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Francisci Ponae Cardiomorphoseos, sive, Ex corde desvmpta emblemata sacra.

The heart : its history, its symbolism, its iconography and its diseases / N. Boyadjian ; [English translation by Agnes Hall].

The heart of the matter / conceived by Sofie Layton and Giovanni Biglino ; edited by Giovanni Biglino and Anna Ledgard.

From holy pictures ... to the healing saints : faith and the heart / N. Boyadjian.

The shape of the heart / by Pierre Vinken.

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Francisci Ponae Cardiomorphoseos, sive, Ex corde desvmpta emblemata sacra.

The heart : its history, its symbolism, its iconography and its diseases / N. Boyadjian ; [English translation by Agnes Hall].

The heart of the matter / conceived by Sofie Layton and Giovanni Biglino ; edited by Giovanni Biglino and Anna Ledgard.

From holy pictures ... to the healing saints : faith and the heart / N. Boyadjian.

The shape of the heart / by Pierre Vinken.