"The animal motifs in marginal illustrations were neither aimless doodles nor inside jokes. They were allegorical figures descended from the menageries of Medieval bestiaries, repeated thematically to represent human vices and virtues." https://www.openculture.com/2020/12/why-butt-trumpets-other-bizarre-images-appeared-in-illuminated-medieval-manuscripts.html
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so. animal memes.
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