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HILDEGARD VON BINGEN - SARA SALVADORI GEBUNDEN

From the extreme edge of the firmament  Hildegard contemplates the wheel of creation that
springs from the heart of God  a cosmological instrument in which mankind resides  described in
size and proportions  and in the internal movements of the soul and the body. This is the
scenario in the Book of Divine Works. It is a long sequence of ten scenes that invites human
beings to climb the road of virginitas  towards the re-composition of their own selves in union
with the divine Caritas. The refined miniatures in the Lucca manuscript - reproduced in the
central plates of the book with a simple key illustrating their symbolic significance - were
produced about twenty years after Hildegard's death  and provide a masterful illustration of
the architecture of her vision. The dialogue with the images from her first work Scivias (A
Journey into the Images  Skira 2019) has cast light on the unifying design that connects them 
activating a process of figurative re-transcription of the work. Following the sapiential
instructions on dimensions and proportions  and inserting the shapes and colours taken from the
Scivias miniatures  constructed according to Hildegard's own instructions  the individual
elements described have been redrawn. The use of three-dimensional design has produced vibrant
visions of a spherical cosmos  a luminous heavenly vault  a precise anatomy of the human body
and the plasticity of the civitas dei (city of God)  revealed in the large plates at the end of
each chapter. The analysis of the construction lines of the miniatures in the Lucca manuscript
and the subtle constructive syllogism of the visions enable us to perceive  outlined in a few
brief strokes  the eternal presence of mankind in the heart of God.

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