- Hortulus Animae
Hortulus Animae ( _la. Little Garden of the Soul, _de. Seelengärtlein, _fr. Jardin des Âmes, _pl. Raj duszny) was the Latin title of a prayer book also available in German. It was very popular in the early sixteenth century, printed in many versions, also abroad in
Lyon s andCracow .An earlier well-known work of devotion and of moral instruction, richly illustrated with stories, was "Der Selen Würtzgart", first printed at
Ulm in 1483. The title, "Herb garden of the Soul", is similar to later titles.The first known edition of "Hortulus Animae", dated 13 March 1498, was printed at
Strassburg byWilhelm Schaffener ofRappoltsweiler , with German versions appearing in 1501. Later editions contained woodcuts by the well-known engraversHans Springinklee andErhard Schön , with beautiful miniatures in some existing manuscript examples, like the one atVienna (Cod. Bibl. Pal. Vindobonensis. 2706, 1907), which has been reproduced as facsimile byFriedrich Dornhöffer ."Hortulus Animae polonice", a Polish version written by
Biernat of Lublin , printed and published in1513 byFlorian Ungler inCracow , is believed to be the first book printed in thePolish language . The last known copy was lost duringWorld War II .The work is mentioned briefly at the end of
Edgar Allan Poe 's short story "The Man of the Crowd ."ee also
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Book of Henryków
*Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 External links
* Catholic Encyclopedia [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07472a.htm Hortulus Animæ - Little Garden of the Soul]
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