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 .... Term Not Found
	..... AAT Candidate

	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.