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Swordfight to music, 13th centurySword fighting to music for prizes, 13th century. Performers with swords and shields in a show duel accompanied by bagpipe music
Sword fighting, 13th centurySword fighting for prizes, 13th century. Performers with swords and shields fighting in a swordplay show. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Medieval swordfight show. Performers with swords and shields fighting (top), Performers with swords and shields fighting accompanied by a bagpiper (middle)
Animal imitator, 14th centuryPerformers including an animal imitator in the 14th century: man with pipe and tabor dancing with a man in a stag costume
Animal imitators, 14th centuryPerformers imitating animals in the 14th century: man with pipe and tabor dancing with a man in stag costume; man with dancing dog, man with stick receiving a scroll from a boy with a dogs head
Medieval trained horsesTwo horses trained to strike a tabor with their hooves, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London
Medieval entertainment with horses: a horse baited with dogs; a horse dancing to pipe and tabor; a horse fighting a man with shield and cudgel near a tethered monkey;
Medieval trained animals: bear doing a headstand, hare with tabor (top), juggler and tumbling monkey, monkey jockey on a muzzled bear (middle)
Dancer and trained bear, 10th centuryWoman dancing in front of a bear chained to its master but scourged to attack, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Performers and trained bears, 14th centuryJuggler and trained bear, and performer with tabor drum and chained bear, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Gleemen and trained bear, 10th centuryAnglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and pipes performing with a trained bear, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval trained bears: Anglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and horns peforming over a trained bear, 10th century (top), juggler with bear and drummer with chained bear, 14th century (middle)
Balancing act, 14th centuryGirl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London
Balancing acts, 14th centuryGirl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century (top), man balancing a lance on his nose, a sword on his finger, a wheel on his shoulder
Medieval contortionistPosture master or contortionist hanging from a pole held by two men, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval tumbler jumping through hoopTumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others onto his coat, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval performersGirl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, and a man playing a pipe with an animal head while dancing on stilts, 13th century
Medieval dancers and performersGirl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, 13th century, man playing a pipe while dancing on stilts, 13th century (top), tumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others
Girl tumbler, 14th centuryGirl backflipping accompanied by musicians playing pipes and tabor, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval tumblersMan tumbling backwards, 14th century, woman tumbling, 13th century, and girl backflipping accompanied by a juggler and musician with pipe and tabor, 14th century
Medieval hunting scenesMan spearing a boar, 14th century, men with dogs, lances and hunting horn swine hunting in a surreal forest, 9th century, and men with shovels and dog unearthing a fox, 14th century
Sword dancing, 9th centuryTwo men with swords and shields performing a sword dance with a female assistant to horn music, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Herodias tumbling and dancingHerods daughter Herodias tumbling and dancing, from a 9th century manuscript. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Gleemen dancing to lyre and pipe music, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval danceGleemen dancing to pipes and harp, 9th century (top), Herods daughter Herodias tumbling and dancing (middle), and two men performing a sword dance with a female assistant to horn music
Anglo-Saxon gleemen performersAnglo-Saxon harpist and Hoppestere or hopping buffoon (top), 10th century, Anglo-Saxon men dancing to trumpet and horn (middle), 8th century
Fools dance, 14th centuryA line of fools in hoods with bells dancing the fools dance to bagpipe and regal music, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Mummers in animal masks, 14th centuryMummers in odd animal masks and colourful robes, 14th century, dancing to music played by a man on a lute with animal neck
Mummers and fools, 14th centuryMummers in odd masks and colourful robes (top, bottom), and a line of fools in hoods with bells dancing to bagpipe and regal music at a Festival of Fools (middle), 14th century
Boat tilting, 14th centuryTwo knights in helmets and chainmail armour tilting with lances on rowboats, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Knights jousting, 14th centuryTwo knights jousting with lances in suits of armour, helm, and heraldic colours, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Jousting play, 14th centuryTwo boys playing at tilting or jousting with lances and poles for horses, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Tilting jousts, 14th centuryBoys playing at tilting with lances and poles, mounted knights jousting with lances, and knights tilting on rowboats, 14th century
Jousting knights toys, 14th centuryJousting toys: knights on horseback with helmet, shield and lance, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Preparation for a tournament, 13th century. The king at arms holds the knights banners, the knights salute each other, while bagpiper, horn players and drummers with blazons
Tilting at a ring, 14th centuryMan on horseback with lance tilting at a ring, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Tilting game, 14th century. Two men wrestling for possession of a pole, and the winner with pole. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Tilting games, 14th century. Men wrestling for possession of a pole and the winner with pole (top) tilting rings and jousting toys (middle), and mounted man tilting at a ring (bottom)
Quintain exercises, 14th century. A man attempts to unseat a man on a stool with his leg, a man on a swing attempts to unseat a man on a stool with his leg
Tilting at water quintain, 14th centuryBoy with lance on a boat rowed by other boys tilting at a water quintain, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Tilting at a living quintain, 14th centuryBoy with lance titling at a living quintain, attempting to push a man in armour with shield off a stool, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Tilting at a mobile quintain, 14th centuryBoy with lance tilting at a mobile quintain operated by another boy, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Tilting at quintain, 14th centuryBoy with lance tilting at a moveable quintain operated by another boy (top), boy with lance tilting at a living quintain (trying to knock a man in armour with a shield off a stool)
Medieval tilting game or quintainBoy on rolling trestle pulled by two other boys to tilt with a lance at a fixed quintain, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Medieval tilting games or quintainBoy on rolling trestle with spear tilting at a fixed quintain (top), soldier in armour attacking a pel quintain (left) and a saracen quintain (right)
Board games of chess and tables (backgammon) from 14th century manuscripts. Knights in armour playing chess watched by other knights in front of a military encampment
Long-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus. Endangered. Simia silenus L. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Kellner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers
Red-handed or golden-handed tamarin, Saguinus midas. Simia midas. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Kellner after an illustration by George Edwards from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers