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Anglo-Saxon Gleeman—X. Century

Anglo-Saxon Gleeman—X. Century.jpg 10th century castle, on its mound, with a wooden palisade enclosureThumbnailsAnglo-Saxon Gleemen's Bear Dance.—X. Century10th century castle, on its mound, with a wooden palisade enclosureThumbnailsAnglo-Saxon Gleemen's Bear Dance.—X. Century10th century castle, on its mound, with a wooden palisade enclosureThumbnailsAnglo-Saxon Gleemen's Bear Dance.—X. Century10th century castle, on its mound, with a wooden palisade enclosureThumbnailsAnglo-Saxon Gleemen's Bear Dance.—X. Century10th century castle, on its mound, with a wooden palisade enclosureThumbnailsAnglo-Saxon Gleemen's Bear Dance.—X. Century

We here see a man throwing three balls and three knives alternately into the air, and catching them one by one as they fall, but returning them again in a regular rotation. To give the greater appearance of difficulty to this feat, it is accompanied with the music of an instrument resembling the modern violin.