Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Two cracked hearts hanging from a pine bough. They are connected to each other and then to a bell by a chain. The full inscription on the card reads, "Broken hearts are good as new, / if they are mended well - / so if this appeals to you /...