Dating from the last quarter of the twelfth century, the Hortus Deliciarum ("Garden of Delights") was a deluxe illuminated manuscript encyclopedia compiled by Harrad of Landsberg, abbess of the house of Augustinian nuns at Mont Sainte-Odile (Hohenburg), where the codex was probably produced. Lost to fire in 1870, the manuscript of Christian biblical and allegorical content is known from partial copies made before its destruction. About half of its estimated original 346 figural scenes and diagrams are known from such copies. They reveal the artists' familiarity with the Byzantinizing style of contemporary Sicily.
We have 2 facsimiles of the manuscript "Hortus Deliciarum":
- Hortus Deliciarum facsimile edition published by Caratzas Brothers, Publishers, 1977
- Hortus Deliciarum facsimile edition published by The Warburg Institute, 1979
