æt-standend

æt-standend, m.n: a bystander, an attendant. (AT-stahn-dend / ˈæt-stand-ɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of a strangely drawn blue donkey and a brown ox beneath a sloped roof with castle-like turrets.
Part of a Nativity scene in the Claricia Psalter; Germany (Augsburg), late 12th to early 13th century; Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.26, f. 8r. [thedigitalwalters.org]

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