| In a late fifteenth-century Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Use of Rome, with miniatures by Flemish artists. At the beginning of the manuscript are inserted portraits of Philip the Fair, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy and his wife Inana of Castile. Miniature of Bernard at the beginning of the 8 Verses in Latin, introduced by the letters above 'VIII versus beati bernardi'. Bernard sits in a room by a table covered with a green cloth upon which is a roll of parchment with writing and above which is a bookcase with another roll with writing and a number of books. He holds a crozier in his left hand, has an open book on his lap, and looks down on a horned demon on which he is trampling. He wears a black cowl below which his white tunic and black scapular appear. Behind him is a blue and gold hanging. The border consists of naturalistic strawberries, strawberry flowers, pansy, rose and a butterfly on a gold ground.
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