Hume Manor’sCloister Garden

205 Carlton RdHershey, PA 17033-2104JaymeHume@aol.com

The Site for the Garden

Removing the old tree, part I

Removing the old tree, part II

Turf Bench, year 1

Turf Bench, year 2

Geometric Layout

Geometric Layout

Part of the Cross

Corner

Prunus Cerasus (Cherry Tree)

Referred to by;

• Hildegard (1150)• Crescentiis (1305)

Cydonia Oblonga (Quince Tree)

Referred to by;• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Albertus (1260)• Crescentiis (1305)

Prunus Persica (Peach Tree)

Referred to by;• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Albertus (1260)• Crescentiis (1305)

Malus Domestica (Apple Tree)

Referred to by;• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Crescentiis (1305)

Viola Odorata (Sweet Violets)Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Vinca Minor (Periwinkle)

Referred to by;• Aelfric (995)• Hildegard (1150)• Albertus (1260)

Primula Vulgaris (Primrose)

Referred to by;• Hildegard (1150)

Dianthus Gratianopolitanus (Pink)

Referred to by;

Veronica Chamaedrys L (Speedwell)

Referred to by;

Anthemis Nobilis (Roman Chamomile)

Referred to by;• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Neckam (1200)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Thymus Vulgaris (Common Thyme)

Referred to by;• Palladius (380)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Crescentiis (1305)

Thymus Serpyllum (Creeping Thyme)

Referred to by;• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Neckam (1200)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Quatre Saison, aka. Autumn Damask (Ancient)

Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Rosa Mundi (1581)

Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Rosa centifolia major (Cabbage Rose) (1596)

Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Rosa Gallica, aka. Apothecary’s Rose, Red Rose of Lancaster (1581)

Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Rosa Dupontii (1821)

Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Garden Eglantine (Old)

Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Tuscany Rose (1820, but if Gerard’s, much older)

Referred to by;• Homer• Virgil• Palladius (380)• Charlemagne (800)• St Gall (820)• Walafrid (840)• Aelfric (995)• Macer (1050)• Hildegard (1150)• Neckam (1200)• Garlande (1225)• Bartholomew (1240)• Albertus (1260)• Harleian 978 (1265)• Crescentiis (1305)

Period Sources for Gardens IRutilius Palladius – 380 – On Husbondrie

Charlemagne – 800 - Capitulare de Villishttp://www.toildepices.com/index.php?url=/fr/doc/eur__1_07/charlemagne/devillis.html

St Gall’s Cloister plans – 820 -

Walahfrid Strabo – 840 - Hortulus

Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham – 995 - Colloquy Nominum Herbarum

Aemilius Macer – 1050 - Floridus de Viribus Herbarum

Period Sources for Gardens IIHildegard de Bingen – 1150 - Physica

Alexander Neckam – 1200 – De naturis rerum

Jean de Garlande – 1225 - Dictionarius

Angelicus Barthlomaeus – 1240 - De Proprietatibus Rerum

Albertus Magnus – 1260 - De Vegetabilibus libri septem

Harleian 978 – 1265 -

Petrus de Crescentiis – 1305 – Ruralium commodorum Liber

Secondary Sources for GardensHarvey, John Hooper. Medieval Gardens. Portland OR, Timber

Press, London, 1981.Calkins, Robert G. "Piero de' Crescenzi and the Medieval Garden"

in Medieval Gardens: Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (9th), ed. MacDougall, Elizabeth B. Washington D. C. 1986. 1986. 155-173

Stokstad, Marilyn, 1929- and Jerry Stannard Gardens of the Middle Ages. Lawrence KS: University of Kansas Printing Service, 1983.

Crisp, Frank, Mediaeval Gardens. "Flowery Medes" and Other Arrangements of Herbs, Flowers and Shrubs Grown in the Middle Ages, with Some Account of Tudor, Elizabethan and Stuart Gardens, ed. Catherine Childs Paterson, two volumes, London, 1924. Reprint New York, NY: Hacker Art Books 1966.

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