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Record Number: 16870
Author(s)/Creator(s): Newman , Marsha.
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Title: Christian Cosmology in Hildegard of Bingen's Illuminations [The author argues that Hildegard used her knowledge of natural forces to express spiritual truths. Her illuminations of mandalas, symmetrical images framed by circular borders, represent her visions and frequently depict multiple planes of existence. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source URL: Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (Full Text via Project Muse) 5, 1 (Winter 2002): 41-61. Link Info target = '_blank'>Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (Full Text via Project Muse) 5, 1 (Winter 2002): 41-61. Link Info
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Article Type: Journal Article
Subject (See Also): Art History- Painting Cosmology Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of Rupertsberg Iconography Illumination of Manuscripts Mandalas in Art Theology Visions
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Geographic Area: Germany
Century: 12
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Illustrations: Figure One All Creation Praises the Lord, manuscript illumination from the Sixth Vision of the First Part, "Scivias." Figure Two On the Construction of the World, manuscript illumination from The Second Vision of the "Book of Divine Works" (Lucca, Biblioteca Statale). Figure Three On the Articulation of the Body, manuscript illumination from the Fourth Vision of the "Book of Divine Works" (Lucca, Biblioteca Statale).
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Year of Publication: 2002.
Language: English
ISSN/ISBN: 10916687