Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An Edition, Translation, and Discussion (The New Middle Ages) by Sarah L. Higley

Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An Edition, Translation, and Discussion (The New Middle Ages)



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Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An Edition, Translation, and Discussion (The New Middle Ages) Sarah L. Higley
Language: English
Page: 264
Format: pdf
ISBN: 1403976732, 9780230610057
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"[Higley] has done us a great service in providing a fine edition of this most perplexing of Hildegard's legacies."--Ars Lyrica

"For the first time, Hildegard's Lingua ignota is put in a strictly historical context, which runs up to the present time. The content of the 1012 words of the Lingua ignota is based on the 'Summarium Heinrici', a medieval encyclopedia, which stands in the tradition of the Etymologies of Isidor of Sevilla. In this work, all the visible and non-visible reality is described and brought into a hierarchical order. The tendency is 'reification', describing realities, not transcendence, mythical speech or quietness. With great accuracy and theoretical positioning, Higley's book makes a strong contribution to the study of Hildegaard and language creation."--Michael Embach, Professor at the University of Trier and Director of the City Library of Trier; Author of Die Schriften Hildegards von Bingen (2003)

“Hildegard’s ‘Unknown Language’ of more than one thousand invented words has both intrigued and puzzled modern scholars since the mid-nineteenth century. Higley’s book provides by far the best edition of this language along with its Latin and German glosses, as well as a complete annotated English translation. Setting it within the context of invented languages, past and present, Higley corrects numerous misconceptions about Hildegard’s most mysterious creation and draws fascinating parallels to today’s invented languages, especially those by women.  This is a unique achievement and a must-have book for anyone interested in Hildegard.”--Honey Meconi, Professor of Musicology, Eastman School of Music; Author of Hildegard of Bingen (forthcoming)

About the Author

Sarah L. Higley is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester, NY.  She teaches Old and Middle English, Middle Welsh, Medieval Women Writers, Film Studies, and Creative Writing. Her publications include Between Languages: The Uncooperative Text in Early Welsh and Old English Nature Poetry (1993), Nothing That Is: Millennial Cinema and the Blair Witch Controversies (2004, co-edited with Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock), and numerous articles on Old English, Middle English, Middle Welsh, Old Norse, Gender Studies, and Film and Television Studies. Her most recent work has been in Germanic mythology.

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