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Painting the Hortus deliciarum : medieval women, wisdom, and time /

"Examines the visual traditions in a lost late twelfth-century manuscript, the Hortus deliciarum, compiled by Abbess Herrad for the sisters of Hohenbourg Abbey in Alsace. Argues that the topic of time, in the context of history, astronomy, and the calendar, was of central importance to the wome...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joyner, Danielle (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Herrad, > of Landsberg, Abbess of Hohenburg, > approximately 1130-1195. > Hortus deliciarum > Illustrations.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > France > Alsace.
Women in Christianity > France > Alsace > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian women > Education > France > Alsace > History > To 1500.
Time.

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