| Fine drawing in brown ink of a half-figure of Bernard in profile within the rosa opening initial against a blue background S(ubit animum dictare aliquid, quod te, Papa beatissime Eugeni, vel aedificet, vel delectet, vel consoletur) - 'It has occurred to me to write something which might edify, delight or console you, Blessed Father Eugene' - the opening words of the Preface to 'De consideratione' written for Pope Eugenius III, a disciple of Bernard from Clairvaux. Bernard's right hand is raised with the index finger pointing to the text which he wrote. Bernard has 'tuft'.
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