{"product_id":"9788857246598","title":"Hildegard von Bingen: In the Heart of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA full reproduction of the medieval composer and visionary's final theological tract, illuminated shortly after her death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1142 and 1174, the German mystic, composer and writer Hildegard von Bingen created three visionary books: \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e (Know the Ways); \u003ci\u003eLiber Vitae Meritorum\u003c\/i\u003e (Book of the Rewards of Life); and \u003ci\u003eLiber Divinorum Operum\u003c\/i\u003e(Book of Divine Works). This latter work--reproduced in this sumptuous new volume--consists of a sequence of ten scenes that invites human beings to climb the road of \u003ci\u003evirginitas\u003c\/i\u003e toward the recomposition of their own selves in union with the divine \u003ci\u003ecaritas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe refined miniatures in the Lucca manuscript--reproduced here with a simple key explaining their symbolic significance--were produced about 20 years after Hildegard's death and provide a masterful illustration of the architecture of her vision. The dialogue with the images from her first work, \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e (published in Skira's \u003ci\u003eHildegard von Bingen: A Journey into the Images\u003c\/i\u003e) casts light on the unifying design that connects them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHildegard von Bingen\u003c\/b\u003e (1098-1179) was a German Benedictine nun and polymath. She is renowned as a composer of sacred monophonic music, as well as for her three volumes of visionary theology: \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLiber Vitae Meritorum\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLiber Divinorum Operum\u003c\/i\u003e. In recent decades, her music has proved immensely popular with performers of medieval music. In 2012, she was named a Doctor of the Church, one of only four women with that distinction in the Catholic church. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43269412716605,"sku":"9788857246598","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9788857246598_p0.jpg?v=1781469454","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9788857246598","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}