Note 661 — Chapter VI · COSMOGONY, COSMOLOGY, AND COSMOGRAPHY

“In medio quoque aeris terra posita est, ita scilicet ut aer aequali mensura super terram, ac sub terra, et in utraque partes terrae sit” (Liber div. op., pars I, visio IV, cap. 63).

Doubts have been thrown on the authenticity of the Causae et curae as a work of Hildegard (see above, p. 396, note 8). The three passages quoted in this and the two preceding notes show that in both phrasing and substance the passage from the Causae et curae bears marked resemblances to the passages from the two other known works of Hildegard, even though there is inconsistency in regard to the central issue relating to the position of the earth. If the Causae et curae were not written by Hildegard, it was assuredly the work of someone thoroughly familiar with her writings.