1163), The Book of Divine Works (c.ġ13), lives of local saints, and various musical, scientific and medical works. She then produced a number of other works, including The Book of Life’s Merits (c. Her collection of religious songs, the Symphonia, appeared in 1158. Her first work, Scivias, appeared with Papal approval in 1151, just after she had established her own religious community at Rupertsberg, near Bingen. At this time she started to write about the visions she had been experiencing. After Jutta’s death in 1136, Hildegard was elected abbess at Disibodenberg. Some time between 11, when the monastery became a convent, Hildegard took religious vows. At the age of eight her family gave her into the care of a religious noblewoman, Jutta of Spanheim, who took Hildegard with her to become a recluse at the Disibodenberg monastery. The Wiesbaden or Riesencodex Hs.2 contains all but two of.įull text of ' PENGUIN CLASSICS HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: SELECTED WRITINGS HILDEGARD OF BINGEN was born into a noble family in Bermersheim in 1098. Hildegard of Bingen’s musical works are principally found in two 12th century manuscripts. Scivias is an illustrated work by Hildegard von Bingen, completed in 1151 or 1152, describing 26 religious visions she experienced.
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