Golden requilery containing Anne Of Brittany’s heart from the 16th century [1200×900]

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    1. MantisAwakening on

      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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