Happy Valentine's Day from the Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Blog!

 

Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a woman at a spinning wheel being kissed by a man, from the Smithfield Decretals, Southern France (Toulouse?) with marginal decoration added in England, last quarter of the 13^th century or 1^st quarter of the 14^th century, Royal 10 E. iv, f. 139

 

 

Detail of a marginal miniature of the King of Love sitting in a tree with two musicians, aiming his arrows at a couple sitting below, from the Maastricht Hours, Southern Netherlands (Liège), 1^st quarter of the 14^th century, Stowe 17, f. 273

 

 

Detail of a miniature of Amour (Love) kissing the Lover, from a Roman de la Rose, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1490 – c. 1500, Harley 4425, f. 24

 

Detail of a miniature of the Triumph of Love, attributed to the Filocolo Master, from Petrarch’s Rime and Trionfi, Northern Italy (Mantua), c. 1465, Harley 3567, f. 149