Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8422
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Garber , Rebecca L.R.
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  • Title: Where is the Body? Images of Eve and Mary in the "Scivias" [The author argues that Hildegard redeems Eve through Mary and emphasizes the positive roles that women play in salvation].
  • Source: Hildegard of Bingen: A book of Essays.  Edited by Maud Burnett McInerney.  Garland Publishing, 1998.  Pages 103 - 132.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Creation Eve (Biblical Figure) Fall of Humankind Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of Rupertsberg- Lyrics Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess of Rupertsberg- Scivias Latin Literature Literature- Prose Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 12
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  • Illustrations: Two Plates. Figure One The creation, temptation and fall of humanity, "Scivias" I, 2. Illuminated manuscript page. Figure Two The creation and fall of Adam, "Scivias" II, 1. Illuminated manuscript page.
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Michigan [Graduate Student]
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0815325886