This monograph provides a translation of and a literary commentary on Heinrich von Mügeln`s allegorical poem "Der meide kranz", based on the existing edition (by Jahr). The aim of the translation is to supplement the commentary by clarifying what is taken to be the meaning of a given passage. The commentary has three main objectives. First, to elucidate the content of the more 'technical' passages (e.g. the speeches of the liberal arts and the discourse on the Trinity) and to comment on Mügeln`s intellectual vocabulary; secondly, to provide stylistic different types of paradigmatic material used; and thirdly, to provide an overall interpretation of the poem.