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Record Number: 2459 Author(s)/Creator(s): Ferrante , Joan. Contributor(s): Title: Correspondent: "Blessed is the Speech of Your Mouth" [Hildegard of Bingen as a letter writer]. Source: Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World.  Edited by Barbara Newman.  University of California Press, 1998.  Pages 91 - 109. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of Rupertsberg Letters Monasticism Pastoral Care Women in Religion Award Note: Geographic Area: Germany Century: 12 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Joan Ferrante reviews Hildegard's enormous output as a correspondent. Her letters range over the entire social hierarchy of her age and Ferrante stresses both their prophetic and didactic stance as God's logothetesand her expression of personal emotions a Author's Affiliation: Columbia University Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1998. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0520208269

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