# The Book of Divine Works by Hildegard of Bingen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. 1942\), 360 x 260 mm ## Commentary The Book of Divine Works by Hildegard of Bingen c. 1230 Manuscript \(Ms. 1942\), 360 x 260 mm Biblioteca Statale, Lucca The mystic visions of Hildegard of Bingen have been genially rendered in the miniatures of this manuscript. The picture on folio 91r illustrates the second vision: the divine power of creation with the universe and man as symbol of the cosmos. Adam as Mankind appears within the cosmic sphere. On the bottom left sits Hildegard, at once authoress and visionary. ## Related artworks - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Ada Gospels]() - [Allegory of the Sacraments]() - [Antoninus Florentinus: Chronicon]() - [Aratea]() - [Astronomical-computist collection]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()