MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA366.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop	related to work of 'Maestro del Messale Arcimboldi'
Date	15C/4
Reference No	MS CFM 334, f 425v (detail)
Size	3.4x2.5
Provenance	Cistercian abbey of Chiaravalle Milanese
Present Location	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Bibliography	Wormald & Giles 1982, 1:324-6

Illustration From	photo - James Marrow
Other illustrations

Country	Italy

Description:
A Breviary in Latin (Cistercian Use) from the Cistercian abbey of Chiaravalle near Milan dated 1481 has a tiny half-figure of Bernard within a gold initial A(d sancti) on a rosa ground and with Bernard against a blue ground with white stars. Bernard is nimbed, wears a grey cowl, has hands folded in prayer and has a gold crozier leaning against his right shoulder. A note refers to Bianca Visconti, wife of Francesco Sforza, who died in 1468.

Description:

A Breviary in Latin (Cistercian Use) from the Cistercian abbey of Chiaravalle near Milan dated 1481 has a tiny half-figure of Bernard within a gold initial A(d sancti) on a rosa ground and with Bernard against a blue ground with white stars. Bernard is nimbed, wears a grey cowl, has hands folded in prayer and has a gold crozier leaning against his right shoulder. A note refers to Bianca Visconti, wife of Francesco Sforza, who died in 1468.