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The dialogue with the images from her first work Scivias (\u003ci\u003eA Journey into the Images\u003c\/i\u003e, Skira 2019) has cast light on the unifying design that connects them, activating a process of figurative re-transcription of the work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49739717083409,"sku":"NGR9788857246598","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49925254250769,"sku":"GOR013815045","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51201036091665,"sku":"NIN9788857246598","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8857246590.jpg?v=1771503324"},{"product_id":"hildegard-von-bingen-book-sara-salvadori-9788857240152","title":"Hildegard von Bingen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSCIVIAS (Know the Ways)\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the journey in which the humanity, or bright stars in Eve's womb, join with the stars in the sky; a possibility offered to each soul, to return back to the Light of the origins of the Earth. An experience belonging to Hildegard in her visions and narrated, in obedience to the voice of God, leaving behind her fears, in a precious manuscript where images make the story come alive. The complexity of the prophetic text is difficult for our present times to access, leaving the images enveloped in a kind of symbolism that is hard to decipher.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Journey into the Images of Hildegard von Bingen\u003c\/i\u003e is born in the hopes of satisfying this desire for knowledge, revealing the Ways the title of the work promises, in a reading guided by images. The central pages present the 35 original-size miniature reproductions with alongside a key that easily illustrates the symbolic meaning and a concise description of the vision. These Plates that offer a grammar of symbols are followed by richly illustrated pages of rhetoric, a themed reading that crosses the entire work where the details of the figures are highlighted against the miniatures. Here each element of the images - colours, frames, forms, numbers - is not random and, after crossing the threshold, leads inside the work. All seems interrelated and connected in an admirable unitary design where the traveller may virtually enter thanks to an accurate 3D reconstruction. The numerous quotations in the text let us be accompanied on this journey by the living voice and figure of this Saint and Doctor of the Church, narrated in the initial Portrait, a real witness to the possibility of walking along the Ways.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51334950224145,"sku":"NGR9788857240152","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51412311146769,"sku":"NIN9788857240152","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51414345187601,"sku":"GOR012914043","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8857240150.jpg?v=1771504937"},{"product_id":"hildegard-von-bingen-book-sara-salvadori-9788857254173","title":"Hildegard Von Bingen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third volume in the series dedicated to the multifaceted figure of Hildegard von Bingen, following the success of \u003ci\u003eA Journey into the Images\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is the year 1170 when Hildegard, now elderly, embarks on her final journey to recount what she has seen and heard. It a prophetic time when the written word takes form, resonating in great cathedrals, and the Vision becomes the painted word. A journey into the images visually narrates the way that leads to the heart of God, in the great sphere of creation. The living fountain of wisdom is imprinted in images and numbers, in shapes, colors, sounds, and in the movement of the stars. It sings the wonder of the divine order, imitating the creative act of composing an image by \"first drawing it with a compass and only later painting it with colours\".\u003cbr\u003e This book is a journey beyond the images, where \"the invisible is shown in the visible,\" tracing the poetic narration of the end of human destiny in the hidden forms of the golden leaves of the Tree of Life. Here the gentle wind of wisdom blows, adorned with fragrant flowers that shine like stars in heaven. All that remains for us to do is to follow the invitation of the voice of the lux vivens: \"Whoever sees with watchful eyes and hears with listening ears, this one may offer a kiss of love to my secret words, which flow from me, the living one.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53386465870097,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53386465935633,"sku":"NIN9788857254173","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9788857254173.jpg?v=1776765917"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-sara-salvadori.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}