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Hildegard of Bingen OSB, (German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and ...
died in 1149 or 1151 German – Offices for St Ulrich and for St Conrad [37] [38] Hildegard of Bingen: 1098–1179 German – 72 works [39] [40] Jerusalem falls in 1099, during the First Crusade: Jaufre Rudel: fl. 1120–47: Occitan Troubadour: Four works; six poems total [41] Marcabru: fl. c. 1129–c1150: Occitan Troubadour: Four works; 42 ...
The Wiesbaden Codex, one of Hildegard of Bingen's two major collections of work. The German Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen is among the most important medieval composers. She is the earliest known woman composer in Western classical music, and an important exponent of sacred music during the High Middle Ages.
Scivias is an illustrated work by Hildegard von Bingen, completed in 1151 or 1152, describing 26 religious visions she experienced. It is the first of three works that she wrote describing her visions, the others being Liber vitae meritorum and De operatione Dei (also known as Liber divinorum operum ).
Illumination from Hildegard of Bingen's Scivias (1151) showing her receiving a vision and dictating to Volmar. Volmar (died 1173) was a Saint Disibod monk who acted as prior and father confessor for the nuns at Disibodenberg. He was one of two teachers of Hildegard of Bingen during her early years, the other being Jutta.
A small 1998 chapel dedicated to Hildegard of Bingen is situated at the foot of the hill, and wine is cultivated on the hill. The ruins are open for visitors, and contextualized by information panels. A small museum dedicated to Hildegard is situated in a former agricultural building on the site. [2]
He died February 22, 1208. [2] He wrote numerous works, e.g., a poem on St. Martin, a Life of St. Hildegard, and several Letters, of which the majority have been published. His correspondence provides a chronology of the later years of Hildegard's life, the history of Gembloux, and the churches of Tours, among other subjects.
Hildegard of Bingen served as an infirmarian at her first monastery and was well-acquainted with various medical traditions. [2] What was subsequently given the conventional title of Physica, or Medicine, by Johannes Schott [3] is part of Hildegard's lost medical collection, the Subtilitatum diversarum naturarum creaturarum libri novem (Nine Books on the Subtleties of Different Kinds of ...