Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 12291
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Storey , Ann.
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  • Title: A Theophany of the Feminine: Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabeth of Schönau, and Herrad of Landsberg [The author explores the female aspects of the divine that are found in the three women's writings and the illustrations accompanying Herrad's and Hildegard's works].
  • Source URL: Woman's Art Journal (Full Text via JSTOR) 19, 1 (Spring/Summer 1998):16-20. Link Info target = '_blank'>Woman's Art Journal (Full Text via JSTOR) 19, 1 (Spring/Summer 1998):16-20. Link Info
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Art History- Painting Ecclesia, Image of Elisabeth of Schonau, Mystic Female Divinity Herrad, Abbess of Hohenbourg Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of Rupertsberg Illumination of Manuscripts Mystics Woman of the Apocalypse in Art Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: France;Germany
  • Century: 12
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  • Illustrations: Three figures. Figure One Hildegard of Bingen, "Ecclesia with Virginitas and Her Companion, ca 1141-1151. Eibingen Manuscript. FIgure Two Hildegard of Bingen, "De operatione Dei," 1173. Scene of "Caritas," Divine Love, represented as a woman. Lucca, Bibilioteca Statale. Figure Three Herrad of Landsberg, "Woman Clothed with the sun, "ca. 1149-1175. Strasbourg, les Musées de la ville.
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 02707993
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