Medieval mummers and fools.


Mummers in odd masks and colourful robes (top, bottom), and a line of fools in hoods with bells dancing to bagpipe and regal music at a Festival of Fools (middle), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.


Size: 4899px × 5936px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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