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From the extreme edge of the firmament, Hildegard contemplates the wheel of creation that springs from the heart of God, a cosmological instrument in which mankind resides, described in size and proportions, and in the internal movements of the soul and the body. This is the scenario in the Book of Divine Works. It is a long sequence of ten scenes that invites human beings to climb the road of virginitas, towards the re-composition of their ow...

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) war Benediktinerin, Äbtissin, Dichterin und eine bedeutende Universalgelehrte. Sie gilt als erste Vertreterin der deutschen Mystik des Mittelalters. Ihr Wissen schöpfte sie zunehmend aus Visionen. »Wisse die Wege« (lat. »Liber Scivias«) fasst in Worte, was Hildegard in ihren Visionen sah und hörte. Die Schrift enthält 35 Miniaturen. Sara Salvadori nimmt die geheimnisvollen Bilder erstmals zum Ausgangspunkt für ...

Describing 26 of Hildegard's religious visions in text and a series of 35 miniature illustrations, this series narrates the journey of the humanity in Eve's womb, represented as bright stars, as it joins with the stars in the sky: a possibility offered to each soul, to return back to the Light.