The Painted Page : Folio Society Gallery@ British Library

Right now the Painted Page exhibition at the new Folio Society Gallery @ the British Library is showing Images of medieval life in the Luttrell Psalter. You can view the original 13th Century illuminated mansuscript in the John Ritblat Gallery also at the BL.
The exhibition uses a mix of facsimile images of the manuscript + [...]

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Rossetti’s Regina Cordium

Painted in 1866 – Oil on Canvas.
Regina Cordium translates as "Queen of Hearts" and the model – Alice Wilding- was one Rossetti painted frequently. 
From the BBC's Painting Flowers virtual gallery. 

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