MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA266.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop	Attributed to circle of Filippo di Matteo Torelli (1409-68)
Date	15C/2
Reference No	MS Archivio, f 83r (detail)
Size	11.9x10.5
Provenance	Florence, Cistercian Abbey of Settimo
Present Location	Rome, Cistercian Abbey of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Bibliography	Florence 1990, 114

Illustration From	Florence 1990, 115
Other illustrations

Country	Italy

Description:
Cistercian Hymnal entitled 'Cantica per totum annum' from c 1440-50. Almost certainly belonged to the Cistercian abbey of Settimo, as the feast of St Quentin is included - particularly rare except at Settimo. Bernard is kneeling within the initial B(ernardus doctor inclitus) from his feast as indicated in the previous folio: 'In festo patris nostri Bernardi'. In front of him is an open book on a lectern. A smaller Virgin in blue appears within a red cloud on a blue sky above. Behind Bernard is a green landscape with trees. Foliate decoration at the top and under the initial ending in fruit and with a bird below.

Description:

Cistercian Hymnal entitled 'Cantica per totum annum' from c 1440-50. Almost certainly belonged to the Cistercian abbey of Settimo, as the feast of St Quentin is included - particularly rare except at Settimo. Bernard is kneeling within the initial B(ernardus doctor inclitus) from his feast as indicated in the previous folio: 'In festo patris nostri Bernardi'. In front of him is an open book on a lectern. A smaller Virgin in blue appears within a red cloud on a blue sky above. Behind Bernard is a green landscape with trees. Foliate decoration at the top and under the initial ending in fruit and with a bird below.