MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA095.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop	Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode
Date	15C/3
Reference No	MS Douce 93, f 90v
Size
Provenance
Present Location	Oxford, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Bibliography	Paecht & Alexander 1966-73, 1:17, No 218
	Amsterdam 1958, No 165
Illustration From	slide - Library
Other illustrations	Amsterdam 1958, ill 87

Country	Netherlands

Description:
From a Dutch Book of Hours made for Yolande de Lalaing, wife of Reinoud II van Brederode, Use of Rome, in Latin and French and dated 1460-65. Bernard is depicted in a black cowl with a golden halo and carrying a crozier in his right hand in an initial I(llumina oculos meos) from the beginning of the 8 Verses of Bernard in Latin. The border is decorated with leaves, a bird, and an archer stringing a bow.

Description:

From a Dutch Book of Hours made for Yolande de Lalaing, wife of Reinoud II van Brederode, Use of Rome, in Latin and French and dated 1460-65. Bernard is depicted in a black cowl with a golden halo and carrying a crozier in his right hand in an initial I(llumina oculos meos) from the beginning of the 8 Verses of Bernard in Latin. The border is decorated with leaves, a bird, and an archer stringing a bow.