MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - VA25.jpg
Category
Seal
Origin: artist/workshop
Date
15C/2
Reference No
Inv No 170
Size
5.8x3.5
Provenance
Nydala (Nova Vallis) Cistercian Abbey
Present Location
Stockholm, Antikvariska-topografiska arkivet (National Heritage Board)
Bibliography
Hallberg, Norberg & Odenius 1965, 102-3
Illustration From
Hallberg, Norberg & Odenius 1965, ill 49 (photo - B A Lundberg)
Other illustrations
Country
Sweden
Description:
Bernard? Matrix of the seal of Abbot Johannes Brod of Nydala from c 1440 has the figure of a standing abbot with a book in his right hand and a crozier in his left. His nimbus consists of five stars and may therefore represent Bernard.