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Prayer Book of Hildegard of Bingen (

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Unknown Miniaturist, German (active c. 1180)

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Prayer Book of Hildegard of Bingen

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circa 1180

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Coloured ink drawing

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height: 159 mm (6.25 in); width: 103 mm (4.05 in)

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Bavarian State Library

	Native name	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
	Location	Munich
	Coordinates	48° 08′ 50.59″ N, 11° 34′ 50.18″ E
	Established	1558
	Website	http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/index.php
	Authority file	: Q256507 VIAF: 129557156 ISNI: 000000012097381X ULAN: 500303271 LCCN: n50064518 NLA: 36083090 WorldCat

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MINIATURIST, German

(active c. 1180)

Prayer Book of Hildegard of Bingen c. 1180 Coloured ink drawing, 159 x 103 mm Bayerisches Staatsbibliotek, Munich

The best-known religious woman of the twelfth century was Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). She joined the double monastery of Disibodenberg in the Rhineland as a child and became the abbess of its community of nuns. In 1147 she experienced a vision that caused her to leave Disibodenberg and set up her own community, solely of nuns, at Rupertsberg near Bingen in the Rhineland.Hildegard was a cultured woman of wide learning: she composed music, was a prodigious letter-writer and wrote texts on medicine and herbalism. However, she was best known in her time for her visions, which were set down in writing and illustrated by the nuns of her community. The two books of Hildegard's visions are entitled Know the Ways of God (lost since 1945) and The Book of Divine Works.

This illustration, representing The Feeding of the Five Thousand, is from a manuscript named the Prayer Book of Hildegard of Bingen as identified by a later inscription in the book. However, her ownership of the book is questioned. The manuscript is thought to have been made in the Middle Rhine region. This richly decorated manuscript was intended to serve the private devotions of a woman of high rank. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 8 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/12_cent/hildegard_bingen_ave_generosa.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Hildegard of Bingen: Ave generosa</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Author: MINIATURIST, German Title: Prayer Book of Hildegard of Bingen Time-line: 1151-1200 School: German Form: illumination

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