A poem by the Welsh female poet Gwerful Mechain (Gwerful of Mechain in mid Wales, born about 1462, d
A poem by the Welsh female poet Gwerful Mechain (Gwerful of Mechain in mid Wales, born about 1462, died 1502) in praise of the vagina, in which she laughs at other poets for never mentioning it in their own eloquent writings in praise of women’s bodies.The illustrations in this version show (top right) Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit, and (bottom left) Bathsheba bathing (with King David watching her in the background). -- source link
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