France. Festival of the Holy Thorn Reliquary. Entry of the King of Epinette ("King of the Thorn") in Lille, 16th century. Engraving. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

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