MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA395.jpg

Category Manuscript
Origin: artist/workshop Northern Italy, perhaps Bologna
Date 16C/1
Reference No
Size
Provenance
Present Location private collection
Bibliography Pirages, n.d., No 83

Illustration From Pigages, n.d., pl D
Other illustrations

Country Italy
Description:
Leaf from a Book of Hours from northern Italy, perhaps Bologna, dated c 1500-10. The half figure of a nimbed Bernard in a white cowl within a broad frame featuring scrolling foliage the whole against a gold background, his hands clasped in prayer and his gold crozier leaning on his right shoulder, at the opening of the text of the Seven Verses.