Golden requilery containing Anne Of Brittany’s heart from the 16th century [1200×900] by Haunting_Homework381
MantisAwakening on February 25, 2026 1:35 pm Dammit, Reddit, credit the artist! > It was made by anonymous goldsmiths of the court of Blois, and has been attributed to Geoffroy Jacquet and Pierre Mangot working to the designs of Jean Perréal. En ce petit vaisseau De fin or pur et munde Repose ung plus grand cueur Que oncque dame eut au munde Anne fut le nom delle En France deux fois royne Duchesse des Bretons Royale et Souveraine. Translation: In this little vessel of fine gold, pure and clean, rests a heart greater than any lady in the world ever had. Anne was her name, twice queen in France, Duchess of the Bretons, royal and sovereign.
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Who else wants to see the heart?
So could we clone her?
Dammit, Reddit, credit the artist!
> It was made by anonymous goldsmiths of the court of Blois, and has been attributed to Geoffroy Jacquet and Pierre Mangot working to the designs of Jean Perréal.
En ce petit vaisseau
De fin or pur et munde
Repose ung plus grand cueur
Que oncque dame eut au munde
Anne fut le nom delle
En France deux fois royne
Duchesse des Bretons
Royale et Souveraine.
Translation:
In this little vessel
of fine gold,
pure and clean,
rests a heart greater
than any lady in the world ever had.
Anne was her name,
twice queen in France,
Duchess of the Bretons,
royal and sovereign.