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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
King David playing handbells from a 14th century manuscriptKing David playing handbells with hammers from a 14th century manuscript of his psalms, with a vignette of a comedian holding bellows and tongs as if playing a fiddle
Medieval ladies hunting with bow and arrowWomen in hunting dresses, with longbow, quiver of arrows, and hunting horns, 15th century (top). Ladies hunting stag with bow and arrow, hunting horn and dogs, 14th century (bottom)
Man spearing a boar, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Men unearthing a fox with dogs, horn and shovelsMen unearthing a fox with shovel, hunting dog and horn, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London
Men swine hunting with spears and horn, 9th centuryMen swine hunting in a surreal forest with spears, dogs and hunting horn, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Origin of nine-pin bowling, 14th centuryMen playing club kayles or skittles by throwing a club at eight pins (origin of nine-pin bowling), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Club kayles, 14th centuryMen playing club kayles or skittles by throwing a club at six pins (the origin of nine-pin bowling), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Men playing kayles or skittles, 14th centuryMedieval kayles or skittles. Game played with ball, stick, hoop and target (top), men playing kayles or skittles with stick and six pins (middle)
Men playing bowls with a jack, 14th centuryMedieval bowling. Three men playing bowls with a jack, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Two men playing bowls, 13th centuryMedieval bowling. Two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Men playing bowls, 14th centuryMedieval bowling. Two men playing bowls, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Medieval bowling games: Two men playing bowls, 14th century (top), two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century (middle), and three men playing bowls with a jack
Sword fighting for prizes, 14th centuryTwo fencing students fighting a mock duel with bucklers and cudgels, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
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