The fool Roger Bontemps locking his heart in a forgotten box. Rogier Bon Temps, France, 15th century. From Rene d'Anjou's Roman de tres-douce Mercy au Cuer d'amour epris, 1457, Bibliotheque Imperiale, Fonds de la Valliere MS 36. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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