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    The Hortus deliciarum (Latin for Garden of Delights) was a medieval manuscript compiled by Herrad of Landsberg at the Hohenburg Abbey in Alsace, better...
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    mountains. She was known as the author of the pictorial encyclopedia Hortus deliciarum (The Garden of Delights). Born about 1130 at the castle of Landsberg...
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    abbess Herrad of Landsberg with her community of women as part of the Hortus deliciarum. Their encyclopedia compiled ideas drawn from philosophy, theology...
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    Medieval pack horse and donkey in Hortus Deliciarum, Europe, 12th century, when packing was a major means of transport of goods...
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    illustration of the banquet of Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus in the Hortus deliciarum from the Alsace region (today France) may contain the earliest depiction...
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    The sower as illustrated in Hortus deliciarum compiled by Herrad of Landsberg at the Hohenburg Abbey in Alsace (12th century)....
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    Medieval illustration of hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180)...
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    century German Jews of the twelfth century. From Herrad von Landsperg, Hortus deliciarum Burning and killing of Jews by the Knight Volkmar at the time of the...
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  • Pretzel depicted at a banquet of Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus. 12th century Hortus deliciarum....
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    manuscript Hortus Deliciarum ca. 1170 CE, Strasbourg (online catalog Oberlin College) Psycomachia Virtues folio 201r of manuscript Hortus Deliciarum ca. 1170...
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    The Adoration of the Golden Calf – picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century)...
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    along with Caspar and Balthasar - from the pictorial encyclopedia Hortus Deliciarum by Herrad of Landsberg as reproduced by Christian Maurice Engelhardt...
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    Medieval image of hell in the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (c. 1180)...
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  • Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, 12th-century medieval illustration from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg....
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    interpretation upon the observation that Herrad of Landsberg's manuscript (Hortus deliciarum, completed c. 1185) clearly depicted the two-colored bird as symbolic...
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    The whore of Babylon as illustrated in Hortus deliciarum by Herrad of Landsberg, 1180...
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    Other medieval representations have survived through copies of the Hortus deliciarum and as architectural fragments in the Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame...
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    Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, medieval illustration from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg, 12th century...
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    Philosophy seated between the seven liberal arts; picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad von Landsberg (12th century)....
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    Medieval knight puppets do battle in the Hortus deliciarum. Each puppet is manipulated by both puppeteers....
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    horses mark a break between the celestial and terrestrial worlds. The Hortus Deliciarum, a medieval Christian encyclopedia, features a miniature of a solar...
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    The Antichrist (the figure on the left, with the attributes of a king) by Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180), from the 12th-century Hortus deliciarum...
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    Illustration of the woman of the Apocalypse in Hortus deliciarum (redrawing of an illustration dated c. 1180), depicting various events from the narrative...
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    illuminations is best seen with Herrad of Landsberg and her work on the Hortus deliciarum. Herrad's imprint and proof of her authorship is consistent on this...
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    [Masters section], Museum of Everything, London, UK 2013 Anna Zemánková, hortus deliciarum, Galerie Christian Berst, Paris 2014 Chris Hipkiss & Anna Zemánková...
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    Nativity of Christ, medieval illustration from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century)...
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    The three Magi (named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior), from Herrad of Landsberg's Hortus deliciarum (12th century)...
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    Walfisch zu Askalon Commercium song Jona and the fish in Ninive, Hortus Deliciarum, of Herrad von Landsberg, around 1180 English "In the Black Whale...
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    Matthew 1:17 ← 1:16 1:18 → The family tree of Christ, Hortus Deliciarum (1180) Book Gospel of Matthew Christian Bible part New Testament...
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    Figure of Grammatica showing the trumpet-sleeved bliaut characteristic of the later 12th century, from the Hortus Deliciarum, c. 1180...
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