Hohenburg konvent

This document lists the choir nuns and lay sisters of the Hohenburg convent under the leadership of Abbesses Rilinda and Herrad in the 12th century. It includes lists of specific historical individuals alongside Latin verses that describe the spiritual life and dedication of the community. The text originates from a critical edition of the Hortus Deliciarum, a lost medieval encyclopedia.

Herrad of Landsberg was a central figure in 12th-century natural philosophy and theology; her Hortus Deliciarum served as a comprehensive pedagogical text for her nuns, synthesizing medieval knowledge before the major influx of Hermetic texts in the 15th century. This specific record highlights the communal and intellectual context in which one of the first major Western encyclopedias was produced.