Today is the feast day of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), here surrounded by plants & a mineral she touted as medical treatments, her invented alphabet & model of the universe. One of my most popular prints this year! 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci #histmed Her writings preserve not only her own knowledge & 🧵
beautiful
Now you did it. I have no choice but learn more about her. Off to Barnes and Noble.
I looked on your Etsy page and there weren’t any 😭😭😭
Yes, I am currently sold out. I will post here when I get a chance to print more!
Also eagerly awaiting!
Okay, eagerly awaiting! My 16 yr old daughter is a huge Hildegard fan so it would make a great gift for her 🎁
theories but the nature of institutional #medicine & folk healing of her day (which she deftly combined). While she might be best remembered today as a composer of 70 Gregorian chants & musical dramas (& as a Catholic saint, theologian, her 3 books on her visions & 2 biographies) she is also
recognized as the progenitor of natural history in German-speaking lands & author of medical & natural history texts. She even invented her own script & language! Born in Rhineland she entered the double-monastery at Disibodenberg at 14. Her respected magistra Jutta (1092-1136) became her mentor &
teacher. She was assigned to the infirmary, where she would have been responsible for, in particular for but likely not limited to, the health of the women at the monastery & adjoining community. She would also have had access to the books & knowledge of her male counterpart, who was responsible
in particular for the health of the men. After Jutta’s death, Hildegard was elected magistra & she lead the Disibodenberg nuns until 1148, when inspired by a vision, she moved them all to a new monastery at Rupertsberg at Bingen. She immediately began writing her medical text Causae et curae,
presumably to ensure that her replacement in the infirmary had all the knowledge she would need. She lived in the new monastery until her death at 81. She was a prodigious correspondent and has been called a Medieval “Dear Abby” because of her letters to such luminaries as King Henry II of England,
King Louis VII of France, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederic I Barbarossa, the Byzantine Empress Agnes of France, popes & others. She was invited to preach at nearby cathedrals including at Cologne, Mainz & Worms. She was so respected & renown that at age 80
she was able to simply defy the pope & he had to retract his instruction to excommunicate a man in her community. #printmaking #botany I am currently sold out of this print I’m afraid.
She was such a fascinating woman, have read as much as I can find about her and her healing methods and ways, her life... Lovely print!
Today, I have learned about Hildegard von Bingen. Thank you.
Wonderful woman. Love her music!