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Illuminations

A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen

by Mary Sharratt

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Illuminations by Mary Sharratt

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    Oct 2012, 288 pages

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    Oct 2013, 288 pages

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  The Musical Legacy of St. Hildehard von Bingen

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