titivullus

Titivullus il diavolo degli amanuensi

Titivullus il diavolo degli amanuensi

Saint Bernard de Menthon et le diable (Titivillus)
Saint Bernard écrivant sous la dictée du diable, debout devant lui, une patte posée sur la table.

Saint Bernard de Menthon et le diable (Titivillus)
Tours BM - ms. 2104, fol-149. Book of Hours, Use of Rome. France, c. 1510. Temptation of St. Bernard.

The Latin text reads as follows:
Septem versus sancti Bernardi
Illumina oculos meos ne umquam obdormiam in morte nequando dicat inimicus meus prevalui adversus eum.
In manus tuas Domine com {mendo spiritum meum}
Source [Ps.12, 4-5] ...


Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death: lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him.
Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.