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RE: 10 Deutsche Mark (Hildegard von Bingen, 1998)

That's a pretty coin!

"There is the music of Heaven in all things."
-Hildegard of Bingen

To her music is peace of mind and the sound of music build the bridge between you and heaven.

Hildegard of Bingen was a very respected figure in the twelfth century Catholic Church for her prophesies, scientific writing, medical writing, and religious poetry. Her chant, Alleluia, O virga mediatrix, is a praise for the Virgin Mary which exemplifies the Gregorian chant genre of the Middle Ages. The most defining characteristics of a Gregorian chant, or plainchant, is the single-line melody and melismatic text setting.