168:
93:
205:
symbolical representations of theological, philosophical, and literary themes; some are historical, some represent scenes from the actual experience of the artist, and one is a collection of portraits of her sisters in religion. The technique has been very much admired and in almost every instance they show an artistic imagination which is rare in Herrad's contemporaries.
179:
201:, a compendium of all the sciences studied at that time. It was written for the women in Herrad's convent, in order to further the teaching of biblical, moral, and theological material, and was completed in 1185. In it, Herrad delves into the battle of Virtue and Vice with vivid visual imagery preceding the text.
142:
the abbey was extremely successful and powerful, as well as a source for reform. At the abbey Herrad received the most comprehensive education available to women during the 12th century. As she grew older she rose to a high position in office at the abbey, and was soon put in charge of governing and
204:
The original manuscript consisted of 648 pages on 324 parchment sheets. The majority of the work is written in Latin, with approximately 1250 glosses in German. The work shows a wide range of reading. Its chief claim to distinction is the 336 illustrations which adorn the text. Many of these are
227:
in
Stuttgart in 1818. The text was copied and published by Straub and Keller between 1879 and 1899 including some coloured copies from Herrad's illustrations made by Wilhelm Stengel. Thus, although the original perished in the burning of the libraries of the Protestant seminary and the city of
20:
146:
As abbess, Herrad worked on rebuilding the monastery, as well as consolidating the land surrounding the monastery under its ownership. She proved herself to be a capable and well-loved abbess, and it was at this time that she began her work on the
489:
Herrad von
Landsperg, Aebtissin zu Hohenburg oder St. Odilien, im Elsaß, im zwölften Jahrhundert; und ihre Werk: Hortus deliciarum: ein Beytrag zur Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Literatur, Kunst, Kleidung, Waffen und Sitten des
212:, it was largely compiled, written, and edited by Herrad. Many of the poems and hymns were written by Herrad, and it is speculated that much of the art was created under the direction of Herrad as well.
730:
740:
704:
750:
745:
735:
563:
509:
487:
780:
765:
36:
790:
800:
775:
770:
151:. Herrad was abbess for 28 years, and continued in that office until her death in 1195. Adelhaid of Faimingen was her successor.
139:
805:
686:
785:
760:
725:
795:
602:
Storey, Ann (1998). "A Theophany of the
Feminine: Hildegard of Bingen, Elsabeth of Schönau and Herrad of Landsberg".
178:
255:
755:
112:
436:
224:
543:
124:
720:
250:
356:
233:
229:
692:
619:
590:
136:
528:
479:
559:
537:
505:
220:
162:
76:
33:"Herrat hohenburgensis abbatissa post Rilindam ordinata ac monitis et exemplis eius instituta"
27:
611:
582:
524:
475:
71:
440:
171:
132:
116:
67:
182:
167:
51:
504:. Volume 36 of Studies of the Warburg Institute. Vol. Part 1. Warburg Institute.
714:
654:
245:
236:, we can still form an estimate of the artistic and literary value of Herrad's work.
143:
educating her fellow nuns. After
Relinda's death, Herrad was elected abbess in 1167.
96:
698:
19:
223:. There the miniatures were copied by Christian Moritz Engelhardt and published by
705:
Illustrations from
Engelhardt's description of the Hortus Deliciarum from 1818.
553:
499:
215:
After having been preserved for centuries at
Hohenburg Abbey, the manuscript of
128:
555:
The Garden of
Delights: Reform and Renaissance for Women in the Twelfth Century
573:
McGuire, Thérèse (1988). "Monastic
Artists and Educators in the Middle Ages".
120:
92:
123:, at an early age. Hohenburg Abbey, also known as Mont St Odile, was run by
536:
498:
Herrad (1979). Green, R.; Evans, M.; Bischoff, C.; Curschmann, M. (eds.).
194:
623:
594:
219:
passed into the municipal library of
Strasbourg about the time of the
63:
666:
Die
Deutschen Glossen Im Hortus Deliciarum Der Herrad Von Landsberg.
615:
586:
177:
166:
91:
18:
433:
99:
depicting nuns of Hohenburg Abbey. The Latin inscription reads:
35:. These are the initial words of the description from the last
693:
Illustrations from the Hortus Deliciarum by Chr. M. Engelhardt
452:
74:. She was known as the author of the pictorial encyclopedia
661:, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Knopf, New York, 1976
16:
12th-century abbess, author and illustrator from Alsace
208:While other artists and writers contributed to the
115:, the seat of a noble Alsatian family, she entered
119:in the Vosges mountains, about fifteen miles from
547:. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
699:Colored illustrations from the Hortus Deliciarum
197:walls the work for which she is best known, the
185:, an illustration from the reproductions of the
519:Morgan, Nigel J. (2003), "Hortus deliciarum",
193:As early as 1159 Herrad had begun within the
8:
648:History von Hohenburg oder St. Odilien-Berg.
31:, c. 1180. The description in Latin reads:
409:
385:
343:
675:New Rochelle, N.Y.: Caratzas Bros., 1977.
529:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T039007
480:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T037828
331:
62:1130 – July 25, 1195) was a 12th-century
135:in Bavaria. Due to her support from the
673:Hortus deliciarum = Garden of delights.
307:
300:
272:
107:. Herrad is featured on the right side.
421:
397:
319:
486:Engelhardt, Christian Moritz (1818).
470:Anon (2003), "Herrad von Landsberg",
7:
558:. University of Pennsylvania Press.
373:
189:by Christian Moritz Engelhardt, 1818
357:"Spät von Faimingen, Adelsfamilie"
14:
731:12th-century French women writers
111:Born about 1130 at the castle of
741:12th-century French philosophers
541:. In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
643:Thames and Hudson, London, 1990
361:historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de
751:French Roman Catholic abbesses
746:12th-century French scientists
1:
736:12th-century writers in Latin
501:Hortus Deliciarum: Commentary
59:
653:Harris, Anne Sutherland and
283:is an erroneous spelling of
707:, digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
695:, digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
538:"Herrad of Landsberg"
523:, Oxford University Press,
474:, Oxford University Press,
822:
493:. Stuttgarts and Tubingen.
160:
781:Medieval women scientists
766:French women philosophers
552:Griffiths, Fiona (2007).
256:Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim
101:"Mons Hohenburc dellifer
791:12th-century French nuns
659:Women Artists: 1550-1950
641:Women, Art, and Society,
535:Turner, William (1910).
801:Women religious writers
776:Manuscript illuminators
771:French women scientists
671:A. Straub, G. Keller.
668:W. Reumont, Metz 1900.
228:Strasbourg during the
190:
175:
127:, a nun sent from the
108:
82:The Garden of Delights
56:Herrada Landsbergensis
55:
44:
39:(fol. 322–323) of the
806:Women science writers
544:Catholic Encyclopedia
181:
170:
95:
22:
786:People from Bas-Rhin
761:French women artists
650:, Schlettstatt 1751.
646:Dionysius Albrecht.
251:Hildegard von Bingen
174:at the Mont St Odile
140:Frederick Barbarossa
726:12th-century births
689:, iath.virginia.edu
639:Chadwick, Whitney,
604:Woman's Art Journal
575:Woman's Art Journal
453:Creation of the BNU
234:Franco-Prussian War
230:Siege of Strasbourg
48:Herrad of Landsberg
23:Herrad of Landsberg
796:Romanesque artists
664:Heinrich Reumont.
439:2015-07-04 at the
191:
176:
137:Holy Roman Emperor
109:
66:nun and abbess of
45:
25:Selfportrait from
687:Hortus Deliciarum
565:978-0-8122-3960-7
511:978-0-85481-055-0
221:French Revolution
217:Hortus deliciarum
210:Hortus deliciarum
199:Hortus deliciarum
187:Hortus deliciarum
163:Hortus deliciarum
156:Hortus deliciarum
149:Hortus Deliciarum
88:Life at the Abbey
77:Hortus deliciarum
41:Hortus deliciarum
28:Hortus deliciarum
813:
627:
598:
569:
548:
540:
531:
521:Grove Art Online
515:
494:
482:
472:Grove Art Online
456:
450:
444:
431:
425:
419:
413:
407:
401:
395:
389:
383:
377:
371:
365:
364:
353:
347:
341:
335:
329:
323:
317:
311:
305:
288:
277:
105:id est sublimus"
72:Vosges mountains
61:
821:
820:
816:
815:
814:
812:
811:
810:
756:French nobility
711:
710:
683:
678:
635:
633:Further reading
630:
616:10.2307/1358649
601:
587:10.2307/1358313
572:
566:
551:
534:
518:
512:
497:
485:
469:
465:
460:
459:
451:
447:
441:Wayback Machine
432:
428:
420:
416:
410:Engelhardt 1818
408:
404:
396:
392:
386:Engelhardt 1818
384:
380:
372:
368:
355:
354:
350:
344:Engelhardt 1818
342:
338:
330:
326:
318:
314:
306:
302:
297:
292:
291:
278:
274:
269:
264:
242:
232:in 1870 in the
172:Hohenburg Abbey
165:
159:
117:Hohenburg Abbey
90:
68:Hohenburg Abbey
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
819:
817:
809:
808:
803:
798:
793:
788:
783:
778:
773:
768:
763:
758:
753:
748:
743:
738:
733:
728:
723:
713:
712:
709:
708:
702:
696:
690:
682:
681:External links
679:
677:
676:
669:
662:
651:
644:
636:
634:
631:
629:
628:
599:
570:
564:
549:
532:
516:
510:
495:
483:
466:
464:
461:
458:
457:
445:
426:
414:
402:
390:
378:
366:
348:
336:
332:Griffiths 2007
324:
312:
299:
298:
296:
293:
290:
289:
271:
270:
268:
265:
263:
260:
259:
258:
253:
248:
241:
238:
183:The Three Magi
161:Main article:
158:
153:
125:Abbess Relinda
89:
86:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
818:
807:
804:
802:
799:
797:
794:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
774:
772:
769:
767:
764:
762:
759:
757:
754:
752:
749:
747:
744:
742:
739:
737:
734:
732:
729:
727:
724:
722:
719:
718:
716:
706:
703:
701:, oberlin.edu
700:
697:
694:
691:
688:
685:
684:
680:
674:
670:
667:
663:
660:
656:
655:Linda Nochlin
652:
649:
645:
642:
638:
637:
632:
625:
621:
617:
613:
609:
605:
600:
596:
592:
588:
584:
580:
576:
571:
567:
561:
557:
556:
550:
546:
545:
539:
533:
530:
526:
522:
517:
513:
507:
503:
502:
496:
492:
491:
484:
481:
477:
473:
468:
467:
462:
454:
449:
446:
442:
438:
435:
430:
427:
423:
418:
415:
411:
406:
403:
399:
394:
391:
388:, p. 21.
387:
382:
379:
375:
370:
367:
362:
358:
352:
349:
346:, p. 60.
345:
340:
337:
333:
328:
325:
321:
316:
313:
309:
304:
301:
294:
286:
282:
276:
273:
266:
261:
257:
254:
252:
249:
247:
246:Women artists
244:
243:
239:
237:
235:
231:
226:
222:
218:
213:
211:
206:
202:
200:
196:
188:
184:
180:
173:
169:
164:
157:
154:
152:
150:
144:
141:
138:
134:
131:monastery of
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
106:
102:
98:
97:Wall painting
94:
87:
85:
83:
79:
78:
73:
69:
65:
57:
53:
49:
42:
38:
34:
30:
29:
21:
672:
665:
658:
647:
640:
610:(1): 16–20.
607:
603:
578:
574:
554:
542:
520:
500:
490:Mittelalters
488:
471:
448:
434:Organisation
429:
417:
405:
393:
381:
369:
360:
351:
339:
327:
315:
308:McGuire 1988
303:
284:
280:
279:Most likely
275:
216:
214:
209:
207:
203:
198:
192:
186:
155:
148:
145:
110:
104:
100:
81:
75:
47:
46:
40:
32:
26:
721:1195 deaths
422:Morgan 2003
398:Herrad 1979
320:Storey 1998
129:Benedictine
715:Categories
581:(2): 3–9.
262:References
121:Strasbourg
374:Anon 2003
295:Citations
113:Landsberg
37:miniature
455:, bnu.fr
443:, bnu.fr
437:Archived
285:bellifer
281:dellifer
240:See also
195:cloister
64:Alsatian
624:1358649
595:1358313
463:Sources
70:in the
622:
593:
562:
508:
133:Bergen
620:JSTOR
591:JSTOR
267:Notes
225:Cotta
103:(sic)
52:Latin
560:ISBN
506:ISBN
612:doi
583:doi
525:doi
476:doi
84:).
717::
657:,
618:.
608:19
606:.
589:.
577:.
359:.
60:c.
58:;
54::
626:.
614::
597:.
585::
579:9
568:.
527::
514:.
478::
424:.
412:.
400:.
376:.
363:.
334:.
322:.
310:.
287:.
80:(
50:(
43:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
