Living Universe
Place: Germany
Time: 12th century
Material: parchment
History
In one of her visions, Hildegard of Bingen, an artist, playwright, linguist, physician, poet, seer, and composer, saw the Universe in the form of a living egg.
She encoded her vision in the form of a mandala, which reflects the structure of the Cosmos in the form of a large cell or womb, in the center of which is the Earth.
Living Universe
Place: Germany
Time: 12th century
Material: parchment
History
In one of her visions, Hildegard of Bingen, an artist, playwright, linguist, physician, poet, seer, and composer, saw the Universe in the form of a living egg.
She encoded her vision in the form of a mandala, which reflects the structure of the Cosmos in the form of a large cell or womb, in the center of which is the Earth.