MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - GL42.jpg


Category	Glass
Origin: artist/workshop	Cologne workshop
Date	16C/1
Reference No	Inv No M 566
Size	102x87
Provenance	Altenberg Cistercian Abbey, cloister
Present Location	Cologne, Schnuetgen Museum
Bibliography	VP4:5:31 & 6:4:15 (PL 185:338-9 & 381-2); Paffrath 1984, 163-6
	Eckert 1953, 102; Aachen 1981, 610-1
Illustration From	Paffrath 1984, ill 45
Other illustrations	Eckert 1953, pl 32
	Aachen 1981, 56; Winkler 2000, 17
Country	Germany

Description:
c 1530. Scene showing Bernard gaining the support of King Conrad III for the Crusade at the Diet of Speyer in 1146. The king is shown bringing sick children to Bernard to be healed. The Altenberg panel does not show Bernard's famous vision of the statue of Mary on the altar coming to life at the singing of the 'Salve Regina'. Bernard's scroll reads: 'Diffunditur hec benedictio in universum mundum et ad signum vite certatim convolant universi' (This blessing shall be spread to the whole world...). In the background the king is shown leading Bernard away from the throng.

Description:

c 1530. Scene showing Bernard gaining the support of King Conrad III for the Crusade at the Diet of Speyer in 1146. The king is shown bringing sick children to Bernard to be healed. The Altenberg panel does not show Bernard's famous vision of the statue of Mary on the altar coming to life at the singing of the 'Salve Regina'. Bernard's scroll reads: 'Diffunditur hec benedictio in universum mundum et ad signum vite certatim convolant universi' (This blessing shall be spread to the whole world...). In the background the king is shown leading Bernard away from the throng.