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       The unknown language and letters of Hildegard von Bingen (2015)
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2023-02-06 18:50 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | anyfoo wrote:
       | I remember, in the days without Internet, only 5 TV channels
       | which weren't always fun, and sub-freezing temperatures in winter
       | (leading to less desire to go outside with friends then), pass-
       | times like "invent your own language" by making up words were
       | much more common.
        
         | yamtaddle wrote:
         | I like to say that the NES I had growing up (didn't get
         | anything better until college, just had the NES through the
         | SNES and N64 generations) was the ideal gaming console for
         | kids: good enough to be fun, not good enough that you wouldn't
         | get bored (or angry, LOL) and go ride bikes after a couple
         | hours even if no-one forced you to.
        
           | anyfoo wrote:
           | Heh, that is very true, too. For me it was more Game Boy than
           | the NES, but to the same effect. Only Zelda: Link's Awakening
           | gripped me for so long that I would spend entire days
           | playing, but then there were still the times where we talked
           | about it amongst friends outside.
        
       | viksit wrote:
       | Also, I recently read The Greenest Branch: A Novel of Germany's
       | First Female Physician - historical fiction about Hildegard, and
       | written by someone who's researched into her quite extensively.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.amazon.com/Greenest-Branch-Germanys-Physician-
       | Hi...
        
       | themadturk wrote:
       | Hildegard is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, composers
       | we can specifically associate with music she wrote.
        
       | WalterBright wrote:
       | I should invent my own language, too.
        
         | cpach wrote:
         | Another one, you mean? (:
        
       | xamuel wrote:
       | In addition to her writings, von Bingen was also an interesting
       | musical composer. There's a learning curve when you listen to her
       | music because it's so incredibly stripped down. But once you get
       | past that, it can be mind-altering. Performances are available on
       | YouTube and elsewhere.
        
         | User23 wrote:
         | And then there's her bardcore admirer Hildegard von
         | Blingin'[1], who does a bunch of entertaining covers of pop
         | songs in a medieval style.
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         | [1] https://www.youtube.com/c/Hildegardvonblingin/videos
        
         | welcome_dragon wrote:
         | Her music is incredibly beautiful especially "Chants for the
         | Feast of Saint Ursula"
        
       | ttctciyf wrote:
       | As mentioned in Esoterica channel's video on her language[1] the
       | only surviving text written in it is one of her songs, 'O orzchis
       | Ecclesia'[2].
       | 
       | If you're interested, the video has some extra detail and
       | scholarly rumination on her _Lingua Ignota_ , and covers the song
       | at around 9:28[3].
       | 
       | 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8tpCOEWX6U
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       | 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCAOf9gjBM
       | 
       | 3: https://youtu.be/l8tpCOEWX6U?t=568
        
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