Hortus deliciarum
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The Hortus deliciarum (Garden of Delights) was an illuminated manuscript compiled by the abbess Herrad around 1195. It is considered possibly the first encyclopedia created by a woman. This work featured 636 miniatures and was intended to educate and inspire the nuns under her care. The manuscript covered a range of subjects, reflecting the knowledge and interests of the medieval period.1
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encyclopaediaIllustrative material…was the abbess Herrad’s 12th-century Hortus deliciarum. In many earlier encyclopaedias the illustrations were often more decorative than useful, but from the end of the 17th century the better encyclopaedias began to include engraved plates of great accuracy and some of great beauty. The Encyclopédie is particularly distinguished for its…
Read More…was the abbess Herrad’s 12th-century Hortus deliciarum. In many earlier encyclopaedias the illustrations were often more decorative than useful, but from the end of the 17th century the better encyclopaedias began to include engraved plates of great accuracy and some of great beauty. The Encyclopédie is particularly distinguished for its…
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…compiled by a woman, the Hortus deliciarum of the abbess Herrad (died 1195), comprised a magnificent illuminated manuscript with 636 miniatures, intended to help and edify the nuns in her charge. Bartholomaeus Anglicus based his De proprietatibus rerum (1220–40) on the works of St. Isidore and Pliny. It was designed…
Read More…compiled by a woman, the Hortus deliciarum of the abbess Herrad (died 1195), comprised a magnificent illuminated manuscript with 636 miniatures, intended to help and edify the nuns in her charge. Bartholomaeus Anglicus based his De proprietatibus rerum (1220–40) on the works of St. Isidore and Pliny. It was designed…
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