| Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An Edition, Translation, and Discussion 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Higley, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349537349 ISBN-13: 9781349537341 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Foreign Language Study | Latin - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 477 |
| Series: New Middle Ages |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.68 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Lingua Ignota, "brought forth" by the twelfth-century German nun Hildegard of Bingen, provides 1012 neologisms for praise of Church and new expression of the things of her world. Noting her visionary metaphors, her music, and various medieval linguistic philosophies, Higley examines how the "Unknown Language" makes arid signifiers green again. This text, however, is too often seen in too narrow a context: glossolalia, angelic language, secret code. Higley provides an edition and English translation of its glosses in the Riesencodex (with assistance from the Berlin MS), but also places it within a history of imaginary language making from medieval times to the most contemporary projects in efforts to uncover this woman s bold involvement in an intellectual and creative endeavor that spans centuries. |