MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA351.jpg

Category Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop Italian
Date 15C/2
Reference No MS Ital 116, f 1r (detail)
Size
Provenance
Present Location Cambridge, Mass., Houghton Library, Harvard University
Bibliography Wieck 1983, 107

Illustration From photo - Library
Other illustrations Wieck 1983, ill 82

Country Italy
Description:
Italian composite manuscript dated 1434 with one small miniature and one historiated initial and containing 'Il libro della conscientia' among other texts. A nimbed and bearded Bernard in a white cowl is kneeling within the square miniature praying to the crucified Christ within the initial Q above.