to kings and queens (Lothar I, Charles, Louis, Pippin, Judith, etc.) and to friends (Einhard; Grimald; Rabanus Maurus; Tatto; Ebbo, Archbishop of Reims; Drogo, bishop of Metz; etc.). His most famous poem is the Liber de cultura hortorum which was later published as the Hortulus, dedicated to Grimald. It is an account of a little garden in Reichenau Island that he used to tend with his own hands, and is largely made up of descriptions of the various herbs he grows there and their medicinal and other uses, including beer brewing. Sage holds the place of honor; then comes rue, the antidote of poisons; and so on through melons, fennel, lilies, poppies, and many other plants, to wind up with the rose, "which in virtue and scent surpasses all other herbs, and may rightly be called the flower of flowers." The poem De Imagine Tetrici takes the form of a dialogue; it was inspired by an equestrian statue depicting a nude emperor on horseback believed to be Theodoric the Great which stood in front of Charlemagne's palace at Aachen. Codex Sangallensis 878 may be Walafrid's personal breviarium, begun when he was a student at Fulda. Ascribed works Johannes Trithemius, Abbot of Sponheim (1462–1516), credited him with the authorship of the Glossa Ordinaria or Ordinary Glosses on the Bible. The work dates, however, from the 12th century, but Trithemius' erroneous ascription remained current well into the 20th century. The work is now attributed to Anselm of Laon and his followers. References Sources Primary sources (Liber) de exordiis et incrementis quarundam in observationibus ecclesiasticis rerum ed. and tr. Visio Wettini, tr. comm. Francesco Stella, Pisa, Pacini 2009 ed. Visio Wettini Secondary sources External links Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes 800s births 849 deaths Roman Catholic monks Frankish historians Historians from the Carolingian Empire Medieval Latin poets Carolingian poets Christian poets 9th-century Latin writers German Catholic poets