Collection: How do people in the Renaissance write love letters?

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This illustration comes from the "Little Book of Love" published in the 16th century, the author is French humanist writer Pierre Sara.

This book contains the manuscript of the love poem written by Sara to his wife Margaret. Except for a poem created by Italian, the rest of the poems are written in French.At the beginning of each poem, Sara also deliberately printed the first letter M of Margaret's name.

Another feature of this book is to use a double page layout. Each four -line poem is printed on the left page. The right side is equipped with an illustration of golden stripes. The entire book is very artistic.Through these beautiful poems and pictures, we can feel Sara's deep love for his wife Margaret.

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