MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA191.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop
Date	15C/3
Reference No	MS germ fol. 1287, f 106r
Size	31x22.5
Provenance
Present Location	Berlin, Staatsbibliothek - Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Bibliography	Berlin 1987, 73, Posset 2003,308

Illustration From	photo - Library
Other illustrations	Berlin 1987, ill 11, Posset 2003,309

Country	Germany

Description:
Amplexus image in a South German manuscript (Augsburg?) from 1471 containing the Missal in German together with devotional prayers. Christ's arms are detached from the Cross and clasped round Bernard who reciprocates. The scene is witnessed by a kneeling monk on the left, perhaps the donor or abbot of a Cistercian abbey whose arms are in the bottom left corner, while those of Clairvaux are on the right. A closed book with a mitre on it lies in the middle between the monk and the figures of Christ and Bernard. Above the mitre there seems to be a crozier. Both Bernard and the monk are dressed in black cowls. The figures stand on grass against a decorated background.

Description:

Amplexus image in a South German manuscript (Augsburg?) from 1471 containing the Missal in German together with devotional prayers. Christ's arms are detached from the Cross and clasped round Bernard who reciprocates. The scene is witnessed by a kneeling monk on the left, perhaps the donor or abbot of a Cistercian abbey whose arms are in the bottom left corner, while those of Clairvaux are on the right. A closed book with a mitre on it lies in the middle between the monk and the figures of Christ and Bernard. Above the mitre there seems to be a crozier. Both Bernard and the monk are dressed in black cowls. The figures stand on grass against a decorated background.