MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA114.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop
Date	15C/4
Reference No	MS 49/18, f 9v (detail)
Size
Provenance	Ter Doest Cistercian Abbey
Present Location	Bruges, Archief Grootseminarie
Bibliography	Sabbe, Lamberigts & Gistelinck 1990, 474-6; Dijon 1953, 52; Aurenhammer 1959-67, 334
	Bruges 1927, 37-8; Bruges 1981, 135-8; Hoste 1990, 171-9; Smeyers & Van der Stock 1996, 156-7
Illustration From	Sabbe, Lamberigts & Gistelinck 1990, cover
Other illustrations	Bruges 1927, ill 10; Bruges 1981, ill 12
	Smeyers & Van der Stock 1996, 157
Country	Belgium

Description:
From Cistercian Missal dated c 1480 commissioned by Abbot Hendrik Keddekin of Ter Doest (1478-92) and containing an image of Bernard illustrating a sequence in his honour ('Gaude sancte Bernardus diceris'), one of a number miniatures painted by at least two hands. The lower border of the same folio has the arms of the abbot. Bernard is depicted standing on a green ground in front of a decorated backdrop behind which is a wall with flowers and a wooded landscape in the background. His crozier leans on his right shoulder and he holds an open book with both hands. At his feet is a small dog. A similar image of Bernard but without the dog is found elsewhere in the manuscript on f 302 (see MA144).

Description:

From Cistercian Missal dated c 1480 commissioned by Abbot Hendrik Keddekin of Ter Doest (1478-92) and containing an image of Bernard illustrating a sequence in his honour ('Gaude sancte Bernardus diceris'), one of a number miniatures painted by at least two hands. The lower border of the same folio has the arms of the abbot. Bernard is depicted standing on a green ground in front of a decorated backdrop behind which is a wall with flowers and a wooded landscape in the background. His crozier leans on his right shoulder and he holds an open book with both hands. At his feet is a small dog. A similar image of Bernard but without the dog is found elsewhere in the manuscript on f 302 (see MA144).