Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen, "Universal Man" illumination from Hildegard's Liber Divinorum Operum, 1165

Hildegard suffered from migraines, and the nature of her visions are attributed to this. She wrote, composed music, and illuminated some of her books.Hildegard's writings are also unique for their generally positive view of sexual relations and her description of pleasure from the point of view of a woman. They might also contain the first description of the female orgasm.(I have a hard time believing this description is the first in the world, perhaps in Europe....perhaps by a woman...?)