Description
Order characterized the medieval garden: herbs and flowers were planted in a level place, organized in a grid by type (for example, fragrant and medicinal herbs in one section, flowering plants in another), and exposed to the sun. Here, an elegantly dressed lady holding a rosary gestures toward a garden, where a second lady plants (or perhaps harvests) herbs and flowers. The garden's geometric design is characteristic of medieval European gardens, which derived from the ordered quadrants favored in Persian garden design.
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