CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xv
5. NOTE ON CONVENTIONS xvii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER 1 The Cosmological Background 13
8. CHAPTER 2 Scivias on the Rupertsberg 38
9. CHAPTER 3 Cosmology and the Liturgy: Hildegard and the One Enthroned 64
10. CHAPTER 4 Hildegard and the Hexameron 93
11. CHAPTER 5 The Cosmic Egg and the Liturgy 128
12. CHAPTER 6 The Edifice of Salvation and Its Virtues 158
13. CHAPTER 7 Fall and Recovery in the Ordo Virtutum 185
14. CHAPTER 8 Endings and Time Beyond Time 224
15. APPENDIX 1 Locations of Paintings, Flourished Initials, Headings, and Quire Signatures in Wiesbaden 1 261
16. APPENDIX 2 Scribes Responsible for Texts and Headings in MS W, Wiesbaden 1, Illuminated Scivias, from Black-and- White Photos 263
17. APPENDIX 3 Texts for the Office of All Saints, with Commentary 265
18. APPENDIX 4 Smaller Dramatic/Musical Units as Found in the Ordo virtutum 271
19. NOTES 273
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 323
21. GENERAL INDEX 345
22. INDEX OF CHANTS AND CHANT TEXTS FROM THE LITURGY, SYMPHONIA AND THE ORDO VIRTUTUM 351
23. INDEX OF SCRIPTURE 353
24. INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS 355
25. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357