chor-glīw

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chor-glīw, n.n: choral dance, musical entertainment or celebration involving singer(s) and dancer(s). (KOR-GLEE-ew / ˈkɔr-ˌgliːw)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a person playing a gittern for a group of five dancers, three of whom wear animal masks (a stag, a rabbit and a boar).
Romance of Alexander; England, 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264. f. 21v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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