Famous throughout Europe during her lifetime, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a remarkably gifted woman by any standards: a composer and poet, she was also a writer on scientific, medical and theological subjects, an abbess, a visionary prophet, and a saint of the Roman Catholic church. One of the relatively few female writers and even fewer female composers of the Middle Ages whose work has survived to the present, Hildegard was neglected for centuries after her death. Recently, however, her liturgical song cycle Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum (Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations) has been rediscovered, and pieces from it have been performed by several early music groups.
Barbara Newman here provides both literal prose translations and sensitive verse translations of the songs in the cycle, along with a new edition of the original Latin texts, Newman's introduction and commentary provide information on Hildegard's life and on such subjects as the dating of the Symphonia, the theology of music and its use in the monastic liturgy of the twelfth century, medieval musical performance, and poetic styles of the period. Of special interest is an essay by Marianne Richert Pfau which delineates the connection between music and text in the Symphonia.
This edition of the Symphonia will make Hildegard's work readily accessible to all readers interested in medieval poetry, early music, and the lives of medieval women, as well as to scholars concerned with poetry, musicology, religion, and women's history.

Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum (Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations)

Biographies & Memoirs

Hildegard

Arts & Literature

Cornell University Press

Book by Hildegard, Newman, Barbara

Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum (Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations) (English and Latin Edition)

Arts & Photography

Music

Hildegard of Bingen was one of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages, whose writings, pictures, and music are now enjoying a renaissance. This is an anthology of her work, including poems, visionary accounts, and paintings.

The Wisdom of Hildegard of Bingen: Compiled and Introduced by Fiona Bowie (Wisdom Series)

Bowie, Fiona

Religion & Spirituality

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

Medieval saint, mystic, healer, and visionary—Hildegard von Bingen has made a comeback. She is now popular in natural healing circles, in medieval and women's studies, and among those interested in investing the everyday with the spiritual. Hildegard's Healing Plants is a gift version and new translation of the "Plant" section of Physica, Hildegard's classic work on health and healing. Hildegard comments on 230 plants and grains—most of which are still grown in home gardens and sold at local health food stores. In one of many entries on women's health, Hildegard writes, "Also if a pregnant woman labors much in childbirth, let someone cook pleasant herbs, such as fennel and assurum, in water with fear and great moderation, squeeze out the water, and place them while they are warm around her thighs and back, tied gently with a piece of cloth, so that her pain and her closed womb is opened more pleasantly and easily." Whether read for the sheer enjoyment of Hildegard's earthy, intelligent voice ("Let a man who has an overabundance of lust in his loins cook wild lettuce in water and pour it over himself in a sauna") or for her encyclopedic and often still relevant understanding of natural health, Hildegard's Healing Plants is a treasure for gardeners, natural healing enthusiasts, and Hildegard fans everywhere.

Hildegard's Healing Plants: From the Medieval Classic Physica

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Beacon Pr

Pink decorated covers with pink spine. Edge wear and corner bumps. Clean, tight pages and binding. 9x6 with 223 pages

Holistic Healing

Madigan, Patrick

Palmquist, Mary

Bingen, Hildegard

Kulas, John S.

Liturgical Pr

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the first and greatest of medieval mystics. Her visionary and prophetic writings contain many prayers and songs, a selection of which is presented in this little book.

The Windows of Faith: Prayers of Holy Hildegard

Christian Books & Bibles

Mystical Writings: A Spirituality of Family Life (Spiritual Classics)

Wright, Wendy

Crossroad Publishing Company

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Hildegardis Causae et Curae

History

Legare Street Press

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