Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7386
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dronke , Peter.
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  • Title: The Allegorical World-Picture of Hildegard of Bingen: Revaluations and New Problems [The author explores the work of Hans Liebeschütz on Hildegard's use of allegory. He also considers the variety and difficulty of texts that Hildegard draws on or echoes in her works. The article concludes with the Latin text and English translation of an unpublished, allegorical letter from Hildegard, Berlin Lat. Qu. 674, ff. 39 va- 40 rb (B).].
  • Source: Hildegard of Bingen: The Context of Her Thought and Art.  Edited by Charles Burnett and Peter DronkeWarburg Institute Colloquia Series.  The Warburg Institute, 1998.  Pages 1 - 16.
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  • Article Type: Edition of Text;Essay;Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Allegory Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of Rupertsberg Learning and Scholarship Liebeschutz, Hans, Judaica Scholar (1893-1976)- Das allegorische Weltbild der heiligen Hildegard von Bingen Sources Visions Women Authors
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 12
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Cambridge
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English;Latin
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0854811184