Terms of the Day for August 27

• Miniature (Illuminated Manuscript) – derived from the Latin minium, red lead—a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple decoration of the early codices having been “miniated” or delineated with that pigment.
• Hortus Deliciarum – a medieval manuscript compiled by Herrad of Landsberg at the Hohenburg Abbey. It was an illuminated encyclopedia, begun in 1167 as a pedagogical tool for young novices at the convent. It is the first encyclopedia that was evidently written by a woman. It was finished in 1185, and was one of the most celebrated illuminated manuscripts of the period.