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Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing
Hildegard Of Bingen
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Description for Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing
Hardcover. One of two major medical treatises by medieval healer Hildegard von Bingen, presented in its entirety for the first time in English during the 900th anniversary of her birth. Translator(s): Throop, Priscilla. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 block-print illustrations. BIC Classification: VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568. The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing. 256 pages, illustrations. This book is one of two medical treatises by the medieval healer Hildegard von Bingen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: VXH. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight: 554. Translator(s): Throop, Priscilla.
At a time when few women could write and most were denied a formal education, Hildegard von Bingen became a legendary healer, visionary, musician, artist, poet and saint. Her works include twenty-seven symphonic compositions; Scivias, a compilation of her visions; and her two major medical works, Causae et Curae, a medical compendium, and Physica, published here in English in its entirety for the first time. Physica has a strong affinity with the Eastern medical approaches gaining great respect today. The modern reader interested in natural healing will recognize the enormous truth in the theories of ... Read more
At a time when few women could write and most were denied a formal education, Hildegard von Bingen became a legendary healer, visionary, musician, artist, poet and saint. Her works include twenty-seven symphonic compositions; Scivias, a compilation of her visions; and her two major medical works, Causae et Curae, a medical compendium, and Physica, published here in English in its entirety for the first time. Physica has a strong affinity with the Eastern medical approaches gaining great respect today. The modern reader interested in natural healing will recognize the enormous truth in the theories of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Healing Arts Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9780892816613
SKU
V9780892816613
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About Hildegard Of Bingen
A Latin and Greek scholar, Priscilla Throop holds a master's degree from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, as well as a Certificate of Advanced Theological Studies from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. She is a member of the Vermont Classical Language Association and is currently translating Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae. She lives in Charlotte, ... Read more
Reviews for Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing
Gives a good sense of 12th century herbalism based on humors, common superstition, and sprinkled with a dose of Bingen's mystical insights.
American Herb Association, Vol 16:2
Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in medicine. She was renowned for her healing work ... Read more
American Herb Association, Vol 16:2
Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in medicine. She was renowned for her healing work ... Read more