joculator

• The joculator or jongleur Taillefer, who was with William the Conqueror's army at Hastings, marched before the Norman troops, so said the tradition, singing 'of Charlemagne and of Roland and of Oliver, and of the vassals who died at Roncevaux'; and it is suggested that in the Chanson de Roland by one Turoldus or Théroulde, a poem preserved in a manuscript of the twelfth century in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, we have certainly the matter, perhaps even some of the words, of the chant which Taillefer sang. —  Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
• The joculator or jongleur Taillefer, who was with William the Conqueror's army at Hastings, marched before the Norman troops, so said the tradition, singing "of Charlemagne and of Roland and of Oliver, and of the vassals who died at Roncevaux"; and it is suggested that in the Chanson de Roland by one Turoldus or Theroulde, a poem preserved in a manuscript of the twelfth century in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, we have certainly the matter, perhaps even some of the words, of the chant which Taillefer sang. —  Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold
• One of our ancient monarchs is said to have given three parishes to his _joculator_; I gave only three farms to mine. —  Tales and Novels — Volume 04
• The word jougleur, sometimes by mistake written jongleur, is derived from the latin _joculator_. —  History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour
• There, one joculator exhibited the antics of his well-tutored ape; there, another eclipsed the attractions of the baboon by a marvellous horse that beat a tabor with his forefeet; there, the more sombre —  The Last of the Barons — Volume 01

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