Amiens Cathedral - The West Facade Virtues/Vices Quatrefoils

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Quatrefoil 02 Lower - Vice; Cowardice

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The standard medieval depiction of cowardice shows a heavily armed knight dropping his sword and fleeing in terror from a small animal such as a snail or, as here, a rabbit.