A Companion to Hildegard of Bingen

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promulgated on October 20 of the same year. Andreas of Zirkenbach, who
is attested as the vicar of the cathedral between 1351 and 1358, is considered
to be the most likely author. This prophecy can be found in a manuscript
held by the university library in Würzburg (UB Würzburg, M. p. misc. F. 6,
fols 35v–36v), where it appears in combination with three authentic Hildegardian
prophecies from the Liber diuinorum operum (3.6.16, 25–26), as
well as Hildegard’s letter to Werner of Kirchheim. All three authentic texts
refer to the future status of the realm and the clergy.
It would be impossible to document exhaustively the abundance of
references and quotations from Hildegard’s writings within the historiographic
literature composed in the Middle Ages within the context of
this overview. The following list includes further literary witnesses to Hildegard’s
history of influence; however, an extensive evaluation remains
beyond the scope of this outline:
Theodorus monachus: Annales Palidenses (monastery near Hildesheim,
composed 1182?). (MGH SS 16). Hannover, 1859, pp. 48–98, dated here
as 1158, see: p. 90, ll. 26–30.
Annales et notae Scheftlarienses maiores a. 1092–1247 (composed c.1240).
Ed. Ph. Jafffé (MGH SS 17). Hannover, 1861, pp. 335–43, dated here as
1229, see: p. 339, l. 13f.
Annales Sancti Disibodi anno 891–1200. (MGH SS 17). Hannover, 1861,
pp. 4–30, dated here as 1136, see: p. 25, ll. 12–15.
Christian of Mainz: Liber de calamitate ecclesiae moguntinae [Chronica
of Christian of Mainz, 1249–1253]. (MGH SS 25). Hannover, 1880,
pp. 236–48, esp. p. 243, ll. 19–22.
Annales Zwiefaltienses (composed in the 14th century). (MGH SS 10).
Hannover, 1852, pp. 64–92, dated here as 1142, see: p. 56, l. 24f.
Annalium Sancti Blasii Brunsvicensium maiorum fragmenta (14th century).
(MGH 30, 1). Hannover, 1896, pp. 16–19, dated here as 1155, see:
p. 19, l. 19f.
Levold of Northof: Die Chronik der Grafen of Mark (composed ca. 1350–
1359). (MGH SS Rerum Germanicarum. N.S. VI). Berlin, 1929, dated here
as 1149, see: p. 22, ll. 16–18.
Johannes Lonus de Ypra (d. 1383): Chronica monasterii Sancti Bertini
(MGH SS 25). Hannover, 1880, pp. 736–866, esp. p. 801, ll. 47–49.
Annales Marbacenses (Marbach in Obermorschwihr, Alsace, composed
1375–1380). (MGH SS 17). Hannover, 1861, pp. 142–182, dated here as
1332, see: p. 79, ll. 23–25.