Skip to main content

Secondary sourcePainting1847

St. Rupertsberg Monastery

C. Reiss (Meyer's Universum) · 1847

An 1847 engraving showing the ruins of the Rupertsberg convent that Hildegard of Bingen founded near Bingen.

Shows the ruined convent of Rupertsberg, which Hildegard founded and led as abbess.

Ask Hildegard of Bingen about this sourceView the original(opens in new tab)
Black-and-white engraving of a ruined medieval monastery on a hillside above a river, with a tower and broken walls among trees. Two figures sit in the foreground, and a distant bridge and hills lie to the left. Caption reads 'St Rupertus Klostier bei Bingen'.
Meyer's Universum, St. Rupertskloster bei Bingen, 1847 engraving.

About this source

What it is

This is a black-and-white engraving published in 1847 in a German illustrated travel series, showing the ruined monastery of St. Rupertsberg on a hillside above a river, with a broken tower and walls among trees.

Why it matters

Rupertsberg was the convent Hildegard of Bingen founded and led. By the time this engraving was made, centuries after her death, the buildings had fallen into ruin. The image shows how later generations viewed and recorded places connected to famous historical figures.

Look closer

  • What details suggest this is a ruin rather than a working monastery?
  • Why might an illustrated magazine in 1847 include a picture of this site?
  • What does the image leave out about daily life at Rupertsberg in Hildegard's time?

This painting is part of the curated material that grounds the AI version of Hildegard of Bingen on Humy.ai — when students ask about related events, the AI can quote it and cite it.

More Hildegard of Bingen sources

Meet the AI Hildegard of Bingen →
Illuminated manuscript miniature: an oval mandala of gold flame-like rays and dark red and white bands surrounds a blue field with gold stars, a red-and-white sun or disc at top, and a central cosmic diagram of concentric rings with a bluish-white globe and green figures at top and bottom.Book

Primary source

Scivias

Hildegard of Bingen · 1151-1152

Detail of a painted medieval miniature in orange, red and gold tones. A figure with flowing red hair sits at a desk, writing with a stylus on a tablet. A second face in profile appears at the right edge.Painting

Primary source

Scivias Frontispiece Miniature

12th century

A large open medieval manuscript codex lies on a dark display stand in a glass case, with a metal chain attached to its binding and a white label reading 'Rupert' at the bottom. The pages show black text in columns and red decorated initials.Book

Primary source

Wiesbaden Codex

Hildegard of Bingen · c. 1200

Medieval illuminated manuscript miniature of the Universal Man: a nude human figure with outstretched arms stands within a large white circle surrounded by concentric rings, red and gray bands, and a red border. A bearded head crowns the top and a red-footed figure appears below. A small seated scribe at lower left writes at a desk.Book

Primary source

Liber divinorum operum

Hildegard of Bingen · c. 1163-1174

Front cover of an old manuscript volume bound in worn reddish-brown leather with a dark spine featuring raised bands and small gold floral tooling at the corners and gold edge rules. The cover is scratched and stained.Document

Primary source

Dendermonde Codex

Hildegard of Bingen · c. 1175

Ready when you are

Start chatting with Hildegard of Bingen now.

20 messages free · No credit card · Available in 50+ languages.

Trial Humy for freeGet a quote for institutions