It is as though she has created a window to the heavens and to transcendence in this codex – with a neologism: “fenestraliter”, which constitutes a prophetic faithful existence man still deeply longs for today. However, only one manuscript of the many made can be truly considered luxurious and richly illuminated: the famous Rupertsberg SCIVIAS-Codex from 1175 created during Hildegard’s lifetime in the monastery of Rupertsberg and decorated with 35 magnificent miniatures. A Manuscript Worthy of Hildegard's Visions Through the richly colored forms contained in each visio, the invisible is becomes visualized. These came “not from a dream, nor in sleep or mental confusion, not by way of the naked eye or the audible ear, but rather I received them in a waking state, of sound mind and body, through the eyes and ears of inner man in the most isolated of places, as God had intended.” At the beginning of each section is a “vision” of striking presence and at the same time, soft eloquence, which creates a relationship of man to God, his renunciation and subsequent return to his creator. Visions were nothing new for Hildegard, who began at the age of 3 to have what she called extraordinary perceptions termed visio. This book, which Hildegard worked on for over ten years and has been presented throughout history in the form of various manuscripts, is a testimony to her reputation as prophet, teacher, writer, and Christian mystic. The book deals with the inseparable oneness of the Universe (macrocosm) and man (microcosm) showing the way of salvation – not only of man but also the world and cosmos as a whole - from the creation of the world and man to his redemption through Christ and the church up to the end of time.
Liber Scivias – “Know the Way” – is the first theological-cosmological work of Hildegard and it continues to provide us with prophetic guidance today. More than 900 years later, her charisma continues to shine through the ages. The Most Beautiful Books of Hours and Prayer BooksĪlmost no woman in the history of the Middle Ages has been so received, appreciated, and adored throughout time – even up to the present day – as cloister-founder Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179).
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