A touch of romance

Valentine’s day is coming, so I chose 3 images in which romance meets the body/academia.

https://bodiesandacademia.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/8578d-bookofhours2.jpg

Heart-shaped Book of Hours, 15th-16th century, via http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.ro.

1820-30s Georgian Turquoise and Blonde Hair Sentimental Ring      I always love the use of turquoise in Georgian sentimental jewelry.  It was a symbol for love, and was used both as a romantic gesture, and for mourning purposes when a loved one died.  It’s especially poetic: love and sorrow as one.  About 20 to 30 years after this ring was made, mourning jewelry became much more sombre.:

1820-30s Georgian Turquoise and Blonde Hair Sentimental Ring, via https://ro.pinterest.com/Dominahair/hair-reliquaries/

And if you haven’t had enough peer-reviewed articles in your life and need one more:

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xal1/v/t1.0-9/12733392_834247590021038_4952912440753641900_n.jpg?oh=ad29f5173d365d7f94f0d00567441a0e&oe=57331696
via PhD jokes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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