#scivias

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An illuminated page from The Scivias, a 12th-century book written by nun Hildegard of Bingen and painted by two anonymous artists. The blue pigment comes from lapis lazuli, Heidelberg University Library, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Illumination from “Scivias”, Hildegard speaking to Volmar

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Text: "52. 'The Order of the Four Elements' Detail from 'Redemption' Liber Scivias, copy of the former Rupertsburg Codex, c. 1180; St. Hildegard's Abbey, Eibingen"

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Illustrations from Hildegard von Bingen’s Scivias, 12th c.

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Video: Hildegard of Bingen | Love Aboundeth In All Things

Hildegard of Bingen (c. 1098 – 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and 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 practitioner during the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She has been…

Video: Hildegard of Bingen | Love Aboundeth In All Things

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Illumination of Hildegard von Bingen receiving a vision, 1152. 

[aschenblumen]

El alma habita un ángulo de su morada, en el fundamento del corazón, igual que un hombre se sitúa en un ángulo de su casa para, viéndola toda, orientar su marcha: levanta el brazo derecho a fin de señalar y mostrar cuanto sea útil, y se vuelve hacia el oriente. Así hace también el alma: por todos los caminos del cuerpo mira hacia donde sale el sol. Y arraiga su voluntad, como brazo derecho, en el fundamento de las venas y la médula para mover el cuerpo entero; porque la voluntad es la que realiza toda obra, sea buena o mala.

Hildegard von Bingen, «El hombre en su tabernáculo» (20. La voluntad) en Scivias. Conoce los caminos.

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4.24.21