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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

O Sancta Hildegardis: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Portrait of St. Hildegard. Rupertsberg Scivias , fol. 1r (Protestificatio) o sanCta hILDegarDIs, LVX opVsqVe VIVentes LVCeant nobIs p...
Monday, July 22, 2013

St. Hildegard of Bingen: Prologue to Liber Divinorum Operum

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Portrait of Hildegard of Bingen recording her visions in the Liber Divinorum Operum (I.1). Lucca MS 1942, fol. 1. (From Wikipedia) St. ...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Guest Post at Beyond Borders

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I've written this week’s guest post over at the medieval art history blog, Beyond Borders . Titled, “Monstrosity within the Church in ...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Hildegard of Bingen and the Doctoral Stars

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Liber Divinorum Operum I.2: Macrocosm and Microcosm. (Lucaa MS 1942) In the second vision of St. Hildegard of Bingen’s final and most ...
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Monday, July 01, 2013

Women’s Ordination, Part 2: More Thoughts and Reconsiderations

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St. Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias II.5: Orders of the Church. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 66r. After offering an initial set of thoughts in m...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

Women’s Ordination: Teaching Authority, Sacramentality, and the Priesthood

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Scivias II.6: Ecclesia offers the Eucharist. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 86r. With the declaration of St. Hildegard of Bingen as the fourth fem...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Text vs. Image in the Lucca Illustration of Liber Divinorum Operum I.2: Humanity and the Macrocosmos

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Humanity and the Macrocosmos. Liber Divinorum Operum I.2 (Lucca MS 1942) With the advent of the summer months, I have set to work aga...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Book Review: The Shakespeare Thefts by Eric Rasmussen

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Eric Rasmussen. The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. xv + 212 pp. A British fanta...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Laus Trinitati (Symphonia 26)

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An Antiphon for the Trinity by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias II.2: The Trinity. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 47r. Laus Trinitati qu...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

O ignee Spiritus (Symphonia 27)

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A Hymn to the Holy Spirit by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias II.4: Tower of the Holy Spirit. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 60r. 1. O ig...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Karitas habundat (Symphonia 25)

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( Caritas abundat ) An Antiphon for the Holy Spirit by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Caritas (Divine Love) Liber Divinorum Operum I.1 (...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita (Symphonia 24)

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For Pentecost, an Antiphon for the Holy Spirit by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias II.4: Confirmation. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 60r. ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Imago expandit splendorem suum: Hildegard of Bingen’s Visio-Theological Designs in the Rupertsberg Scivias Manuscript

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Imago expandit splendorem suum... Scivias II.3: The Church and Baptism. Rupertsberg MS , fol. 51r. Update: The full article on which ...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

48th International Congress on Medieval Studies: May 9-12, 2013

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I am pleased to announce that I have received a portion of the 2013 James J. Paxson Memorial Travel Grant from the BABEL Working Group , to...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

An Act of Cowardice

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An Open Letter to Every Senator who Voted Against Background Checks: I write to you with a heart aggrieved by your shameful decision thi...
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Friday, April 05, 2013

O eterne Deus (Symphonia 7)

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An Antiphon for God the Father by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Theophany of Caritas (Divine Love) Liber Divinorum Operum I.1 (Lucca MS...
Thursday, April 04, 2013

O magne Pater (Symphonia 6)

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An Antiphon for God the Father by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias III.12: The New Heaven & New Earth. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 22...
Wednesday, April 03, 2013

O pastor animarum (Symphonia 4)

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An Antiphon for the Redeemer by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias II.1: The Redeemer (detail). Rupertsberg MS, fol. 41v. O past...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

O quam mirabilis (Symphonia 3)

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An Antiphon for the Creator by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Humanity as Microcosm. Liber Divinorum Operum I.2 (Lucca MS 1942) O q...
Monday, April 01, 2013

O virtus Sapientie (Symphonia 2)

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An Antiphon for Divine Wisdom by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias III.5: The Zeal or Jealousy of God. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 153r. ...
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Sunday, March 31, 2013

O vis eternitatis (Symphonia 1)

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For Easter, a Responsory for the Creator by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias II.1: Creation, Fall, & Redemption. Rupertsberg MS...
Friday, March 29, 2013

O cruor sanguinis (Symphonia 5)

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A Good Friday Antiphon by St. Hildegard of Bingen [1] Scivias II.6: Christ's Sacrifice and the Church. Rupertsberg MS, fol. 86r. ...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Doctor Ecclesiae: A Chronogram in Honor of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Portrait of Hildegard of Bingen. From the Rupertsberg Scivias, fol. 1r. o hILDegarDIs prophetIssa DoCtor eCCLesIae: Vera VIsIo XrIstI...
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Monday, October 08, 2012

St. Hildegard of Bingen made Doctor of the Church: Coverage Round-Up

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Here's a round-up of the various coverage--news, commentary, arts, and tributes--of Pope Benedict XVI's declaration St. Hildegard of...
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Friday, October 05, 2012

Caritas, Humilitas, and Pax: Theophany of the Fountain in St. Hildegard of Bingen’s Liber Divinorum Operum III.3

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Liber Divinorum Operum III.3: Theophany of Caritas, Humilitas, & Pax in the fountain. (From the Lucca MS) As we celebrate this w...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

Doctor Viriditatis? St. Hildegard of Bingen’s Doctor of the Church Name

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Hildegard of Bingen's portrait. Rupertsberg Scivias (facs.), fol. 1r. In commemoration of the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen, who...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

The Pope and the Prophetess: Benedict XVI, Hildegard of Bingen, and the Reform of the Church (Part 2)

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Liber Divinorum Operum III.5, from the Lucca MS. Update: A much expanded and revised version of this essay appeared in 2019 in the jo...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Pope and the Prophetess: Benedict XVI, Hildegard of Bingen, and the Reform of the Church (Part 1)

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Portrait of Hildegard of Bingen. From the Rupertsberg Scivias, fol. 1r. Update: A much expanded and revised version of this essay app...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

In die cinerum: Ash Wednesday Remembrances

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The following is a recollection of Ash Wednesday, 2006 (March 1), which I spent in a visit to the Abbey of St. Hildegard of Bingen , in Eibi...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Vergil’s Messiah: The Pedagogical Use of Medieval Interpretations of Classical Texts

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Vergil and the Sybil receive a vision of the Nativity of Christ. From a 14th-cen. chronicle. This week in the Humanities survey I am t...
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