Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus – Renaissance Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Brown Desk Frame surmounted by the Cross

surmounted by the Cross

But some in the castle thought she was stealing

Joan Brull i Vinyoles (1863-1912

There was some staining and discoloration on this long out-of-copyright image

founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw

Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus – Renaissance Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Brown Desk Frame surmounted by the CrossThis exquisite painting was done by an unknown master in Cologne, Germany, sometime around 1450. The phrase Hortus Conclusus is Latin, meaning literally "enclosed garden." At their root, both words in hortus conclusus signify linguistically to enclosure. The term was used to refer to the Virgin Mary in Medieval and Renaissance poetry and art, both as a title and a description of her. It was used widely in paintings and illuminated manuscripts starting