{"product_id":"hildegard-von-bingen-hildegard-von-bingen-9788857246598","title":"Hildegard Von Bingen: In the Heart of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA full reproduction of the medieval composer and visionary's final theological tract, illuminated shortly after her death\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1142 and 1174, the German mystic, composer and writer Hildegard von Bingen created three visionary books: \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e (Know the Ways); \u003ci\u003eLiber Vitae Meritorum\u003c\/i\u003e (Book of the Rewards of Life); and \u003ci\u003eLiber Divinorum Operum\u003c\/i\u003e(Book of Divine Works). This latter work--reproduced in this sumptuous new volume--consists of a sequence of ten scenes that invites human beings to climb the road of \u003ci\u003evirginitas\u003c\/i\u003e toward the recomposition of their own selves in union with the divine \u003ci\u003ecaritas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe refined miniatures in the Lucca manuscript--reproduced here with a simple key explaining their symbolic significance--were produced about 20 years after Hildegard's death and provide a masterful illustration of the architecture of her vision. The dialogue with the images from her first work, \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e (published in Skira's \u003ci\u003eHildegard von Bingen: A Journey into the Images\u003c\/i\u003e) casts light on the unifying design that connects them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHildegard von Bingen\u003c\/b\u003e (1098-1179) 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: \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLiber Vitae Meritorum\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLiber Divinorum Operum\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hildegard Von Bingen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8857246590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788857246598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.90h x 9.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Hildegard Von Bingen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990738338047,"sku":"9788857246598","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e50f24f-b496-4236-8ee3-a13c2f2d9648.jpg?v=1683306390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hildegard-von-bingen-hildegard-von-bingen-9788857246598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}