MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - WA18.jpg


Category	Fresco
Origin: artist/workshop	Piedmontese School
Date	15C/4
Reference No
Size
Provenance	Pamparato (Cuneo), Chapel of St Bernard
Present Location	Pamparato (Cuneo), Chapel of St Bernard
Bibliography	VP4:2:10 (PL185:327-8); Dal Pra 1991, 27-8; Dal Pra 1990, 355-6
	Kaftal 1985, 153-6; Florence 1990, 43-4
Illustration From	Dal Pra 1991, ill 17; Dal Pra 1990, ill 9
Other illustrations	Kaftal 1985, ill 213

Country	Italy

Description:
One of nine frescos depicting scenes from the life of Bernard from 1482 at the Chapel of St Bernard, Pamparato. Bernard stands in front of the abbey church. He places the 'cappa' part of the cowl over the head of a kneeling novice. He is assisted by a monk who holds an open book, while another monk helps an other novice out of his lay clothes and a third novice waits his turn. The three young men may represent the three Paris students who entered Clairvaux after a sermon Bernard preached at the invitation of the bishop of Senlis. The inscription reads: COMO S. BERNARDO DIEDE LA CAPA A PIU GIOVANOTI. Bernard has 'tuft'. See also WA12-18 & WA20.

Description:

One of nine frescos depicting scenes from the life of Bernard from 1482 at the Chapel of St Bernard, Pamparato. Bernard stands in front of the abbey church. He places the 'cappa' part of the cowl over the head of a kneeling novice. He is assisted by a monk who holds an open book, while another monk helps an other novice out of his lay clothes and a third novice waits his turn. The three young men may represent the three Paris students who entered Clairvaux after a sermon Bernard preached at the invitation of the bishop of Senlis. The inscription reads: COMO S. BERNARDO DIEDE LA CAPA A PIU GIOVANOTI. Bernard has 'tuft'. See also WA12-18 & WA20.