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Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen / text by Hildegard of Bingen with commentary by Matthew Fox

By:

Fox, Matthew, , 1940-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Santa Fe, N.M. : Bear & Co. , c1985.Description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:

0939680211

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

248.2 FOX

LOC classification:

BX4700.H5 F69 1985

Summary: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was an extraordinary woman living in the Rhineland valley during most of the twelfth century. Besides being the abbess of a large and influential Benedictine abbey, she was a prominent preacher, healer, scientist, and artist. She also was a composer and theologian, writing nine books on theology, medicine, science, and physiology, as well as 70 poems and an opera. At the age of 42, she began to have visions; these were captured as 36 illuminations-24 of which are recorded in this book along with her commentaries on them.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	248.2 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		058913

Principally a commentary.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 119-125.

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was an extraordinary woman living in the Rhineland valley during most of the twelfth century. Besides being the abbess of a large and influential Benedictine abbey, she was a prominent preacher, healer, scientist, and artist. She also was a composer and theologian, writing nine books on theology, medicine, science, and physiology, as well as 70 poems and an opera. At the age of 42, she began to have visions; these were captured as 36 illuminations-24 of which are recorded in this book along with her commentaries on them.

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