ID: 901002631 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002631	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Hortus Conclusus (Abrahamic theme)

Note: Theme in Abrahamic religions, taken from the Song of Solomon in the Bible, where it is described as a beautiful enclosed garden surrounding a fountain. The theme is intended to refer the virginity of Mary, Christ's mother, and also to the Garden of Eden.

Names:

	Hortus Conclusus (Abrahamic theme) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Hortus Conclusus (Abrahamic theme) (Latin-P,D)
	Enclosed Garden (Abrahamic theme) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............Hortus Conclusus (Abrahamic theme) (I)

Other Relationships:

	affiliated/associated with .... enclosed garden (open space)
	.....(gardens by form, gardens (open spaces), open spaces by form, open spaces, Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Hortus Conclusus (Abrahamic theme)
	................National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Enclosed Garden (Abrahamic theme)
	................National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/hortus-conclusus#:~:text=Hortus%20Conclusus%20is%20the%20Latin,shown%20walled%2C%20so%20implying%20impenetrability.