Reproduction d'une partition tirée de l'Hortus deliciarum

The print displays early musical staves using red, yellow, and black lines with neumes representing melody. The text is written in a late medieval Gothic script with large red decorative initials and rubrics. The content includes a definition of poets and lyrics, followed by hymns concerning the Nativity and the creation of the first man.

The Hortus deliciarum was the first encyclopedia written by a woman, intended to synthesize all known theological and secular knowledge for the education of nuns. It illustrates the medieval classification of Music as one of the Seven Liberal Arts, essential for understanding the harmonic order of the cosmos and the divine.