Copperplate print by jacobus neeffs, 1653 in 'sancti bernardi melliflui doctoris ecclesiae, pulcherrima & exemplaris vitae medulla' p. 200. St. Bernard, rapt in marian devotion, adds the last acclamation to the salve regina: o clemens, o pia, o dulcis. The three footprints in the foreground are a reference to the leaps of joy he made when speaking each of the three words. This purportedly happened in the cathedral of speyer.
Loading...
