tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85457173811813441112024-03-14T06:14:05.669+00:00Lovers in LoveExploring themes of Love, in all its incarnations but mostly of the human-to-human kindPrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-78525360808445815182017-09-28T07:30:00.000+01:002017-09-28T07:30:07.689+01:00Women without Mercy in the Art of John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJohn_William_Waterhouse_-_La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci_(1893).jpg" title="John William Waterhouse [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="John William Waterhouse - La Belle Dame sans Merci (1893)" height="640" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/John_William_Waterhouse_-_La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci_%281893%29.jpg/512px-John_William_Waterhouse_-_La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci_%281893%29.jpg" title="John William Waterhouse - La Belle Dame sans Merci (1893)" width="472" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La Belle Dame sans Merci</i> (1893) by John William Waterhouse<br />
[Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJohn_William_Waterhouse_-_La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci_(1893).jpg" target="_blank" title="Image source">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lamia and the Soldier</i> by John William Waterhouse<br />
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-32694587528174213322016-08-25T07:30:00.000+01:002016-08-25T07:30:16.634+01:00The Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALawrence_Alma-Tadema_Courtship_-_The_Proposal.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Lawrence Alma-Tadema [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Lawrence Alma-Tadema Courtship - The Proposal" height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_Courtship_-_The_Proposal.jpg/512px-Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_Courtship_-_The_Proposal.jpg" width="372" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
[Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIn_a_rose_garden%2C_by_Lawrence_Alma_Tadema.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A'Comparison'_by_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema%2C_Cincinnati_Art_Museum.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Lawrence Alma-Tadema [Public domain, Public domain or CC0], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="'Comparison' by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Cincinnati Art Museum" height="295" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%27Comparison%27_by_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema%2C_Cincinnati_Art_Museum.JPG/512px-%27Comparison%27_by_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema%2C_Cincinnati_Art_Museum.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
[Public domain, Public domain or <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A'Comparison'_by_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema%2C_Cincinnati_Art_Museum.JPG" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGod_Speed!._1893._Sir_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Lawrence Alma-Tadema [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="God Speed!. 1893. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema" height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/God_Speed%21._1893._Sir_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema.jpg" width="224" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
[Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGod_Speed!._1893._Sir_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABristol_Museum_Tadema_unconscious_rivals.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="By Ad Meskens (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Bristol Museum Tadema unconscious rivals" height="283" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Bristol_Museum_Tadema_unconscious_rivals.JPG/512px-Bristol_Museum_Tadema_unconscious_rivals.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Ad Meskens (Own work)<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALawrence_Alma-Tadema_-_Ask_Me_No_More.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="Lawrence Alma-Tadema [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Ask Me No More" height="275" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_-_Ask_Me_No_More.jpg/512px-Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_-_Ask_Me_No_More.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
[Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALawrence_Alma-Tadema_-_Ask_Me_No_More.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
[Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFavourite_Poet.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
[Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAmo_te%2C_ama_me%2C_by_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Alma-Tadema<br />
[Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAn_eloquent_silence%2C_by_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-69152025526714776472016-02-14T00:30:00.001+00:002016-02-20T10:03:33.441+00:00The Old Story - the look of love down through the ages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">By Edmond Louis Dupain (1847-1933) (Hampel Kunstauktionen)<br />
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-40000980838085692342016-02-03T00:30:00.000+00:002016-02-20T10:04:32.352+00:00Courtship and Romance; the Art of Clarence F. Underwood (1871 - 1929)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Clarence F. Underwood was a US artist and illustrator whose work frequently appeared in newspapers and periodicals of his day, including the <i>Saturday Evening Post</i>. His work featured here deals mainly with romantic themes of courtship and companionship. He died in 1929.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Clarence F. Underwood [Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_Skin_You_Love_To_Touch_-_Clarence_F_Underwood_-_Feb_1922_Photoplay.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Clarence F. Underwood [Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHow_to_Know_the_Wild_Flowers_by_Clarence_F._Underwood.png" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Clarence F. Underwood (1871-1929) [Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALove_and_Six_Cylinders%2C_by_Clarence_F._Underwood.png" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Clarence F. Underwood (1871-1929) [Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALove_Knots%2C_by_Clarence_F_Underwood.png" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Clarence F. Underwood (1871-1929) [Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_Only_Two_at_the_Game_by_Clarence_F_Underwood.png" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Clarence F. Underwood [Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWaterproof_by_Clarence_F._Underwood.png" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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With St. Valentine's Day just around the corner, now might be a good time to get your kissy-face on, if you want to get it on. If these don't get you started, you might just have to accept the fact that you belong to the eternally loveless!<br />
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-65288876025167753432016-01-29T00:30:00.000+00:002016-02-20T10:06:00.104+00:00The Science of Kissing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
'What's in a kiss?' did we hear you ask? When it comes to matters of the heart, who better to ask than a bespectacled nerd apparently versed in the scientific jargon? <i>Big Bang Theory</i> eat your heart out!<br />
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Bet he gets loads of babes - unless, of course, he's really into men!
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-89690874971906506752016-01-27T00:30:00.000+00:002016-02-20T10:06:21.411+00:00The Kiss by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Il bacio</i> or <i>The Kiss</i> is an 1859 oil on canvass painting by Francesco Hayez (1791-1882) - his best known and generally considered to be his finest work. It has even been described as being "among the most passionate and intense representations of a kiss in the history of Western art."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francesco Hayez [Public domain], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEl_Beso_(Pinacoteca_de_Brera%2C_Mil%C3%A1n%2C_1859).jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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Its popularity is perhaps reflected in the many representations of it in other works of art. In this painting by Gerolamo Induno from 1862, Hayez's earlier painting can be discerned hanging on the wall.<br />
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-66794887541833702182015-05-01T01:35:00.000+01:002016-02-20T10:07:00.947+00:00Lovers in Love in the Art of Frank Dicksee (1853-1928)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Dicksee [Public domain], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADicksee-An_Offering.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Dicksee [Public domain], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADicksee-Chivalry-1885.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Dicksee [Public domain], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADicksee-Harmony-c._1877.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Dicksee [Public domain], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADicksee-Startled.jpg" target="_blank">via Wikimedia Commons</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Boston : L. Prang & Co. (Library of Congress[1])<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail from "Cupid's Greeting" - author unknown<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An 1870s "vinegar Valentine", author unknown<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raphael Tuck Valentine by Frances Brundage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">by <span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Frances</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> Brundage</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Felton Outcault (January 14, 1863-September 25, 1928), Buster Brown<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "Vinegar Valentine" card dated to the 1870s. Author unknown.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Valentinstag in England</i>, 1863 by Otto von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld<br />
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The Meeting on the Turret Stairs</h1>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Frederic William Burton (1816-1900) <br />
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We could have marked Valentine's Day with standard sappy, happy, crappy fare that really makes you want to puke but we reckoned that you have probably already had a nostril full of that by now.<br />
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For all those reasons and more, we decided to bring you this 19th century watercolour by Frederick William Burton, depicting a scene from an even earlier Danish ballad concerning the ill-fated lovers, Hellelil and Hildebrand.<br />
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<i>"Their tragic affair results in the slaying of seven of Hellelil's brothers by Hildebrand, and his own death at the hand of the youngest."</i></blockquote>
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Now ain't that love?<br />
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For all you ill-fated lovers out there, give yourselves a break this Valentine's Day. Relax in front of your TV. Tune in to the Horror Channel. If they're not showing <i>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</i>, maybe you could rent it out somewhere.<br />
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<li>Frederick William Burton on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_Burton" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/picture.aspx?id=5328&name=the-meeting-on-the-turret-stairs" target="_blank">ArtMagick: The Meeting on the Turret Stairs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum/collection/europaint/1992_1.html#" target="_blank">Study for The Meeting on the Turret Stairs</a></li>
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-91600109986118518842013-01-30T00:30:00.000+00:002016-02-20T10:27:09.132+00:00Earth, Air, Fire and Water - the elements of a love story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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PrivateIndiscretionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288630485534374275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545717381181344111.post-41331143207280274372012-06-25T00:30:00.000+01:002016-08-21T23:52:30.263+01:00Fireside Embrace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALove_in_Wiesbaden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank" title="By Jacob Appelbaum from san francisco, USA (Love in Wiesbaden) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Love in Wiesbaden" height="400" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Love_in_Wiesbaden.jpg/512px-Love_in_Wiesbaden.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Jacob Appelbaum from san francisco, USA (Love in Wiesbaden)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Jacob Appelbaum (originally posted to Flickr as Love in Wiesbaden)<br />
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Welcome to <a href="http://www.loversinlove.com/" target="_blank"><b>Lovers in Love</b></a> - the website that explores the concept and practice of love in all of its incarnations and wonder.</div>
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This website represents a labour love and promises to be all that the name suggests. Love and the objects of affections to which it relates can include people, places, things or even that which is intangible or inexpressible in simple language terms. But our main preoccupation is with human love and how that is expressed towards one and other.</div>
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We have chosen St. Valentine's Day as the day to launch this website. This is the occasion when love and affection between intimate companions is celebrated the world over. Little is known of the person to whom this feast day is dedicated. Even the connection to what we now associated with the annual February 14th celebration is tenuous. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> (that great bastion of love for knowledge!):</div>
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<i>The first representation of Saint Valentine appeared in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493); alongside the woodcut portrait of Valentine, the text states that he was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius II, known as Claudius Gothicus. He was arrested and imprisoned upon being caught marrying Christian couples and otherwise aiding Christians who were at the time being persecuted by Claudius in Rome. Helping Christians at this time was considered a crime. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner – until Valentinus tried to convert the Emperor – whereupon this priest was condemned to death.</i></blockquote>
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Whatever the origins, it is in keeping with the spirit of the tradition that we dedicate this project to lovers everywhere. Just keep it clean and try not to traumatise anyone!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrine of St. Valenitne's in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland <br />
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