pockets of schism in Italy. The pope presiding sits on a throne in the centre wearing a golden tiara and cope. The place of honour to his right is taken by Bernard, then a bishop and other clerics, and on the pope's left a cardinal and other clerics. The location is indicated by the inscription on the wall: 'Pisa'.