The sports and pastimes of the people of England : Including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time (1845)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : T. Togg · leaf 388
108. Tables.—XIII. Century. The original of the engravitig occurs in a beautifully illu-minated manuscript in the Harleian Collection.^ The table,as here delineated, is not divided in the middle, but the points. Du Cange, Gloss, ia voce Tabula.* No. 1527. 2 See the Introduction CHAP. II. OF THE… … l09. Tables.—XIV. Century. In this the division is fairly made, but the points are notdistinguished by different colours, according to the present, andindeed more ancient usage. The writer of the latter manuscript,which is in the Kings Library, says, « There are many methodsof playing at the tables…
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