Hortus conclusus
Enclosed garden; attribute of the Virgin Mary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hortus conclusus is a Latin term, meaning literally "enclosed garden". Both words in hortus conclusus refer linguistically to enclosure.[1] It describes a type of garden that was enclosed as a practical concern, a major theme in the history of gardening, where walled gardens were and are common.[2] The garden room is a similar feature, usually less fully enclosed.
Having roots in the Song of Songs in the Hebrew scriptures, the term hortus conclusus has importantly been applied as an emblematic attribute and a title of the Virgin Mary in Medieval and Renaissance poetry[3] and art, first appearing in paintings and manuscript illuminations about 1330[4][5]