MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA261.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop
Date	15C/1
Reference No	MS Gen. 1111, f 150r (detail)
Size
Provenance	Bruges
Present Location	Glasgow, University Library, Department of Special Collections
Bibliography	Smeyers 1995, 237-49
	Fleith 1991, 121
Illustration From	photo - Library
Other illustrations	Smeyers 1995, ill 3

Country	Belgium

Description:
A Flemish manuscript from Bruges dated 1400-10 of the Golden Legend has an image of a standing Bernard in a white cowl holding a ring in his left hand to which a chain is attached at the end of which is a devil at his feet on whom he tramples. He has none of the usual attributes except for the rays of his halo. Under the miniature the section on Bernard is introduced by the letters in red 'de sancto Bernardo' before the text announcing his birth in Burgundy.

Description:

A Flemish manuscript from Bruges dated 1400-10 of the Golden Legend has an image of a standing Bernard in a white cowl holding a ring in his left hand to which a chain is attached at the end of which is a devil at his feet on whom he tramples. He has none of the usual attributes except for the rays of his halo. Under the miniature the section on Bernard is introduced by the letters in red 'de sancto Bernardo' before the text announcing his birth in Burgundy.