Pastimes Collection (page 2)

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 century
The 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 century
Women 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 century
Women 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 century
Women 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-cherry
Medieval 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 badminton
Medieval 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 pageants
Pageantry. 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 pageants
Pageantry. 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 pageants
Pageantry. 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 century
Ancient 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 century
Board 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 manuscript
King 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 arrow
Women 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 shovels
Men 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 century
Men 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 century
Men 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 century
Men 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 century
Medieval 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 century
Medieval 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 century
Medieval 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 century
Medieval 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 century
Two 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 century
Sword fighting to music for prizes, 13th century. Performers with swords and shields in a show duel accompanied by bagpipe music

Sword fighting, 13th century
Sword 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 century
Performers including an animal imitator in the 14th century: man with pipe and tabor dancing with a man in a stag costume

Animal imitators, 14th century
Performers 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 horses
Two 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 century
Woman 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 century
Juggler 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 century
Anglo-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 century
Girl 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 century
Girl 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 contortionist
Posture 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 hoop
Tumbler 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 performers
Girl 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 performers
Girl 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 century
Girl 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 tumblers
Man 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 scenes
Man 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

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