MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - GL48.jpg


Category	Glass
Origin: artist/workshop	Cologne workshop
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size	110x80
Provenance	Altenberg Cistercian Abbey, cloister
Present Location	Altenberg, Catholic Sacristy
Bibliography	VP5:2:8-11 (PL185:355-8); Paffrath 1984, 180-1
	Eckert 1953, 110
Illustration From	Paffrath 1984, ill 51
Other illustrations	Eckert 1953, pl 32

Country	Germany

Description:
1505/32. The scene of 20 August 1153 of Bernard on his deathbed with eyes closed and his hands folded inside the sleeves of his cowl, surrounded by three monks, one with an open prayer book and one carrying Bernard's crozier, and a kneeling bishop wearing a mitre. Through a window in the background a young man is kneeling in prayer, perhaps a glimpse back to the young Bernard? This is one of two panels in Altenberg depicting the scene of Bernard's death (see also GL49).

Description:

1505/32. The scene of 20 August 1153 of Bernard on his deathbed with eyes closed and his hands folded inside the sleeves of his cowl, surrounded by three monks, one with an open prayer book and one carrying Bernard's crozier, and a kneeling bishop wearing a mitre. Through a window in the background a young man is kneeling in prayer, perhaps a glimpse back to the young Bernard? This is one of two panels in Altenberg depicting the scene of Bernard's death (see also GL49).