MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA087.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop	Probably Jean Le Noir, style of Jean Pucelle
Date	14C/2
Reference No	Inv. 1969 (69.86), f 295r
Size	12.5x9.1
Provenance
Present Location	New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection
Bibliography	Hamburger 1989, 176
	Deutscher 1971, 267-78; Schmitt 1992, 652
Illustration From	photo - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other illustrations	Hamburger 1989, ill 21

Country	France

Description:
Bernard? A Psalter and Book of Hours made before 1349 by a follower of Jean Pucelle for Bonne, daughter of Jean of Luxembourg, king of Bohemia, son and heir of King Philip VI and mother of Charles V. Contains fourteen miniatures of unparalleled quality, including a series illustrating Passion prayers in French, one of which depicts a kneeling saint-abbot, presumably Bernard, praying in front of a crucifix on an altar. Compare with MA417.

Description:

Bernard? A Psalter and Book of Hours made before 1349 by a follower of Jean Pucelle for Bonne, daughter of Jean of Luxembourg, king of Bohemia, son and heir of King Philip VI and mother of Charles V. Contains fourteen miniatures of unparalleled quality, including a series illustrating Passion prayers in French, one of which depicts a kneeling saint-abbot, presumably Bernard, praying in front of a crucifix on an altar. Compare with MA417.