2317
Visio de excellentia sancti MartiniVisio seu revelatione Hildegardis de sancto Martino
Century: 12-13
Visionary literature
Latin
Dioc. Liège
Rijnland
Duchy of Brabant
Rijnland
Duchy of Brabant
INCIPIT
Omnibus reuerendam beatissimi pontificis Martini memoriam deuote excolentibus Hildegardis.
Anno ab incarnatione Domini Iesu Christi MCLXXVII, cum infra octauas ipsius, scilicet sancti Martini, diuine contemplationi, quantum Christi munere poteram, insisterem ...
EXPLICIT
... illo uos semper adiuuante pre omnibus, qui dicit: Ecce uenio cito, et merces mea mecum est, reddere cuique secundum opera sua, cui est honor et gloria in secula seculorum. Amen.
Sex: M- Bio: monk of the abbey of Gembloux, 1177-9 secretary of Hildegardis of Bingen and spiritual father of the monastic community of Rupertsberg in Bingen, 1180 back to Gembloux, September 1180-May 1881 and 1185-1186/87 in the abbey of Marmoutier (Tours), 1188 abbot in the abbey of Florennes (?1124/5/+1214). (NaSo 265): See Pertz and Potthast for the attribution to Guibertus Gemblacensis. (Naso 607): zie Delehaye (1888) voor de toeschrijving aan Guibertus Gemblacensis (in overeenstemming met Hervardus). (NaSo 1524): The final redaction of this letter seems to be the work of Guibertus Gemblacensis-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)
Sex: M- Bio: Benedictine prophetes from the Rhineland, who started her religious life as a recluse joint to the male community of Disibodenberg en who became magistra of the women's community that later moved to the Rupertsberg near Bingen. Famous for her visionary works, her impressive letter collection, her 'scientific' works and her songs.-Status author (order, function): Benedictine Monks (OSB)
EDITING
Location:Rupertberg and/or Gembloux - Date:between Nov. 1175 and c. 1214 - Commission: /
SIZE
c. 4000 words
CONTEXT
In the manuscripts preserving this text, the vision is attributed to Hildegard of Bingen. However, several medievalists pointed out its atypical style and suggested that the text was revised by Guibert of Gembloux, Hildegard's last secretary (e.g. Newman, Herwegen), a hypothesis that was further substantiated by the stylometrical research by Kestemont, Moens & Deploige. In addition, Guibert revised the Visio ad Guibertum missa as well (NaSo 2316). Guibert of Gembloux was certainly an ardent admirer of St Martin and assisted Hildegard as her secretary from the autumn of 1177 onwards; he stayed at Rupertsberg until the summer/autumn of 1180. For more information about Guibert's devotion for St Martin, see e.g. NaSo 524 (Ep. 15 includes a reference to this vision), NaSo 522 (includes a reference to this vision), NaSo 515 and NaSo 516.
ABSTRACT
Vision about St Martin of Tours, received on the octaves of the feast day of Martin in 1177 (Nov 18th) at the request of a 'ardent admirer of Martin' (= Guibert of Gembloux?), in which Martin is compared with the apostles and in which he is praised for his virginity, self-mortification, etc. The other metaphors refer to the nuns of Rupertsberg (rosae, lilia, balsamum, pigmenta) and to Guibert of Gembloux (?) (cervus).
SOURCES
INFLUENCE
MANUSCRIPTS
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale
TRANSLATIONS
EDITIONS
DEPLOIGE (J.), MOENS (S.), Hildegardis Bingensis. Opera minora II, Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaeualis, CCXXVI A (Turnhout, 2016)
LITERATURE
COAKLEY (J.), 'A shared endeavour? Guibert of Gembloux on Hildegard of Bingen', in: J. Coakley, Women, men and spiritual power: female saints and their male collaorators (New York, 2006) 45-67 64
EMBACH (M.), Die Schriften Hildegards van Bingen. Studien zu ihrer Überlieferung und Rezeption im Mittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit (Erudiri Sapientia, IV) (Berlijn, 2003) 496
FERRANTE (J.), 'Scribe quae vides et audis. Hildegard, her language, and her secretaries', in: D. Townsend, A. Taylor (eds.), The Tongue of the Fathers. Gender and Ideology in Twelfth-Century Latin (Philadelphia, 1998) 102-135
HERWEGEN (H.), Les collaborateurs de sainte Hildegarde. IV. Guibert de Gembloux, in: Revue Bénédictine, 21 (1904) 392-396
KESTEMONT (M.), MOENS (S.), DEPLOIGE (J.), 'Collaborative authorship in the twelfth century: A stylometric study of Hildegard of Bingen and Guibert of Gembloux', in: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 30 (2015)
NEWMAN (B.), Sister of wisdom. St Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine (Berkeley, 1987) 23-24
SCHRADER (M.), FÜHRKÖTTER (A.), Die Echtheit des Schrifttums der heiligen Hildegard von Bingen. Quellenkritische Untersuchungen, Beihefte zum Archiv für Kulturgeschichte, 6 (Keulen-Graz, 1956) 182
VAN ACKER (L.), 'Der Briefwechsel der heiligen Hildegard von Bingen. Vorbemerkungen zu einer kritischen Edition', in: Revue Bénédictine, 99 (1989) 118-154 130 (vn)
EMBACH (M.), Die Schriften Hildegards van Bingen. Studien zu ihrer Überlieferung und Rezeption im Mittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit (Erudiri Sapientia, IV) (Berlijn, 2003) 496
FERRANTE (J.), 'Scribe quae vides et audis. Hildegard, her language, and her secretaries', in: D. Townsend, A. Taylor (eds.), The Tongue of the Fathers. Gender and Ideology in Twelfth-Century Latin (Philadelphia, 1998) 102-135
HERWEGEN (H.), Les collaborateurs de sainte Hildegarde. IV. Guibert de Gembloux, in: Revue Bénédictine, 21 (1904) 392-396
KESTEMONT (M.), MOENS (S.), DEPLOIGE (J.), 'Collaborative authorship in the twelfth century: A stylometric study of Hildegard of Bingen and Guibert of Gembloux', in: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 30 (2015)
NEWMAN (B.), Sister of wisdom. St Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine (Berkeley, 1987) 23-24
SCHRADER (M.), FÜHRKÖTTER (A.), Die Echtheit des Schrifttums der heiligen Hildegard von Bingen. Quellenkritische Untersuchungen, Beihefte zum Archiv für Kulturgeschichte, 6 (Keulen-Graz, 1956) 182
VAN ACKER (L.), 'Der Briefwechsel der heiligen Hildegard von Bingen. Vorbemerkungen zu einer kritischen Edition', in: Revue Bénédictine, 99 (1989) 118-154 130 (vn)
LINKS
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Contributor:
Sara Moens
Update:
2016-02-16 21:09:30
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Contributor:
Sara Moens
Update:
2016-02-16 21:09:30
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