Where did the traditional heart shape come from?
multipleQAs
Where did the traditional heart shape come from with respect to the Indus Valley Civilisation? Where did the traditional heart shape come from in the 6th-5th century BC? Where did the traditional heart shape metaphor for love come from? What is the first depiction of the traditional heart shape for love?
Heart-shaped peepal leaves were used in artistic depictions
the heart-shaped fruit of the plant Silphium
end of the Middle Ages
occurs in a miniature decorating a capital 'S' in a manuscript of the French Roman de la poire