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Scarlet Music: A Life of Hildegard of Bingen

by Joan Ohanneson · 1997

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In breathtaking prose, Joan Ohanneson has crafted an unforgettable encounter with Hildegard, the astonishing visionary and prophet, artist and healer, whose music is sweeping the charts today. Weaving into her text Hildegard's own vivid accounts of the Living Light the author brings to life the feather on the breath of God Hildegard of Bingen, who shattered stereotypes of women, of saints, and of God for all time.

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adult
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medium · 280 pages

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