MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - MA459.jpg
Category
Manuscript
Origin
France, probably Rouen
Date
15C/1
Reference No
MS M27, f 165r
Size
Provenance
Present Location
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library
Bibliography
Illustration From
Pierpont Morgan Library
Other Illustrations
Country
Belgium
Description
In a Book of Hours dated c 1420-1430 within a blue initial 'P' a nimbed and tonsured Bernard in a white cowl with crozier in right hand and a red book in left hand confronts a black devil holding a scroll with pseudo-inscription.