Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-312) and index.
Contents:
Hildegard of Bingen and her scribes / The life of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) / Margot Fassler. Living and working in a twelfth-century women's monastic community / Alison I. Beach ; Literacy and learning in the lives of women religious of medieval Germany / Lori Kruckenberg -- Writings and reputation. Hildegard of Bingen's theology / James Ginther ; Reading Hildegard of Bingen's letters / Christopher D. Fletcher ; From the roots to the branches : greenness in the preaching of Hildegard of Bingen and the patriarchs / Peter V. Loewen ; Hildegard of Bingen: illness and healing / Faith Wallis -- The Pentachronon and Hildegard of Bingen's reputation as a prophet / Magda Hayton ; The context and reception of Hildegard of Bingen's visions / Wendy Love Anderson -- Music, manuscripts, illuminations, and scribes. Music, liturgy, and intertextuality in Hildegard of Bingen's chant repertory / Jennifer Bain ; The Ordo virtutum and Benedictine monasticism / Alison Altstatt ; Picturing Hildegard of Bingen's sight : illuminating her visions / Nathaniel M. Campbell ; Hildegard of Bingen and her scribes / Margot Fassler.
Summary:
"This specially commissioned collection of thirteen essays explores the life and works of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), monastic founder, leader of a community of nuns, composer, active correspondent, and writer of religious visions, theological treatises, sermons, and scientific and medical texts. Aimed at advanced university students and new Hildegard researchers, the essays provide a broad context for Hildegard's life and monastic setting, and offer comprehensive discussions on each of the main areas of her output. Engagingly written by experts in medieval history, theology, German literature, musicology, and the history of medicine, the essays are grounded in Hildegard's twelfth-century context, and investigate her output within its monastic and liturgical environments, her reputation during and after her life, and the materiality of the transmission of her works, considering aspects of manuscript layout, illumination, and scribal practices at her Rupertsberg monastery." -- Publisher's description
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.