MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA454.jpg


Category	Manuscript
Origin	Florence
Date	13C/4
Reference No	MS Plut. XXI Dextr. Cod.1, f 335v
Size
Provenance	Florence, Franciscans Santa Croce
Present Location	Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Bibliography	Hammer 2009, 32-33
	Bredero 1961, 25
Illustration From	Hammer 2009, 33
Other Illustrations

Country	Italy

Description
Composite manuscript from Florence Franciscans. Large initial B at the beginning of Vita Prima Bernardi with half figures of nimbed frontal Christ in upper half and Bernard in white cowl with hood over head in lower half. Below initial is figure of a monk in grey cowl with hood over head and facing the reader while pointing to the text on the right and therefore probably representing the author of Book 1, William of Saint Thierry.

Description

Composite manuscript from Florence Franciscans. Large initial B at the beginning of Vita Prima Bernardi with half figures of nimbed frontal Christ in upper half and Bernard in white cowl with hood over head in lower half. Below initial is figure of a monk in grey cowl with hood over head and facing the reader while pointing to the text on the right and therefore probably representing the author of Book 1, William of Saint Thierry.