See Also: Hugh of Saint-Victor(encyclopedia)
Garland, Hugh(medicine)
Godfrey of Saint-Victor(encyclopedia)
Saint-Leon, (Charles-Victor-) Arthur (-Michel)(encyclopedia)
garland(1)(dictionary)
garland(2)(dictionary)
Garland(encyclopedia)
Garland, M(medicine)
Garland(tourism)
garland(medicine)

garland(1) (iou) and Hugh of Saint-Victor (sh)


garland(1) (iou)



garland noun. ME.
[Old French gerlande, garlande of unkn. origin.]
A wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., worn on the head or around the neck, or hung about an object for decoration. ME.
virgin's garland: see VIRGIN noun.
W. Morris Round about her shapely head A garland of dog-violet..meetly had she set. M. Coney Cat-girls had hung garlands of flowers around the captains' necks. fig.: Tennyson Where Past and Present, wound in one, Do make a garland for the heart.
b. A naturally growing loop or wreath of vegetation. M19.
F. A. Kemble An ivy..growing in profuse garlands from branch to branch.
c. Chiefly Nautical. A wreath of ribbons. M19.
A wreath or coronet of gold, silver, or some Other costly material. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
a. A royal crown or diadem. ME-E17.
b. Orig., a wreath or crown conferred on a victor or hero, esp. in the Games of ancient Greece or Rome. Now also more widely, a prize, a distinction. LME.
gain the garland, win the garland, etc., gain the victory.
c. fig. A person, thing, quality, etc., regarded as the glory or most prized part of something. L16-M17.
A circular object, esp. one which surrounds another object; spec. (Architecture) an ornamental band around a spire. L15.
a. Nautical. A band of rope or iron used as a securing device on a mast or spar. L15.
b. Nautical & Military. A container for storing shot. L17.
A representation of a garland in metal, stone, etc. E16.
H. Phillips On the reverse a garland of olives encloses the words.
b. Heraldry. A charge representing a ring of flowers, leaves, etc.; a chaplet. E19.
fig. A collection of short literary pieces, usu. poems and ballads; an anthology, a miscellany. arch. E17.
garlandry noun (rare) garlands collectively; decoration composed of or resembling garlands: M19.

Hugh of Saint-Victor (sh)




born 1096
died Feb. 11, 1141, Paris, Fr.

Scholastic theologian who began the tradition of mysticism of the school of St.-Victor, Paris.

He was influenced by St. Augustine of Hippo and by Dionysius the Areopagite and contributed to the development of natural theology. His theology anticipated some of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas.