- Heavenly Jerusalem with Saints, Book of Divine Works, part 3, vision 2: People of all ages huddle in a mountain that is brilliantly illuminated. Two hybrids hover above, combining human features with those of a leopard and a bear or a hawk. Hildegard glosses them as the era before the Flood, when men mated with animals, and the era after the Flood, or under the law. Above the heavenly city a crowd plays music which "resounds like a delightful resonance in the clouds." These are the saved. Hildegard's text mentions the Virgin Mary several times, but she never appears in the images.
Heavenly Jerusalem with Saints, Book of Divine Works, part 3, vision 2: People of all ages huddle in a mountain that is brilliantly illuminated. Two hybrids hover above, combining human features with those of a leopard and a bear or a hawk. Hildegard glosses them as the era before the Flood, when men mated with animals, and the era after the Flood, or under the law. Above the heavenly city a crowd plays music which "resounds like a delightful resonance in the clouds." These are the saved. Hildegard's text mentions the Virgin Mary several times, but she never appears in the images.
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