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Saxon Ladies / StruttAnglo-Saxons of 9th & 10th centuries: tunics (kirtles)- one with an embroidered hem, super-tunic (roc), mantles, veils or head-rails which completely cover the hair
DUNSTAN WRITING(STRUTT)DUNSTAN Archbishop of Canterbury English prelate writing with a quill pen Date: 12th century
Medieval comedian playing bellows and tongsVignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle, 14th century manuscript. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Origin of croquet and billiards, 14th centuryGame played with ball, stick, hoop and target (the origin of billiards and croquet), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Portrait of Sir Douglas Strutt Galton. Date: circa 1895
Advert, The Cooper Cycling Skirt, from J Strutt, London Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. 1901
Medieval bat and ball gameMan holding a ball about to hit it to a catcher in the game of club ball, 14th century, early version of baseball or criket
Medieval bat and ball gamesWoman pitching a ball to a man with a bat in the game of club ball, 14th century (top), man holding a ball about to hit it to a catcher in the game of club ball, 14th century (middle)
Medieval ball gameMan and woman playing handball, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval ball gamesMan and woman playing handball, 14th century (top), two teams playing balloon ball, 14th century (middle), and men playing golf or bandy-ball, 14th century (bottom)
Hippas wrestling, 14th centuryMen and boys wrestling on other mens shoulders in the game of Hippas, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval wrestlingTwo men wrestling for the prize of a rooster, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval wrestling boutMen wrestling with their coats on the ground, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval wrestling boutsMen wrestling with their coats on the ground (top), men wrestling for the prize of a rooster (middle), and men wrestling on shoulders of others in the game of Hippas, 14th century
Archers at crossbow practice, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Crossbow shooting at the butts, 16th centuryMan with crossbow shooting at the butts (marks) in a school of archery, 16th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Archery practice with the bow, 14th centuryArchery practice with the bow and rooster target, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval archery scenesArchery practice with bow, 14th century (top), crossbow shooting at the butts at a school, 16th century (middle), and archers at crossbow practice, 14th century
Saxon slingers and archer, 8th centurySaxon with slingshot used for hunting, method of slinging a shot, and archer and slingers with slings with sticks in a castle tower, 8th century
Saxon bow and arrow, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Saxon archers with bow, arrows and quiver, 8th centurySaxon archer with bow and arrow, brace of birds in his belt, and Saxon archer with bow, quiver, and hunting dog, 8th century
Saxon archers and slingersSaxon archers with bow and hunting dog, 8th century (top), Saxon bow and arrow 10th century (middle), and Saxon slinger with slingshot used for hunting and warfare, 8th century
Hawking scene, 14th centuryNobles and ladies on horseback hawking with falcons, while the falconer frightens birds at the river edge, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Hawking scene, 9th centuryHawking scene: Saxon nobleman on horseback with falconer releasing birds near a river bank, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Ladies hawking, 14th centuryLadies hawking with falcons and hunting dogs in the 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Hawking scenes, 9th and 14th centuryHawking scenes: Saxon noble and falconer from the 9th century (middle), and ladies and men hawking with falcons and prey from the 14th century (top, bottom)
Ladies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, 14th centuryLadies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, mounted woman blowing a hunting horn and dog attacking stag, 14th century
Women in hunting dresses, with bow and huntingWomen in hunting dresses, with longbow, quiver of arrows, and hunting horn, 15th century, with man in red outfit and hunting horn
Games unknown, 14th century. A variant of hide and seek, and boys playing a guessing game where one holds up a certain number of fingers and his colleagues have to show the same, similar to scissors
King of the Bean, 14th centuryThe medieval game of King of the Bean, a mock royal procession led by a zany, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Unknown medieval gameA man calls to a blindfolded man with a club to strike a cauldron, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Medieval game of diving for apples, while another boy threatens to upend the bench and dunk him in the tub. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Medieval games: boy diving for apples on a bench while another boy threatens to upend the bench and dunk the boy in the tub (top)
Boarding school game from the 14th century: a boy seated on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub below
Boarding school games from the 14th century: a boy on a round pole must light a taper without losing his balance and falling into the tub; a boy on a round pole must light a taper at the end of
Cock-throwing game, 14th centuryThe winner of a cock-throwing game is carried on a pole with his rooster prize, while another boy follows with a cudgel and banner
Game of frog in the middle, 14th centuryWomen playing frog in the middle, where the seated girl is pulled and buffeted by her companions until she can catch one, 14th century
Game of hot cockles, 14th centuryWomen playing hot-cockles, where the kneeling girl must guess whose hand is upon her, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Games of the 14th centuryWomen playing hot-cockles, women playing frog in the middle, and the parade of a winner of a cock-throwing game. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Hoodman blind, or blind mans buff, 14th century. Men taking turns to be the blind man by reversing the hood, or hitting the blind man with their knotted hoods, and women playing the game (bottom)
Medieval game of bob-cherryMedieval childrens games: boys playing bob-cherry with an apple 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Medieval game of badmintonMedieval childrens game of badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, 13th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval childrens games: badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, boy with paper windmill, boy flying a butterfly on a string, and boys playing bob-cherry with an apple
Green man from medieval pageantsPageantry. A green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Wild man from medieval pageantsPageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Wild men from medieval pageantsPageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow, and a green man or monstrous wilde man holding a large firework from 1635
Playing cards from the 15th centuryAncient playing cards including the Queen of Rabbits, the King of Columbines, the Ace of Roses, and the Knave of Pink, 15th century
Board games of the 14th centuryBoard games including fox and geese, dice, merelles, chess, circular chess and tables (backgammon), and the philosophers game