title: [The "Hortulus" of Valafridus Strabus from the IX-th century: one of the oldest documents of the medieval knowledge of herb-growing].
abstract: Valafridus Strabus, the author of the Latin poem entitled Hortulus (The Little Garden), lived in the Caroline epoch. He was a German monk and a poet and, for some time, he was connected with the famous Benedictine abbey at St. Gallen, which had a garden with curative herbs. He dedicated his best work, The Little Garden, to Grimaldus, the abbot of St. Gallen who was his master and teacher. This work, written in 444 hexameters, consists of 26 chapters which contain descriptions of 23 herbs such as sage, rue, lovage, mint and others. Apart from herbs, there are also descriptions of some vegetables grown in the monastery gardens, such as pumpkin, melon and celery. "The Little Garden" is one of the oldest and most highly valued documents of the medieval knowledge of herb-growing and their curative properties. It also gives us an idea of the arrangement of the medieval monastery garden in which herbs were grown.
authors.affiliation: Muzeum Farmacji Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, Floriańska.
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authors.lastname: Rzepiela
mesh_terms: D002835:Christianity / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D029001:Herbal Medicine; D049691:History, Medieval; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine
vernacular_title: "Hortulus" Walafryda Strabusa z IX wieku - jeden z najstarszych dokumentów średniowiecznego zielarstwa.