MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - GL32.jpg


Category	Glass
Origin: artist/workshop	Cologne workshop
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size	87x97
Provenance	Altenberg Cistercian Abbey, cloister
Present Location	Shrewsbury, England, St Mary's Church, north window
Bibliography	VP3:6:19 (PL185:314); Paffrath 1984, 134-5
	Eckert 1953, 92; Paris 1990, 290
Illustration From	Paffrath 1984, ill 35
Other illustrations	Eckert 1953, pl 25
	Paris 1990, ill 244
Country	Germany

Description:
1505/32. Two scenes separated by a column and witnessed by Bernard's companion and secretary, Geoffrey of Auxerre. On the left a sick Augustiniam canon of St Sernin in Toulouse lies on a bed. Bernard stands by him, a book in his right hand and his left hand raised in blessing. A Cistercian monk next to him holds his crozier and another canon stands behind the bed. On the right the canon, now healed, kneels before Bernard, his hands clasped in prayer, and the words of the scroll proclaim: 'Ecquid expectas, Domine? Generatio hec signum querit' (Mark 8:12). His crozier is carried by a monk standing behind him. The canon then accompanied Bernard back to Clairvaux where he became a monk.

Description:

1505/32. Two scenes separated by a column and witnessed by Bernard's companion and secretary, Geoffrey of Auxerre. On the left a sick Augustiniam canon of St Sernin in Toulouse lies on a bed. Bernard stands by him, a book in his right hand and his left hand raised in blessing. A Cistercian monk next to him holds his crozier and another canon stands behind the bed. On the right the canon, now healed, kneels before Bernard, his hands clasped in prayer, and the words of the scroll proclaim: 'Ecquid expectas, Domine? Generatio hec signum querit' (Mark 8:12). His crozier is carried by a monk standing behind him. The canon then accompanied Bernard back to Clairvaux where he became a monk.