Hortus deliciarum

Philosophia et septem artes liberales (Philosophy and the Seven Liberal Arts), as illustrated in the Hortus deliciarum. (Description of the illumination)
An illustration of the ecclesia from the Hortus deliciarum
Hell, as illustrated in the Hortus deliciarum.
The Devil can be seen at bottom right.

The Hortus deliciarum (Latin for Garden of Delights) was a medieval pictorial encyclopedia compiled by the nun Herrad of Landsberg at the Hohenburg Abbey in Alsace, better known today as Mont Sainte-Odile.


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