Hildegard von Bingen

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, R. Skrintha wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A recent issue of "German News" published by the German embassy at New
> Delhi carried this info on H. von Bingen, who was a subject of discussion
> on CONLANG sometime ago, on the occasion of her 900th birth anniversay.
> The following is an extract. No information of her conlanging interests
> are given, tho.
>
> Regards,
> skrintha
I don't believe that Hildegard of Bingen occupied herself in "conlanging."
This is probably a misnomer.  Hildegard was involved instead with
glossalalia, or speaking in tongues--something a little different from
the deliberate invention of languages.

Sally

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