MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA203.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop
Date	14C/4
Reference No	MS Francais 917, f 15r
Size	11.9x10.2
Provenance
Present Location	Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale
Bibliography	Catalogue des Manuscrits Francais 1868-92, 1:156
	Leclercq 1953, 227; Dijon 1953, 50
Illustration From	photo - Library
Other illustrations	Dijon 1953, ill 8
	Leclercq 1976, 158
Country	France

Description:
Large miniature in a manuscript on paper of the Vita Prima translated to French ay Clairvaux in 1396. Commissioned by the Duchess of Burgundy from Jacotin de Ramecourt. A nimbed Bernard in a greyish-white cowl is seated on a chair holding a red crozier with gold top in his left hand. He holds an open book resting on his knees with his right hand. The floor has brown tiles and the wall behind is red. The title of the work is given in red above the miniature: 'Cy commence le premier livre de la vie de monseigneur st bernard'.

Description:

Large miniature in a manuscript on paper of the Vita Prima translated to French ay Clairvaux in 1396. Commissioned by the Duchess of Burgundy from Jacotin de Ramecourt. A nimbed Bernard in a greyish-white cowl is seated on a chair holding a red crozier with gold top in his left hand. He holds an open book resting on his knees with his right hand. The floor has brown tiles and the wall behind is red. The title of the work is given in red above the miniature: 'Cy commence le premier livre de la vie de monseigneur st bernard'.