https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/2946fcf6e8fbf9d57ebb71fbb6409b71.jpg 7242acffeee7c9dc1c5a8907bd617cd8 Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medieval Gardens: Cloister of SS. Quattro Coronati Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clare Hiyama (2016) Description An account of the resource The <a href="https://www.wmf.org/project/santi-quattro-coronati-cloister">restored garden</a> in the cloister at SS. Quattro Coronati is a beautiful, private, natural space tucked within the walls of a monastery. This type of garden was often very common in the Middle Ages in a variety of settings. <br /><br />In the late 13th and early 14th century, the Italian lawyer Pierdo De Crescenzi from Bologna wrote a twelve-book treatise on gardens at the time, including pleasure gardens and agricultural practices. Crescenzi names three types of pleasure gardens: small herb gardens, “medium-sized gardens for large and moderate landowners,” and gardens for extremely wealthy individuals, such as kings and wealthy lords. <br /><br />Based on the expense and space that large gardens required, small herb gardens would probably have been the most prominent type. A small herb garden, according to Crescenzi, is built on a flat piece of land and is surrounded by aromatic and flowering plants and herbs. There would have been at least some seats around the edges of the garden. Cresenzi also recommends including a stream through the center of the garden, which would be both decorative and functional as a cooling element for humans and a hydrating feature for the plants. <br /><br />These gardens were popular not only because they could provide refreshment for the senses as a very different kind of vista than an urban area would usually be able to offer, but also because they were a place with an abundance of fresh air. The health benefits of fresh air were a significant part of medieval medical dogma, and a small pleasure garden’s primary responsibility was to supply that kind of air to its patrons. The use of small pleasure gardens were slightly different from larger pleasure gardens, since those had room for orchards of fruit trees or large game for hunting. The small gardens were meant more for walking and sitting. <br /><br />Visitors who would like to get a feel for small medieval herb gardens should visit cloisters—keep an eye out for walking paths, streams and fountains, and flowering plants. Abstract A summary of the resource. Small herb gardens were meant for walking and sitting. These gardens were popular not only because they could provide refreshment for the senses, but also because they were a place with an abundance of fresh air. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context medievalgardens_2015 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bauman, Johanna. "Tradition and Transformation: The Pleasure Garden in Piero de' Crescenzi's 'Liber ruralism commodorum'." <em>Studies in the History of Gardens and Landscape Design</em> 22 (2002): 99-137. <br /><br />Calkins, Robert G. "Piero de' Crescenzi and the Medieval Garden." In <em>Medieval Gardens</em>, edited by Elisabeth Blair MacDougall, 157-173. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1986. Type The nature or genre of the resource Place Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1200s Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Via dei SS. Quattro, 20, 00184 Roma RM, Italy