{"product_id":"hildegard-von-bingen-1","title":"Hildegard Von Bingen","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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307415642494,"sku":"NW9788857246598","price":20.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9788857246598.jpg?v=1778506695","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/hildegard-von-bingen-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}