Medieval girls playing the game of Open the Doors, 1587, where girls form arches with their arms for others to dance under. Others play the kissing game Sure or Suze, and play at being the queen. Ouvrez les portes gloria, et autres jeux. Lithograph after a 1587 woodcut from Henry Rene d’Allemagne’s Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.

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