Correspondence
Letters
Epistolae
Correspondence with Bernard of Clairvaux, four popes, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II of England, archbishops, abbots, abbesses and laypeople. It contains her most quoted texts: the letter to the prelates of Mainz on music, the letter to Guibert of Gembloux on her way of seeing, the letters about Richardis and the sermons from her preaching journeys, sent as letters to the cities. It is the main source for her public life.
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Authorship note
Some 390 letters by and to Hildegard (1146–1179), gathered at Rupertsberg and partly reworked by the compilers (especially in the Riesencodex, which raises the rank of correspondents). Critical edition: Van Acker and Klaes-Hachmöller, CCCM 91–91B.
Editions and translations
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English
The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, vol. 3
Oxford University Press, 2004
Translation: Joseph L. Baird y Radd K. Ehrman
ISBN 9780195168372
The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, vol. 2
Oxford University Press, 1998
Translation: Joseph L. Baird y Radd K. Ehrman
ISBN 9780195121179
Hildegard of Bingen
The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, vol. 1
The Conscious LibraryThe Letters of Hildegard of Bingen, vol. 1
Oxford University Press, 1994
Translation: Joseph L. Baird y Radd K. Ehrman
ISBN 9780195089370
Latín
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegardis Bingensis Epistolarium (CCCM 91, 91A, 91B)
The Conscious LibraryHildegardis Bingensis Epistolarium (CCCM 91, 91A, 91B)
Brepols, 1991
Ed. Lieven Van Acker (I–II, 1991–1993) y Monika Klaes-Hachmöller (III, 2001). ISBN no localizado en Open Library.
Other works by Hildegard of Bingen
- Scivias (Know the Ways) · 1151
- The Book of Life's Merits (The Book of the Rewards of Life) · 1163
- The Book of Divine Works · 1174
- Physica (Book of the Subtleties of Creatures) · 1158
- Causes and Cures · 1158
- Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations · 1158
- Ordo Virtutum (The Play of the Virtues) · 1151
- Unknown Language and Unknown Letters · 1158
- Homilies on the Gospels · 1170
- Minor Works · 1170
- Life of Saint Hildegard · 1187
- Life of Saint Disibod · 1170
- Life of Saint Rupert · 1170
- Explanation of the Rule of Benedict
- An Explanation of the Athanasian Creed
- Solutions to Thirty-Eight Questions · 1176
- On the Excellence of Saint Martin
- Pentachronon, or Mirror of Future Times · 1220
Sources
- Hildegardis Bingensis. Epistolarium. Ed. Lieven Van Acker (vols. I–II) y Monika Klaes-Hachmöller (vol. III). CCCM 91, 91A, 91B. Turnhout: Brepols, 1991–2001.
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