“How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
Books of Hours, books of waning years . . .
images:
. Liber Floridus (“Book of Flowers”), a medieval encyclopedia compiled between 1090 and 1120 by Lambert, Canon of Saint-Omer
. Book of Hours and Prayer Book, Southern Netherlands, c. 1490-1500 (Picryl, Public Domain Image Search)
. Liber Floridus
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