MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA342.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop	Scriptorium Zwettl
Date	13C/1
Reference No	MS Cod. Zwetl. 171, f 2r (detail)
Size
Provenance	Zwettl Cistercian Abbey
Present Location	Zwettl, Stiftsbibliothek
Bibliography
	Ziegler 1985-92, 2:20; Paffrath 1990, 35; Aurenhammer 1959-67, 332
Illustration From	Paffrath 1990, 35
Other illustrations

Country	Austria

Description:
Half-figure of a bearded Bernard within the initial V(obis fratres), the beginning of Sermon 1 on the Song of Songs. He is wearing a chasuble decorated with four crosses on the orphreys, looking very much like a pallium. The initial is in red ink with clasps with nails, Bernard in brown ink against a red background with geometric decoration. Bernard's right hand is raised in blessing. The top of the initial with the top of Bernard's head is missing and his tonsure cannot be seen. He is bearded.

Description:

Half-figure of a bearded Bernard within the initial V(obis fratres), the beginning of Sermon 1 on the Song of Songs. He is wearing a chasuble decorated with four crosses on the orphreys, looking very much like a pallium. The initial is in red ink with clasps with nails, Bernard in brown ink against a red background with geometric decoration. Bernard's right hand is raised in blessing. The top of the initial with the top of Bernard's head is missing and his tonsure cannot be seen. He is bearded.