<Ul> <Li> <P> The Codex Manesse, a 14th - century collection of love songs . Red roses were symbol of courtly love . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Fifteenth - century Illustration from the Roman de la Rose, a thirteenth - century French poem about a search for a red rose symbolizing the poet's love . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A valentine from 1909 . The tradition of sending messages of love on February 14, Valentine's Day, dates back to the 14th century . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> God Speed!, a Victorian era painting by Edmund Leighton of a Lady giving a red token of love to her knight . </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> The Codex Manesse, a 14th - century collection of love songs . Red roses were symbol of courtly love . </P> </Li> <P> The Codex Manesse, a 14th - century collection of love songs . Red roses were symbol of courtly love . </P> <Li> <P> Fifteenth - century Illustration from the Roman de la Rose, a thirteenth - century French poem about a search for a red rose symbolizing the poet's love . </P> </Li>

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