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Medieval images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux /

France, James.

Medieval images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux / James France. - Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, c2007. - xxxi, 435 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). - Cistercian studies series ; no. 210 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-422) and index.

The medieval iconography of Bernard of Clairvaux -- The literary portrait and the vera effigies -- The principal attributes of Saint Bernard -- The earliest images : the twelfth century -- Images of Bernard: monk and abbot -- Images from the life of Bernard -- Nuns and the iconography of Bernard -- Bernard receiving the embrace of Christ -- Mary offering Bernard her milk -- Bernard in Dante and Florence : the doctrina -- Images of Bernard as a devotee of Mary -- Bernard and the devil -- Bernard in the constellation of saints -- Conclusions: Bernard, the writer, the teacher, and the saint.

9780879073107 0879073101

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Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153 --Art.


Christian art and symbolism--Europe--Medieval, 500-1500.

N8080.B474 / F73 2007

704.9/4863

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