HILDEGARD VON BINGEN/ A JOURNEY INTO THE IMAGES

Von Bingen completed her first visionary work of art around 1152: Scivias, taken from the Latin phrase Scivias Domini, or Know the Ways of the Lord.Describing 26 of Hildegards religious visions in text and a series of 35 miniature illustrations, this series nar rates the journey of the humanity in Eves womb, represented as bright stars, as it joins with the stars in the sky: a possibility o ffered to each soul, to return back to the Light.In obedience to the voice of God, von Bingen wrote down her visions in a precious m anuscript, wi...[Read more]