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"Joculatores," as traveling entertainers were called in medieval Church Latin, occasionally appear on Romanesque capitals. They were people without status, home or honour, which made them "dishonest people." Their social independence also made them outcasts, although people admired their artistic skills at fairs.
On the capital shown in the picture the faces of a group comprising a musician, acrobat and two wrestlers are contorted into animal masks, revealing that they are possessed by devils.
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