Unknown medieval games
Games unknown, 14th century. A performer biting a rope with his teeth, performers dressed as monks and nuns playing Hippas or piggyback wrestling, and three men carrying a naked man and a harness on a pole, possibly from the Festival of Fools. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876
Picture No
12493916
Media ID
45759653
Size
5260px x 5952px
(4.9MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
