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Community of Hohenbourg, detail: Hohenbourg Canonesses
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Description:
From a full-page image of the canonesses present at Hohenbourg at the time of the creation of the Hortus Deliciarum, written circa 1170, destroyed 1871 during the Siege of Strasbourg. The manuscript survives only in 19th-century copies. This image was copied by Christian Moritz Engelhardt.
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Rights:
Public domain
Subject
(See Also)
:
Canonesses
Herrad, Abbess of Hohenbourg- Hortus Deliciarum
Monasticism
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
12; 19
Date:
1170; copied 1818
Related Work:
Hortus Deliciarum. See full manuscript page at:
http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/upload/q3371887.jpg
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Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Vellum (parchment)
Donor:
Female religious; Herrad, Abbess of Hohenbourg
Height/Width/Length(cm):
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Inscription:
Related Resources:
Engelhardt, C.M. Herrad von Landsperg, Aebtissin zu Hohenburg…und ihr Werk: Hortus deliciarum (Stuttgart and Tübinger, 1818), Pl. XII. See also Hortus Deliciarum, ed. R. Green et al., vol. I and II (London: The Warburg Institute, 1979, No. 346).