Joust Collection

The Jousts of St Inglevert, France, 1470-1475, (c1900-1920). Artist: Master of the Harley Froissart
The Jousts of St Inglevere, (c1900-1920). Jousting scene with ornate tents: knights in armour with lances parade across the field, while the audience looks

Faerie Queene, c1900. Artist: Walter Crane
Faerie Queene, c1900. The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser (1553-1599), illustrated by Walter Crane (1845-1915). From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme

Richard II interrupting a tournament
Richard II stopping a tournament between Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford -- a scene which comes at the beginning of Shakespeares play

Jousting knights
Knights competing in a tournament, Middle Ages. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Knights Tale, Joust
Palamon desireth to slay his foe Arcite

Henry I, Count of Anhalt (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Henry I, Count of Anhalt (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

Medieval tournament. The two sides of the contest with the Knight of Honor at the center. Miniature in the Livre des tournois of Rene d Anjou (1465). National Library in Paris. France

Tournament joust
They rode at full gallop till they met

Jousting / London Bridge
A joust on the London Bridge in the presence of Richard II

Medieval weapons: Dull swords or kolben for the Kolbenturnier 302, pike 303, halberd 304, partisan 305, wooden battle hammer 306, iron battle hammer 307, lance with crooked spike 308

Fischerstechen / Joust (colour litho)
8666225 Fischerstechen / Joust (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fischerstechen)

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A joust between Tristan and a knight watched by a king. Miniature from the manuscript "Tristan de Leonois"
AIS5389173 A joust between Tristan and a knight watched by a king. Miniature from the manuscript "Tristan de Leonois", Fol. 86 v

Knights jousting
5307439 Knights jousting.; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting knights jousting at a tournament. Dated 16th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

King Henry IV of France and Navarre in suit of armour. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a 1610
FLO4571556 King Henry IV of France and Navarre in suit of armour. Drawn and lithographed by Alexandre Massard after a 1610 engraving from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes

King Richard III of England, Duke of Gloucester, 1452-1485, or his father Richard, Third Duke of York 1411-1460
FLO4678450 King Richard III of England, Duke of Gloucester, 1452-1485, or his father Richard, Third Duke of York 1411-1460

Sir George Felbridge, 1400. In suit of plate armour with bassinet helmet and camail
FLO4678388 Sir George Felbridge, 1400. In suit of plate armour with bassinet helmet and camail, armorial surcoat with crimson lion rampant, decorated girdle and armour

Jousting at a quintain or pavo. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinel's L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de
FLO4703029 Jousting at a quintain or pavo. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinel's L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de riding a horse, 1668

Jousting at a ring. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinel's L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de riding a horse
FLO4703010 Jousting at a ring. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinel's L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de riding a horse, 1668

Medieval weapons: Dull swords or kolben for the Kolbenturnier 302, pike 303, halberd 304, partisan 305
FLO4702909 Medieval weapons: Dull swords or kolben for the Kolbenturnier 302, pike 303, halberd 304, partisan 305, wooden battle hammer 306, iron battle hammer 307, lance with crooked spike 308

Complete suit of armour with helm and lance 296, helm 297, breatplate 298, shoulder armour 299
FLO4702897 Complete suit of armour with helm and lance 296, helm 297, breatplate 298, shoulder armour 299, armoured glove 300 and pole and ring for the ring joust 301

Knights' helms 287-9, chainmail hood worn under the helm 290, shields for knights on horseback 291-293
FLO4702873 Knights' helms 287-9, chainmail hood worn under the helm 290, shields for knights on horseback 291-293, and shields for knights on foot 294, 295

Conrad III or Konrad III von Bickenbach, 1298-1354, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912616 Conrad III or Konrad III von Bickenbach, 1298-1354, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Conrad III or Konrad III von Bickenbach, 1298-1354. With great helm and coat of arms on an escutcheon)

Rider performing carousel exercises with lance, sword and pistol, jousting at a ring and a dummy head
FLO4703258 Rider performing carousel exercises with lance, sword and pistol, jousting at a ring and a dummy head. Copied from Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere's Ecole de Cavalerie, 1730

Knight armed for the bond, a joust where the horse's eyes were covered, 1512
FLO4678549 Knight armed for the bond, a joust where the horse's eyes were covered, 1512. Knight in visored salad helmet with ring hooked to the grand guard a la montoniere

Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany, 1498. In a suit of fluted armour, helmet with visored beavor, culettes
FLO4678522 Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany, 1498. In a suit of fluted armour, helmet with visored beavor, culettes, puckered velvet lamboys and long tassets

Sir John Cornwall, First Baron Fanhope and Milbroke, English nobleman and soldier, 1364-1442
FLO4678472 Sir John Cornwall, First Baron Fanhope and Milbroke, English nobleman and soldier, 1364-1442. He wears a suit of plate armour, armorial tabard with a gold-crowned red lion on ermine field

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, 1416, commander at the Battle of Agincourt
FLO4678379 Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, 1416, commander at the Battle of Agincourt. He wears a suit of armour with small pallettes, bassinet wreath and inscription on the forehead plate

Sir John Harsich, 1384. He wears his tilting helmet with turkey-feather crest and cointisse over his bassinet
FLO4678208 Sir John Harsich, 1384. He wears his tilting helmet with turkey-feather crest and cointisse over his bassinet. The wreath below the crest is two pieces of silk in his armorial colours

A knight of the Blanchfront Family, 1397. He wears a suit of armour with a visored bassinet, silk camail
FLO4678217 A knight of the Blanchfront Family, 1397. He wears a suit of armour with a visored bassinet, silk camail, ornamented mamillieres, round cuffed gauntlets, hauberk

The Triumph of Emperor Maximilian I: Fifty-first board, participants in the Rennen (joust or light race)
8702171 The Triumph of Emperor Maximilian I: Fifty-first board, participants in the Rennen (joust or light race), 1512-19 (woodcut) by Burgkmair, Hans (c.1473-1531); Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

Battle in the Middle Age, 15th century (miniature)
8698334 Battle in the Middle Age, 15th century (miniature) by French School, (15th century); (add.info.: History. France. Battle in the Middle Age, during the reign of Charles the Great)

Knights practising quintain
5308071 Knights practising quintain.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting knights practising quintain, also known as pavo, may have included a number of lance games, often used as training for jousting)

King Henry II of France
5307438 King Henry II of France.; (add.info.: Wood engraving depicting King Henry II of France being fatally wounded during a tournament)

Walther von Klingen jousting in a tournament, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912604 Walther von Klingen jousting in a tournament, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Walther von Klingen jousting in a tournament watched by five noble women)

Sir Thomas Peyton, 1484. He wears a suit of jousting armour with a globular breastplate with demi-placard
FLO4678479 Sir Thomas Peyton, 1484. He wears a suit of jousting armour with a globular breastplate with demi-placard, ribbed pauldrons, ornamented elbow plates or bracciaiuola, gauntlets and tiles

Knight in armour for a joust a la haute bard, 1512. Knight in tilting helmet, breastplate with shoulder palettes
FLO4678509 Knight in armour for a joust a la haute bard, 1512. Knight in tilting helmet, breastplate with shoulder palettes, thighs, tilting lance with coronel and vamplate

Medieval tournament (engraving)
8673058 Medieval tournament (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jousting at a medieval tournament)

Story of London: A Joust on London Bridge, 1390 (colour litho)
8659674 Story of London: A Joust on London Bridge, 1390 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Joust on London Bridge, 1390)

Two mounted knights in full armour jousting in a medieval tournament, from a 19th century engraving
5242584 Two mounted knights in full armour jousting in a medieval tournament, from a 19th century engraving.

Knights jousting
5307441 Knights jousting.; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting knights jousting at a tournament. Print by Jost Amman (1539-1591) a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts

Knights in armour on horseback jousting in a tournament, 1450. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre
FLO4622921 Knights in armour on horseback jousting in a tournament, 1450. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient

A knight of the Birmingham family, 1420. He wears a bassinet, suit of plate armour with flexible cuirasset, knee pads
FLO4678397 A knight of the Birmingham family, 1420. He wears a bassinet, suit of plate armour with flexible cuirasset, knee pads, shoulder and elbow plates, and carries a battle axe

Rear view of three-piece breastplate armour, 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912647 Rear view of three-piece breastplate armour, 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Rear view of three-piece breastplate armour or Harnische-Schmiede Plattner, late 15ht century)

German suit of armour from the late 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912646 German suit of armour from the late 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: German suit of armour from the late 15th century)

Modern tournaments with bicycles , drawing by Zygmund Ajdukiewicz, from the magazine " UeberLand und Meer "
UTD4920451 Modern tournaments with bicycles , drawing by Zygmund Ajdukiewicz, from the magazine " UeberLand und Meer ", 1898 (engraving); (add.info.: Modern tournaments with bicycles)

Man at arms with a standard, 1483. The armour on the left arm has a pauldron with raised pass-guard
FLO4678498 Man at arms with a standard, 1483. The armour on the left arm has a pauldron with raised pass-guard, while the right arm has a plain pauldron and a large pointed elbow guard

The Rittershaal or Knights' Hall in Kleve castle, Germany, demolished in 1771
FLO4702921 The Rittershaal or Knights' Hall in Kleve castle, Germany, demolished in 1771. The hall was 126 feet long by 54 feet wide and had a barrel-vault ceiling

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Step into the world of chivalry and valor with jousting, a timeless spectacle that captivated medieval audiences. In this enchanting scene from Faerie Queene by Walter Crane, we are transported to an era where knights donned shining armor and mounted their noble steeds for epic tournaments. Jousting, famously depicted in Chaucer's Knight's Tale, was a popular sport among nobles during the Middle Ages. The image of Henry I, Count of Anhalt from the Codex Manesse reveals the grandeur and elegance associated with these events. Medieval tournaments were divided into two sides, as seen in this captivating illustration by Master of the Harley Froissart. The Jousts of St Inglevert showcases skilled knights competing fiercely for honor and glory. However, not all tournaments went according to plan. Richard II himself had to intervene when things got out of hand during one such event. This unexpected twist adds an element of excitement and unpredictability to the already thrilling joust. The jousts weren't limited to just open fields; they even took place on iconic landmarks like London Bridge. Imagine witnessing armored riders charging towards each other while crossing this historic bridge - a truly breathtaking sight. To engage in combat during these contests required skillful use of medieval weapons such as lances and swords. These formidable tools were wielded by brave knights who risked life and limb for victory. Intriguingly captured within the pages of Book of the Tournament is a knight on horseback armed with his trusty lance ready for battle. This beautifully illustrated manuscript serves as a testament to how deeply ingrained jousting was in medieval culture. Finally, we witness two riders engaged in fierce combat through an intricate woodcut from 1517-18. Their determination is palpable as they clash amidst cheers from eager spectators. Jousting remains an enduring symbol of courage, honor, and the spirit of medieval times.