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Fixed Quintain—XIV. Century

Fixed Quintain—XIV. Century.jpg Gleemen's Dance.—IX. CenturyThumbnailsFireworks on the waterGleemen's Dance.—IX. CenturyThumbnailsFireworks on the waterGleemen's Dance.—IX. CenturyThumbnailsFireworks on the waterGleemen's Dance.—IX. CenturyThumbnailsFireworks on the waterGleemen's Dance.—IX. CenturyThumbnailsFireworks on the water

The following representation of a lad mounted on a wooden horse with four wheels, and drawn by two of his comrades tilting at the immoveable quintain, is taken from a MS. in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, dated 1344.