Some medieval and renaissance heart imagery for the romantics among you

 

Miniatures From The Book of Knighthood (1460) Containing Christine Pizan's Épître d'Othéa - Flashbak Image from: (1503) Pinterest

Livre d’heures à l’usage d’Amiens

Image from: Livre d’heures à l’usage d’Amiens | BnF Essentiels

Heart shaped codex contains Danish love poetry,  Copenhagen, KB, Thott MS 1510.

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O rosa bella by John Bedyngham in Chansonnier cordiforme, ca. 1475, made in France (Savoy). Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Ms. Rothschild 2973, fols. 8v–9. Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France, image from: The Soundtrack of the Renaissance Court | Getty Iris

Young Man Holding a Book, Master of the View of Saint Gudula Netherlandish ca. 1480

Image from: Master of the View of Saint Gudula | Young Man Holding a Book | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Happy Valentine's Day!

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