Hortus Deliciarum (Garden of Delights)

An abbess's illustrated encyclopedia for her nuns. The book burned in 1870; what survives are the copies made before it did.

Made by

Herrad of Landsberg, abbess of Hohenburg

Date

1167–1185; original destroyed 1870

Held by

Original destroyed; known from 19th-century copies

Medium

Original: illuminated manuscript (lost). Plates: 1818 facsimile and 1842 colour copy

Plates

2

Image credits

• Plate 1: After Herrad of Landsberg; facsimile by C. M. Engelhardt, 1818 (Gallica, BnF). License: Public domain. Source page ↗
• Plate 2: After Herrad of Landsberg; colour copy by Auguste de Bastard d'Estang, 1842 (Gallica, BnF). License: Public domain. Source page ↗