Ages Collection (#100)

Ancient siege weapons in action -- the Corvus or Crow (top) and the battering ram (below). Date: circa 1800

Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400), English poet, best known for his long narrative poem, The Canterbury Tales. Date: 1340 - 1400

Womens Beauty Tips - The Best Colour for Your Type - colour suggestions for different hair colours, blonde, brunette, grey, white, medium and redhead. 1958

St Michael and All Angels Church, Withyham, Sussex
St Michael and All Angels Church (left), Withyham, Sussex, with the vicarage on the right. References to the church date back to the late 13th century. Date: 1809

Hever Castle, near Edenbridge, Kent, dating back to the 13th century, seat of the Boleyn family. Date: 1809

Buckhurst Park, near Withyham, Sussex, a Grade II listed building. The estate dates back to the 11th century. Date: 1809

Combwell Priory, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Combwell Priory, Goudhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, dating back to the 12th century. Date: 1809

St Marys Church, Lamberhurst, Kent
St Marys Church, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, dating back to the 10th century (probably a wooden structure), with the present building dating back to 14th and 15th centuries. Date: 1809

Ruins of Bayham Old Abbey, near Frant, Sussex, dating back to the 13th century. 1809

Ruins of Mayfield Palace, Mayfield, Sussex, a medieval palace dating back to the 13th century. Date: 1809

Medieval lady with lilies
A lady of the Middle Ages wearing a form of wimple on her head breathes in the fragrance of a bunch of lilies. Date: 1934

Door of Notre Dame Cathedral, Tournai, Belgium, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1910

Ornate door, Church of Notre Dame, Tongeren, Belgium
Ornate door, Church of Notre Dame, Tongres (Tongeren), Belgium, dating back to the 14th century. Date: circa 1910

Rood screen in the church, Tessenderloo, Belgium
Rood screen in the church, Tessenderloo (Tessenderlo), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Rood screen in parish church, Nieuport, Belgium
Rood screen in the parish church, Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

House, Quai aux Herbes, Gand (Ghent), Belgium
House on the Quai aux Herbes, Gand (Ghent), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

When Knights Were Bold by Charles Marlowe
Promotional postcard for When Knights Were Bold by Charles Mar-lowe (Harriet Jay). First produced at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 17th September 1906 and Wyndhams Theatre, 21st September 1907

Town Hall, Gand (Ghent), Belgium
Facade of the Town Hall, with ornate stone carving and niches, Gand (Ghent), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Castle interior, Gaesbeeck (Gsbeek), Lennik, Belgium
Castle interior with wooden staircase, Gaesbeeck (Gsbeek), Lennik, Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Town Hall, Alost (Aalst), Belgium, dating back to the 13th century. circa 1910

Church of Notre Dame, Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium
Tower and spire of the Church of Notre Dame, Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. circa 1910

Cotehele House, Tamar Valley, Cornwall
Cotehele House, a medieval house with Tudor additions in the Tamar Valley, parish of Calstock, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Gardens, Cotehele House, Tamar Valley, Cornwall
Garden view, with dovecote and pool, at Cotehele House, a medieval house with Tudor additions in the Tamar Valley, parish of Calstock, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

People in medieval costume on a New Year card
Five people in medieval costume on a New Year card. One of them has caught (or shot down) a very thin bird. circa 1890s

People in medieval costume on a Christmas card
Seven people in medieval costume on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Kruispoort (City Gateway), Bruges, Belgium, dating back to the 15th century, with people on the bridge and two windmills in the distance. Date: circa 1880s

City Hall, Burg Square, Bruges, Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1880s

Little boy in medieval costume on a Christmas card
Little boy in red medieval costume on a Christmas card, with sword and halberd. circa 1890s

Jousting tournament, St Erth, Cornwall
Jousting tournament taking place at St Erth, near Hayle, Cornwall. The two jousters have their helmets on, ready to charge. Date: circa 1970s

Clown and jester on a Christmas card -- the clown has dropped all the food and drink from his tray. Date: circa 1890s

Clapper Bridge, Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon
Clapper Bridge dating from the 13th century, crossing the East Dart River at the hamlet of Postbridge, in Dartmoor National Park, Devon. An 18th century bridge can be seen in the background

Pages of a calendar booklet for 1879
Pages of a calendar booklet or diary for 1879 -- Winter comes serene and slow, Love leaves footprints in the snow; Spring has touched the earth and sky, Love awakened passes by. Date: 1879

Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, the ruins of a Cistercian monastery dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1832

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Old Manor Houses -- opening of Chapter I, with medieval pages pulling back a curtain to reveal an old building. Date: 1923

Interior, Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk
Interior view of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, looking eastwards from the Choir. Date: early 20th century

Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh, Scotland
View of the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey (Augustinian), Jedburgh, Scotland. Date: 1882

Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
View of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey (Benedictine), in Somerset. Date: 1882

Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales
View of the ruins of Tintern Abbey (Cistercian), in Monmouthshire, Wales. Date: 1882

French Theatre -- Les Sobres Sotz
Les Sobres Sotz (The Sober Fools), a farce, showing a fool, Le Badin, in yellow and green motley. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Science et Anerye
Science et Anerye (Science and Stupidity), a morality play. Showing an allegorical female figure representing Stupidity in a black cloak with a donkeys head, legs and tail attached to her

French Theatre -- Le Monologue du Resolu
Le Monologue du Resolu (Monologue of a Determined Man), by Roger de Collerye. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Farce de Calbain
Farce Nouvelle d ung [d un] Savetier Nomme Calbain (New Farce about a Cobbler called Calbain) -- the cobblers wife keeps hold of the moneybag. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- La Condamnacion de Bancquet
La Condamnacion de Bancquet, a morality play against gluttony attributed to Nicolas (or Nicole) de la Chesnaye. Showing a plump man with a flask of red wine, a chicken on a spit

French Theatre -- Le Pelerin Passant
Le Pelerin Passant (The Passing Pilgrim), a monologue by Maistre Pierre Taserye. Showing a pilgrim in his travelling clothes. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Farce Du Cuvier
Farce Nouvelle Tres Bonne et Fort Joyeuse Du Cuvier -- The Farce of the Chest. Jaquinots wife, who is clearly The Boss. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Le Chevalier
Le Chevalier qui donna sa Femme au Dyable (The Knight who gave his Wife to the Devil) -- a mystery play. Showing the Knight in armour and a cloak, with his arm raised in a declamatory gesture

French Theatre -- La Farce du Munyer
La Farce du Munyer [Meunier], a play by Andre de la Vigne, in which the Devil carries off a millers soul to Hell. Showing a delighted Devil in orange costume

French Theatre -- La Vie du Maulvais Riche
La Vie et l Histoire du Maulvais [Mauvais] Riche -- a rich mans wife in a yellow brocade dress. Date: 15th century

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