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Birth Month Flower: January, Carnations (#7 of a series)
Man Holds Carnation (1578) [Source: British Museum]
Flemish engraving on paper.The description doesn't say so, but this appears to be a betrothal portrait. It's interesting that there were also carnations on the Jewish marriage contract (see Ketubah in post above). So I guess that some of the Language of Flowers crosses several cultures.
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