| A Gradual written in Germany in the second half of the thirteenth century with alterations in the fifteenth century by a nun named Elizabeth from the Cistercian nuns' abbey of Seligenthal - the following inscription occurs at the beginning: '1260, Bey erster Frau Abtissin Agnes, Graffin Preyssing, dis grosse Ambt-Buech gesch(r)iben worden von Kloster Frau Elizatha'. It is ornamented with large initial letters containing miniatures rudely executed, one of them with the inscription above 'Sti Bernhardi abbis' which features Bernard on the left of the orange and rosa initial I(n medio ecclesie) with a blue halo and wearing a grey cowl, with a crozier and a red book in the right hand while the left hand is acknowledging the figure of St John the Evangelist with a red halo and wearing a green tunic and orange cloak. Bernard is wearing a grey one-piece cowl with long but fairly tight sleeves. Both figures are on a gold ground with a blue border decorated with a red line and white dots.
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