Landsberg Herrade (between 1125 and 1130 – 1195) was an Alsatian abbess, poetess and encyclopaedist. She composed the Hortus deliciarum , the first encyclopedia made by a woman. Hortus deliciarum From a noble family in Alsace, Herrade de Landsberg was born between 1125 and 1130 in Hohenbourg, on t