MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA446.jpg

Category Manuscript
Origin Tours
Date 15C/3
Reference No MA Francais 916, f 1r
Size
Provenance
Present Location Paris, Bibliotheque nationale
Bibliography Hammer2009, 198-199

Illustration From Hamer 2009, 199
Other Illustrations

Country France
Description
Large miniature in manuscript of Lamentations and Meditations of Bernard dated 1474 from Michel Gounot, a priest, for Jacquesd'Armagnac.Christ is shown teaching a group of children. On his left Peter, on riight John and behind a group of followers. Seated within a building to the left Bernard in tunic and scapular is seen writing Christ's teaching.In the background a town with numerous towers. The miniature introduces Bernard's Lamentations. Both Christ's and Bernard's halos are missing, a sign of the artist's defective knowledge as also seen on another miniature on folio 13r. See MA 201.