"This interpretation accounts for why the snail is so frequently seen antagonising a knight in armour, but does not explain why the knight is often depicted on the losing end of this battle, or why this particular image became so popular in the margins of non-historical texts such as Psalters or Books of Hours.

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c464853ef019aff97efdf970b-800wi

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