The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195120103)

This is the second volume in what will be a translation with full scholarly apparatus of the entire correspondence of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). The translation follows Van Acker's definitive new edition of the Latin text, which is being published serially in Belgium by Brepols. As in that edition, the letters are organized according to the rank of the addressees. The first volume included ninety letters to and from the highest ranking prelates in Hildegard's world: popes, archbishops, and bishops. Volume II comprises letters 91-217, in which Hildegard addresses lower-ranking spiritual leaders (abbots and abbesses, for the most part) offering advice and consolation, and is particularly noteworthy for the correspondence with Guilbert of Gembloux, who provides a wealth of information about the saint and her spiritual gift.

Author: Hildegard of Bingen
ISBN-10: 0195120108
ISBN-13: 9780195120103
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/08/1998
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.38w x 0.80d