Forget-Me-Not Single Flower Ring For the Historian 2002 to January 12

2002 to January 12

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Photograph by Clements & Howcroft

This journal's cover reproduces a jeweled and gold-tooled binding created circa 1920 for John Milton's Paradise Regained

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Forget-Me-Not Single Flower Ring For the Historian 2002 to January 12Myosotis, more commonly known as the forget me not, has a rich history and meaning behind its humble appearance. It grows an abundance of small blue flowers that have become a symbol of remembrance of true and undying love. The common name "forget me not" was calqued from the German Vergissmeinnicht, and first used in English in 1398 AD via King Henry IV. A large number of stories and myths surround the plant, including one of two lovers walking along