Medieval dancing and music

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an old painting with some people walking on it

Dancer. Flemish 1338-44 (margin) Bodl Lib 264

Dancer. Flemish 1338-44 (margin) Bodl Lib 264 by tony harrison, via Flickr

Performers--man with pipe/tabor, another with pipes, woman balancing on sword points. France 13-14th cent. Brit Lib.

Performers--man with pipe/tabor, another with pipes, woman balancing on sword points. France 13-14th cent. Brit Lib. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

an old painting with people dressed as gnomes holding hands and walking on a rope

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Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264 (14th c).

Gentleman 1370 Germany Frankfurt am Main

an illustration of people standing in front of trees

Guillaume de Machaut, Virelai "Dame a vous sans retollir"

an old manuscript with some writing on the page and people standing around it in front of them

A Medieval Christmas in England

Interesting Pretties: A Medieval Christmas in England. Mummers wearing full facial masks as part of a mumming (play). Mummings took place at Christmas though apart from knowing that they used rhyming couplets, we know little else about the early mummings. This is from a manuscript created in 1344 for the court of Edward III. Source: Bodleian Library.

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Detail of dancers during 'la karole damours', from the Roman de la Rose, Royal MS 20 A XVII, f. 9r - See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/index.html#sthash.XRQYY8Bo.dpuf

Carmina Burana manuscript

an old medieval manuscript with four men dressed in armor and one holding a bird on his shoulder

Five Mummers as Ass. Ape. Goat. Ox. Vulture. Flem. 1338-44 MS Bodl. 264

Five Mummers as Ass, Ape, Goat. Ox, and Vulture. Flemish, 1338-44. MS Bodl. 264 | ~

four women in medieval dress holding hands and wearing headdress, from an illuminated manuscript

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Detail of a miniature of Pleasure ('Deduit') and his companions engaging in a courtly dance; from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose, France (Paris), c. 1320-c. 1340, Royal MS 19 B. xiii, f. 10v.