Anglo-Saxon gleemen performers

Anglo-Saxon harpist and Hoppestere or hopping buffoon (top), 10th century, Anglo-Saxon men dancing to trumpet and horn (middle), 8th century, Anglo-Saxon gleemen juggling accompanied by a fiddler (bottom), 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Anglo-saxon Buffoon Fiddler Fool Gleemen Harpist Juggler Pastimes Strutt

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