MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA116.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop
Date	16C/1
Reference No	MS 9, f 31v
Size
Provenance	Cistercian Abbey of St Bernards-op-'t-Scheldt
Present Location	Bornem, St Bernardusabdij
Bibliography

Illustration From	Sabbe, Lamberigts & Gistelinck 1990, ill 2
Other illustrations

Country	Belgium

Description:
One of two images (see also MA115) in a devotional book 'Manuele pietatis' dated c 1524. A half-figure of Bernard seen from behind with his hands clasped and his crozier leaning against his left shoulder kneels before a smaller figure of Christ whose hands are still attached to the Cross, in other words, not an Amplexus picture. The background is a mountainous landscape. The golden border is decorated with roses, a bird, a snail, and a moth in the style of the period. See also MA140 & MA218. Bernard has 'tuft'.

Description:

One of two images (see also MA115) in a devotional book 'Manuele pietatis' dated c 1524. A half-figure of Bernard seen from behind with his hands clasped and his crozier leaning against his left shoulder kneels before a smaller figure of Christ whose hands are still attached to the Cross, in other words, not an Amplexus picture. The background is a mountainous landscape. The golden border is decorated with roses, a bird, a snail, and a moth in the style of the period. See also MA140 & MA218. Bernard has 'tuft'.