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Medieval walled garden combining a grassy and shaded pleasure area with an herb garden, illumination from a 15th-century French manuscript of the Roman de la rose (“Romance of the Rose”); in the British Museum.

The Pilgrim's Progress title page

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John Bunyan

John Bunyan

English author

The Finding of Moses, oil on canvas by Paolo Veronese, probably 1570/75; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 58 × 44.5 cm.

Paolo Veronese

Italian painter

Iskander, Fazil

Fazil Iskander

Abkhazian author

The Sanctuary of Hercules by Arnold Böcklin

Arnold Böcklin

Swiss painter