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Illuminations by Mary Sharratt

Illuminations

A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen

by Mary Sharratt
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  • Oct 9, 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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