MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA005.jpg

Category Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop Dutch
Date 15C/2
Reference No MS Ludwig IX 9 (83.ML.105), f 137r (detail)
Size 2.1x3.5
Provenance
Present Location Malibu, California, J Paul Getty Museum
Bibliography Euw & Plotzek 1979-85, 2:160

Illustration From photo - Museum
Other illustrations Euw & Plotzek 1979-85, 2:ill 237

Country Netherlands
Description:
Hours of the Virgin, Use of Utrecht, in German c 1440-50. The 8 Verses: 'Dit sijn die achte verse die sinte Beernaert maechte uten sonter'. Half figure of Bernard with book and crozier shown within intial U(erlicht mijn oghen dat ich niet enslape). The border is decorated with birds and flowers and a scene of a struggle between a wild man with a lion and another with a centaur.