Hortus Deliciarum facsimile Tab.02

The engraving presents several rows of figures labeled with Latin captions. At the center, the allegorical figure of Pride (Superbia) rides a composite beast draped in a lion's skin, while top rows contrast the pious clergy and nuns with the 'Foolish Virgins' engulfed in flames. The bottom vignettes show the Mothers of James and Salome, as well as a group labeled as Jews.

The original 12th-century manuscript by Herrad of Landsberg was a monumental medieval encyclopedia intended to provide a comprehensive education in theology and natural philosophy. It is a key example of the 'Psychomachia' tradition—the internal struggle between virtues and vices—which deeply influenced later Western allegorical art and moral philosophy.