The Heart yields to Desire

Le livre du Coeur d'amour épris, par le roi René d'Anjou.
Le livre du Coeur d’amour épris, par le roi René d’Anjou.
Source: gallica.bnf.fr

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 24399, fol. 19r.

The lover’s heart is personified by the knight on the left, bearing the arms of a heart with wings (on his helmet and on the horse’s caparison) and forget-me-nots on his shield. When he battles Desire (black armor with three marigolds [French: fleurs de souci]), he can not win, and is knocked off the bridge into icy cold water.

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