Herrad of Hohenburg’s Inner Garden: An Overview of the Secular Themes in the 'Hortus Deliciarum'

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https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.38.2025.39198

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'Hortus Deliciarum'; Herrad of Hohenburg; Twelfth Century Manuscripts

Abstract

The aim of this article is to comment on a series of significant texts and images of secular content present in a manuscript designed to educate young women in a convent. Hortus Deliciarum is a twelfth century manuscript with a unique history. The original manuscript was burnt and completely destroyed in 1870, as a result of a bombing in the Alsatian city of Strasbourg, where it was housed. Years later, the material reproduced in 1879 was published through previous copies made in Strasbourg by A. Straub and G. Keller. As a result, only these manual and printed reproductions made from secondary sources are available today. The work is not entirely original to Herrad of Hohenburg: it comprises poems, musical compositions, illustrations, and diagrams drawn from classical, religious and secular texts. Its pedagogical intent is evident as a compilation of texts she selected from various sources. Herrad often indicates the authorship and/or the title of the texts she is focussing on.

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Published

2025-05-12

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Ruiz García, E., & Martín Velasco, M. (2025). Herrad of Hohenburg’s Inner Garden: An Overview of the Secular Themes in the ’Hortus Deliciarum’. Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, (38), 707–741. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.38.2025.39198

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