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Engraved Portrait of Hildegard von Bingen

William Marshall

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Black and white engraved portrait of a veiled nun in a dark hooded habit and white wimple, reading an open book held in her hand. Caption below reads: Hildegardis, a Virgin Prophetess, Abbess of St Ruperts Nunnery, died at Bingen 1180 aged 82 years. Signed W. Marshall sculpsit.

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