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The Resource Hildegard von Bingen : in the heart of god : Liber Divinorum Operum : the Lucca miniatures, Sara Salvadori ; translations Oona Smyth and Susan Ann White

Hildegard von Bingen : in the heart of god : Liber Divinorum Operum : the Lucca miniatures, Sara Salvadori ; translations Oona Smyth and Susan Ann White

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"A full reproduction of the medieval composer and visionary's final theological tract, illuminated shortly after her death. Between 1142 and 1174, the German mystic, composer and writer Hildegard von Bingen created three visionary books: Scivias (Know the Ways); Liber Vitae Meritorum (Book of the Rewards of Life); and Liber Divinorum Operum(Book of Divine Works). This latter work{u2014}reproduced in this sumptuous new volume{u2014}consists of a sequence of ten scenes that invites human beings to climb the road of virginitas toward the recomposition of their own selves in union with the divine caritas. The refined miniatures in the Lucca manuscript{u2014}reproduced here with a simple key explaining their symbolic significance{u2014}were produced about 20 years after Hildegard{u2019}s death and provide a masterful illustration of the architecture of her vision. The dialogue with the images from her first work, Scivias (published in Skira{u2019}s Hildegard von Bingen: A Journey into the Images) casts light on the unifying design that connects them. Hildegard von Bingen (1098{u2013}1179) was a German Benedictine nun and polymath. She is renowned as a composer of sacred monophonic music, as well as for her three volumes of visionary theology: Scivias, the Liber Vitae Meritorum and the Liber Divinorum Operum. In recent decades, her music has proved immensely popular with performers of medieval music. In 2012, she was named a Doctor of the Church, one of only four women with that distinction in the Catholic church."--Publisher description
Language
  • eng
  • ita
  • lat
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
143 pages
Note
  • Italian ed. also avail. (see our card no. 4938129, EAN 9788857246581)
  • Hildegard (1098-1179), Saint
  • Lucca (Tuscany)
Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. Prologue
  • II. Liber Divinorum Operum
  • III. Grammar ; Plates
  • IV. Rhetoric ; One great vision ; Divine Love ; The Wheel ; Man ; The journey from earth to heaven ; The building
  • V. Dialectic
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9788857246598
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Hildegard von Bingen : in the heart of god : Liber Divinorum Operum : the Lucca miniatures
Title
Hildegard von Bingen
Title remainder
in the heart of god : Liber Divinorum Operum : the Lucca miniatures
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Sara Salvadori ; translations Oona Smyth and Susan Ann White
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Author
Translator
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Language
  • eng
  • ita
  • lat
  • eng
Summary
"A full reproduction of the medieval composer and visionary's final theological tract, illuminated shortly after her death. Between 1142 and 1174, the German mystic, composer and writer Hildegard von Bingen created three visionary books: Scivias (Know the Ways); Liber Vitae Meritorum (Book of the Rewards of Life); and Liber Divinorum Operum(Book of Divine Works). This latter work{u2014}reproduced in this sumptuous new volume{u2014}consists of a sequence of ten scenes that invites human beings to climb the road of virginitas toward the recomposition of their own selves in union with the divine caritas. The refined miniatures in the Lucca manuscript{u2014}reproduced here with a simple key explaining their symbolic significance{u2014}were produced about 20 years after Hildegard{u2019}s death and provide a masterful illustration of the architecture of her vision. The dialogue with the images from her first work, Scivias (published in Skira{u2019}s Hildegard von Bingen: A Journey into the Images) casts light on the unifying design that connects them. Hildegard von Bingen (1098{u2013}1179) was a German Benedictine nun and polymath. She is renowned as a composer of sacred monophonic music, as well as for her three volumes of visionary theology: Scivias, the Liber Vitae Meritorum and the Liber Divinorum Operum. In recent decades, her music has proved immensely popular with performers of medieval music. In 2012, she was named a Doctor of the Church, one of only four women with that distinction in the Catholic church."--Publisher description
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Salvadori, Sara,
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Language note
Text in English; includes English translation of extracts from Liber Divinorum Operum by Hildegard, Saint
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Smyth, Oona,
  • White, Susan Ann
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  • Hildegard
  • Hildegard
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts, German
  • Christian art and symbolism
  • Theological anthropology
  • Visions in art
  • Christian art and symbolism
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts, German
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
  • Theological anthropology
  • Visions in art
  • Germany
Label
Hildegard von Bingen : in the heart of god : Liber Divinorum Operum : the Lucca miniatures, Sara Salvadori ; translations Oona Smyth and Susan Ann White
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Italian ed. also avail. (see our card no. 4938129, EAN 9788857246581)
  • Hildegard (1098-1179), Saint
  • Lucca (Tuscany)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 143)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- I. Prologue -- II. Liber Divinorum Operum -- III. Grammar ; Plates -- IV. Rhetoric ; One great vision ; Divine Love ; The Wheel ; Man ; The journey from earth to heaven ; The building -- V. Dialectic
Control code
1313522423
Dimensions
33 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
143 pages
Isbn
9788857246598
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1313522423
Label
Hildegard von Bingen : in the heart of god : Liber Divinorum Operum : the Lucca miniatures, Sara Salvadori ; translations Oona Smyth and Susan Ann White
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Italian ed. also avail. (see our card no. 4938129, EAN 9788857246581)
  • Hildegard (1098-1179), Saint
  • Lucca (Tuscany)
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 143)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- I. Prologue -- II. Liber Divinorum Operum -- III. Grammar ; Plates -- IV. Rhetoric ; One great vision ; Divine Love ; The Wheel ; Man ; The journey from earth to heaven ; The building -- V. Dialectic
Control code
1313522423
Dimensions
33 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
143 pages
Isbn
9788857246598
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1313522423

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