MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - VA02.jpg
Category
Various
Origin: artist/workshop
Date
13C/4
Reference No
Size
Provenance
Casamari Cistercian Abbey
Present Location
Veroli (Frosinone), Cathedral
Bibliography
Florence 1990, 94
Dal Pra 1990, 347
Illustration From
Florence 1990, 94 (detail) - whole plate, 95
Other illustrations
Country
Italy
Description:
A tiny bust of Bernard is one of many saints on a silver-gilt reliquary from the Cistercian abbey of Casamari dated the end of the thirteenth century. He is bearded and nimbed and his name 'BERNARDUS' is inscribed above the bust.