MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA032.jpg

Category Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop
Date 14C/2
Reference No MS Clm 23056, f 258v (detail)
Size 12 high
Provenance Fuerstenfeld Cistercian abbey
Present Location Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Bibliography Hernad 2000, 55-6

Illustration From photo - Library
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Country Germany
Description:
Cistercian Gradual dated c 1340 from the abbey of Fuerstenfeld. On f 245v there is a portrait of Abbot Wernher (1324-44). The large initial I(n medio ecclesie) introduces the feast of Bernard who is depicted standing next to the initial, nimbed, in a dark grey cowl, and with an open book in his left hand and a crozier in his right.