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Herrad of Landsberg

Herrad of Landsberg (Latin: Herrada Landsbergensis; c. 1130 – July 25, 1195) was a 12th-century Alsatian nun and abbess of Hohenburg Abbey in the Vosges mountains. She was known as the author of the pictorial encyclopedia Hortus deliciarum (The Garden of Delights).

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• ▸John Dodsley Webster
• ▸Judith Beheading Holofernes (Caravaggio)
• ▸Emmanuel Episcopal Church (La Grange, Illinois)

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