EditorialWoman and knight tilting. Breviary of Renaud de Bar. France [Verdun]; circa 1302. [Whole folio] Marginal drawing of a woman, representing Lust, with flying scarf, mounted on a white goat, who tilts with lance against a knight in red surcoat and chain m...
EditorialFour mounted knights, in armour and tabards, jousting; the upper pair in sword-combat, the lower pair tilting with lances. 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms' (ff.9-40v is Military Roll of Arms). England, Probably London, c.1445-1524. Source: Harley 4205...
EditorialFour knights, in armour and tabards, jousting. The upper pair tilting with lances; the lower pair in sword combat. Their arms are painted on their tabards and horse trappings. The arms identify the upper pair as Sir John Falstaff, KG, jousting with a m...
EditorialEaster Sunday: the Resurrection. Sherborne Missal. Sherborne, co. Dorset; circa 1399-1407. [Whole page] Temporale, Easter Sunday.Text, with initial 'R', the Resurrection. In niches; 'Noli me tangere'; Christ seated, displaying wounds, with orb at feet;...
EditorialBas-de-page scene showing two knights tilting at each other whilst standing in rowing boats. Queen Mary Psalter. England (London?); circa 1310-1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.159. Language: Latin.
EditorialFour mounted knights, in armour and tabards, jousting; the upper pair tilting with lances; the lower pair in sword-combat. 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms' (ff.9-40v is Military Roll of Arms). England, Probably London, c.1445-1524. Source: Harley 4205...
EditorialA monkey mounted on a barrel tilting at a basin (tirer la jatte) while pulled by four monkeys at a village fete. From a copperplate of the 16th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librai...
EditorialDesign for a Star-shaped Tilting Pedestal Table: Two Views, ca. 1830, Ink on green paper, sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (24.4 x 19.7 cm), Anonymous, British, 19th century.
EditorialSome of the most attractive features of the Lord Mayor's Show. London, UK, 1889. A Hawking Party, Two of the figures from the Tournament Car, "The Lord of Misrule", Standing easy while the Lord Mayor was in the Law Courts taking the oath, The Quintain,...
EditorialBoy on rolling trestle with spear tilting at a fixed quintain (top), soldier in armour attacking a pel quintain (left) and a saracen quintain (right), and naked boys attacking a water-tub quintain (bottom), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Jose...
EditorialBoy 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, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialBoy 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, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialBoys playing at tilting with lances and poles, mounted knights jousting with lances, and knights tilting on rowboats, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, L...
EditorialMan 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.
EditorialMan on hobbyhorse with spear tilting at a fixed quintain, 14th century, soldier in armour attacking a pel quintain, 14th century, a saracen or turk quintain, 14th century, and naked boys attacking a water-tub quintain, 14th century.
EditorialMill for tilting steel designed by John Smeaton, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme an...
EditorialTwo 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, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialTilting 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). Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pa...
EditorialTwo 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, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialTilting 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, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialBoy 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), and boy being rowed to tilt against a quintain on water (bottom), 14th...
Editorial"VICTORY": LADIES TILTING AT THE RING IN TENERIFE, 1897: Tilting at the ring is a favourite amusement with ladies and gentlemen visiting the Canary Islands. At most of the hotels there are courses laid out for tournaments, decorated with flags and foli...
EditorialThe eclipse at an end - and political tilting discovered, London, 1789?, Edward Thurlow and a woman, possibly Queen Charlotte, on a donkey labeled WP (William Pitt?) wearing a lion skin, a partially eclipsed sun (George III) above them; on the right tw...
EditorialMan on horseback with lance tilting at a ring under a box at a village fete, 17th century, from a painting by Philips Wouwerman. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.
EditorialCaricature of a man impotently tilting at rings (jeu de bague) on a merry-go-round. Based on the attempt by King Louis Philippe to marry his son the Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, to either a German or English princess. Handcoloured lithograph from...
EditorialTilting at a ring under a basin of water, jeu de bague or jeu du baquet. Popular game at village festivals. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.
EditorialThe eclipse at an end - and political tilting discovered, London, 1789?, Edward Thurlow and a woman, possibly Queen Charlotte, on a donkey labeled WP (William Pitt?) wearing a lion skin, a partially eclipsed sun (George III) above them; on the right tw...