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  "textContent": "\n\nIn the _Retable de la Passion_, an oil-on-wood altarpiece from around 1500, a small dog sits among the crowd at Christ's trial. It has grey stubble, a weak chin, and an expression that's unsettlingly human. The dog is Pontius Pilate. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Medieval painters gave dogs human faces to symbolize cowardice appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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