MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA041.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop
Date	14C/3
Reference No	MS Latin 1142, f 1r (detail)
Size
Provenance	Milan
Present Location	Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale
Bibliography	Catalogue General 1939-52, 1:417; Bernard de Clairvaux 1992, text to pl 10
	Paris 1990, 275-6; Schmitt 1990, 154; Schmitt 1992, 650
Illustration From	Bernard de Clairvaux 1992, pl 10
Other illustrations	Paris 1990, ill 206

Country	Italy

Description:
The first folio of an Italian manuscript of the Proper of the Mass for Bernard according to the Ambrosian Rite of Milan dated 1370-5 has this miniature of the kneeling Commendatore Galeas II Visconti (died 1378) with hands clasped in prayer, being presented by a standing Bernard with his hand on the commendatore's head to an enthroned Virgin with the Child on her knees. The Child's outstretched hand acknowledges the devotion of the kneeling figure. The two saints behind the kneeling figure are the hermit St Anthony and the apostle Barholomew. The Commendatore is identified by his coat of arms at the bottom of the folio. Bernard has 'tuft'.

Description:

The first folio of an Italian manuscript of the Proper of the Mass for Bernard according to the Ambrosian Rite of Milan dated 1370-5 has this miniature of the kneeling Commendatore Galeas II Visconti (died 1378) with hands clasped in prayer, being presented by a standing Bernard with his hand on the commendatore's head to an enthroned Virgin with the Child on her knees. The Child's outstretched hand acknowledges the devotion of the kneeling figure. The two saints behind the kneeling figure are the hermit St Anthony and the apostle Barholomew. The Commendatore is identified by his coat of arms at the bottom of the folio. Bernard has 'tuft'.