True Love
Feeling lonely on this Valentine's Day? If you feel like a future as an old crazy cat lady (or gentleman!) is drawing nearer, don't worry: you surely are in good company - as our medieval friend can testify!
Jokes aside, Folia Magazine wishes you all a happy Valentine's Day - whether you are taken, single, ready to mingle... or about to adopt a pet!
Illumination from a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, ms. MS B. 11. 22., f. 38r, ca. 1300, Trinity College Library, Cambridge.
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