'Daer doen si simmen speren breken, [...] Din esel dansen ende springen.'
In their romances, they make monkeys joust and donkeys dance and jump about
(Life of St. Lutgart of Tongres, II, vv. 96 & 98)

Images: Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève, 0143,
Pontifical of Guillaume Durand

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