🌹💌 #ValentinesDay throwback to 1564, when Claes van Bronchorst, canon at Voorne, scribbled 'Amor vincit omnia (Love conquers all) in a manuscript (KB, ms. 130 B 21).
Virgil’s Eclogues continues: 'nos et cedamus amori'—so why shouldn’t we give in to love too?
The Hague, KB, ms. 130 B 21, flyleaf.
Virgil’s Eclogues continues: 'nos et cedamus amori'—so why shouldn’t we give in to love too?
The Hague, KB, ms. 130 B 21, flyleaf.
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I like to think C. took Virgil’s words to heart—and broke that promise.
💘📜 #History #LoveConquersAll