Hildegard Von Bingen: The Fountain Of Wisdom Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy

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Sara Salvadori

Hildegard Von Bingen

Name: Hildegard Von Bingen
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ISBN: 9788857254173

The Fountain Of Wisdom Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy

Sara Salvadori

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Skira
02 April 2026

History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art

The third volume in the series dedicated to the multifaceted figure of Hildegard von Bingen, following the success of A Journey into the Images and In the Heart of God

It is the year 1170 when Hildegard, now elderly, embarks on her final journey to recount what she has seen and heard. It a prophetic time when the written word takes form, resonating in great cathedrals, and the Vision becomes the painted word. A journey into the images visually narrates the way that leads to the heart of God, in the great sphere of creation. The living fountain of wisdom is imprinted in images and numbers, in shapes, colors, sounds, and in the movement of the stars. It sings the wonder of the divine order, imitating the creative act of composing an image by ""first drawing it with a compass and only later painting it with colours"". This book is a journey beyond the images, where ""the invisible is shown in the visible,"" tracing the poetic narration of the end of human destiny in the hidden forms of the golden leaves of the Tree of Life. Here the gentle wind of wisdom blows, adorned with fragrant flowers that shine like stars in heaven. All that remains for us to do is to follow the invitation of the voice of the lux vivens: ""Whoever sees with watchful eyes and hears with listening ears, this one may offer a kiss of love to my secret words, which flow from me, the living one.""

By: Sara Salvadori
Imprint: Skira
Country of Publication: Italy
Dimensions: Height: 320mm, Width: 240mm,
Weight: 1.780kg
ISBN: 9788857254173
ISBN 10: 8857254178
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 02 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sara Salvadori has given life to a seminal research approach making the visionary work of Hildegard von Bingen accessible. Starting from a careful reading of the iconography and symbolism of the images, she has developed new reading devices, reconstructing the three-dimensional space of the Vision within the miniatures and reveals the images hidden within the wisdom codex, the poetic heart of the work. This volume completes the trilogy begun with the two works already published by Skira, A journey into the images (2019) and In the heart of God (2022).