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Record Number:
2280
Author(s)/Creator(s):
McGuire , Thérèse.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Two Twelfth-Century Women and their Books [Herrad, abbess of Hohenbourg, and Hildegard of Bingen].
Source:
Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence. Edited by Lesley Smith and Jane H.M. Taylor. British Library and University of Toronto Press, 1997. Pages 96 - 105.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Art History- Painting
Artists
Encyclopedia, Literary Genre
Herrad, Abbess of Hohenbourg- Hortus Deliciarum
Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of Rupertsberg- Scivias
Illumination of Manuscripts
Women Authors
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France;Germany
Century:
12
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Three figures, two from the "Hortus Deliciarum" and one from the "Scivias." Figure Forty-Nine shows God the Father capturing Leviathan from a copy of the "Hortus Deliciarum." Figure Fifty, also from the copy of the "Hortus Deliciarum," depicts the woman clothed with the sun. Figure Fifty-One is Hildegard's vision of Synagogue from the "Scivias."
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Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
Chestnut Hill College
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0802042163