Cosmos, Liturgy, and the Arts in the Twelfth Century : : Hildegard's Illuminated "Scivias" / / Margot E. Fassler.

In Cosmos, Liturgy, and the Arts in the Twelfth Century, Margot E. Fassler takes readers into the rich, complex world of Hildegard of Bingen’s Scivias (meaning “Know the ways”) to explore how medieval thinkers understood and imagined the universe. Hildegard, renowned for her contributions to theolog...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTE ON CONVENTIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1 The Cosmological Background
  • CHAPTER 2 Scivias on the Rupertsberg
  • CHAPTER 3 Cosmology and the Liturgy: Hildegard and the One Enthroned
  • CHAPTER 4 Hildegard and the Hexameron
  • CHAPTER 5 The Cosmic Egg and the Liturgy
  • CHAPTER 6 The Edifice of Salvation and Its Virtues
  • CHAPTER 7 Fall and Recovery in the Ordo Virtutum
  • CHAPTER 8 Endings and Time Beyond Time
  • APPENDIX 1 Locations of Paintings, Flourished Initials, Headings, and Quire Signatures in Wiesbaden 1
  • APPENDIX 2 Scribes Responsible for Texts and Headings in MS W, Wiesbaden 1, Illuminated Scivias, from Black-and- White Photos
  • APPENDIX 3 Texts for the Office of All Saints, with Commentary
  • APPENDIX 4 Smaller Dramatic/Musical Units as Found in the Ordo virtutum
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX OF CHANTS AND CHANT TEXTS FROM THE LITURGY, SYMPHONIA AND THE ORDO VIRTUTUM
  • INDEX OF SCRIPTURE
  • INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS